A multidimensional approach for CSR assessment: The importance of the stakeholder perception

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 150-161

  Costa, Roberta ^a   Menichini, Tamara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

2 tuple; Balanced scorecard (BSC); Corporate social responsibility (CSR); Fuzzy linguistic approach; Multi criteria decision making (MCDM); Stakeholder orientation

Indexed keywords

2-TUPLE; BALANCED SCORECARDS; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR); FUZZY LINGUISTIC APPROACH; MULTICRITERIA DECISION-MAKING;

INDUSTRY; LINGUISTICS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84866075663     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2012.07.028     Document Type: Article

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