The Long-Term Sustenance of Sustainability Practices in MNCs: A Dynamic Capabilities Perspective of the Role of R&D and Internationalization

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 205-217

  Chakrabarty, Subrata ^a   Wang, Liang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Dynamic capabilities; Innovation; Internationalization; Multinational; R D; Resource based view; Sustainability practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866758776     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1422-3     Document Type: Article

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