What Prompts Small and Medium Enterprises to Engage in Corporate Social Responsibility? A Study from Taiwan

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 288-305

  Hsu, Jui Ling ^a   Cheng, Meng Cheng ^a  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility (CSR); Diffusion of innovations theory; Perceptive characteristics; Small and medium enterprises (SMEs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866872342     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.276     Document Type: Article

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