The relationship between motivations and actions in corporate social responsibility: An exploratory study

International Journal of Business and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 391-425

  Campopiano, Giovanna ^a   De Massis, Alfredo ^a   Cassia, Lucio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Csr actions; Csr motivations; Family business; Teaching case studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867592012     PISSN: 15116670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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