Institutional Dynam in an Emerging Country Context: Evidence from Chinaics and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 301-316

  Yin, Juelin ^a   Zhang, Yuli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Case study; China; Corporate social responsibility; Emerging economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870342327     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1243-4     Document Type: Article

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