CSR-Based Political Legitimacy Strategy: Managing the State by Doing Good in China and Russia

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 439-460

  Zhao, Meng ^a  

^a Skolkovo Institute for Emerging Market Studies   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Business state interaction; China; Corporate social responsibility; Multinational corporation; Political embeddedness; Political legitimacy; Russia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871275196     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1209-6     Document Type: Article

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