CSR strategy in multinational firms: focus on human resources, suppliers and community

Journal of Global Responsibility

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-74

  De Chiara, Alessandra ^a,b   Russo Spena, Tiziana ^c  

^a The University of Naples l'Orientale   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Globalization; Human resource management; Multinational companies; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872360909     PISSN: 20412568     EISSN: 20412576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20412561111128528     Document Type: Article

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