Multinationals, CSR and Partnerships in Central African Conflict Countries

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-54

  Kolk, Ans ^a   Lenfant, François ^a,b  

^a Business School   (Netherlands)

^b Cordaid ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Central Africa; Conflict; CSR; Multinational enterprises (MNEs); NGOs; Partnership; Stakeholder engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873089492     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.1277     Document Type: Article

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