Responsibility and Informal CSR in Formal Cameroonian SMEs

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 653-665

  Demuijnck, Geert ^a   Ngnodjom, Hubert ^b  

^a EDHEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b Burundi   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

CSR; SMEs; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874802271     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1564-3     Document Type: Article

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