Corporate social responsibility decisions: a dilemma for SME executives?

Social Responsibility Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 177-187

  Dincer, Banu ^a   Dincer, Caner ^a  

^a GALATASARAY UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Decision making; Small to medium sized enterprises; Social responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883112786     PISSN: 17471117     EISSN: 1758857x     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/SRJ-07-2011-0028     Document Type: Article

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