Motivations for corporate social responsibility reporting by MNC subsidiaries in an emerging country: The case of Bangladesh

British Accounting Review

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 215-228

  Momin, Mahmood Ahmed ^a   Parker, Lee D ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Corporate social responsibility reporting; External legitimacy; Informal norms and beliefs; Internal legitimacy; Multinational corporation subsidiaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883557770     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: 10958347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bar.2013.06.007     Document Type: Article

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