Corporate social responsibility and sustainability: Insights from Boulding and Luhmann

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 317-324

  Valentinov, Vladislav ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

Author keywords

corporate social responsibility; Kenneth Boulding; Ludwig von Bertalanffy; Niklas Luhmann; sustainability; transaction cost economics

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; CARRYING CAPACITY; CORPORATE STRATEGY; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSACTION COST; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

EID: 84883601159     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2013.808282     Document Type: Article

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