The Impact of Operational Diversity on Corporate Philanthropy: An Empirical Study of U.S. Companies

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-65

  Kabongo, Jean D ^a   Chang, Kiyoung ^a   Li, Ying ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA SARASOTA MANATEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Board of directors; Corporate philanthropy; Operational diversity; Resource dependence theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883771118     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1445-9     Document Type: Article

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