Dared to care: Organizational vulnerability, institutional logics, and MNCs' social responsiveness in emerging markets

Organization Science

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1742-1764

  Zhang, Jianjun ^a   Luo, Xiaowei Rose ^b  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsiveness; Disaster; Emerging markets; Institutional logic; MNCs; Social movement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888417211     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1120.0813     Document Type: Article

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