Assessing the Social Licence to Operate of Development Cooperation Organizations: A Case Study of Mercy Corps in Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia

Social Epistemology

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 297-317

  Jijelava, David ^a   Vanclay, Frank ^b  

^a GeoWel Research   (Georgia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corporate Social Responsibility; Development Assistance; Humanitarian Aid; Rural Development; Stakeholder Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894305710     PISSN: 02691728     EISSN: 14645297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02691728.2014.922638     Document Type: Article

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