Corporate social responsibility in China: Implementation and challenges

Business Ethics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-49

  Graafland, Johan ^a   Zhang, Lei ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

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EID: 84896510740     PISSN: 09628770     EISSN: 14678608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/beer.12036     Document Type: Article

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