Extractive multinationals and corporate social responsibility: A commitment towards achieving the goals of sustainable development or only a management strategy?

Journal of International Development

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 187-206

  Pesmatzoglou, Dimitrios ^a   Nikolaou, Ioannis E ^b   Evangelinos, Konstantinos I ^c   Allan, Stuart ^d  

^a Hellenic Recovery Recycling Corporation   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CSR; Developing countries; E MNCs; Mining industry; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; DEVELOPING WORLD; MINING INDUSTRY; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84896718186     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.2871     Document Type: Review

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