Corporate hyperlink network relationships in global corporate social responsibility system

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1225-1242

  Nam, Yoonjae ^a   Barnett, George A ^b   Kim, Daejoong ^c  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Co affiliated network; Corporate social responsibility; Fortune 500; Hyperlink; Network analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897456141     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-013-9831-7     Document Type: Article

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