The effect of family ownership on different dimensions of corporate social responsibility: Evidence from large US firms

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 475-492

  Block, Joern H ^a,b   Wagner, Marcus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CSR; Family; Ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901586954     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1798     Document Type: Article

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