Multinational Enterprise Subsidiaries and their CSR: A Conceptual Framework of the Management of CSR in Smaller Emerging Economies

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 125-136

  Hah, Kristin ^a   Freeman, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Global versus local CSR; Institutional theory; Legitimacy; Multinational enterprises; Stakeholder theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902774128     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-013-1753-8     Document Type: Article

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