Playing on two chessboards: Reputation Effects between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Corporate Political Activity (CPA)

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 790-813

  Den Hond, Frank ^a,b   Rehbein, Kathleen A ^c   de Bakker, Frank G A ^b   Lankveld, Hilde Kooijmans Van ^d  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Province Noord Brabant ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alignment; Corporate political strategies; Corporate social responsibility; Nonmarket strategy; Reputation; Resource complementarities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902819901     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joms.12063     Document Type: Article

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