Corporate social responsibility in the wood products industry: Us and chinese consumers' perceptions

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 97-106

  Cai, Zhen ^a   Aguilar, Francisco X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INDUSTRY; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR); ECONOMIC PROFIT; ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; RESOURCE-BASED; STATED PREFERENCES; SURVEY DATA; WOOD PRODUCTS INDUSTRY;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

CONSUMERS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MARKET RESEARCH; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 84903280906     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13073/FPJ-D-13-00059     Document Type: Article

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