Corporate social responsibility: Stakeholders influence on MNEs' activities

International Business Review

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 966-980

  Park, Byung Il ^a   Chidlow, Agnieszka ^b   Choi, Jiyul ^a  

^a Hankuk University of Foreign Studies   (South Korea)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Institutions; Korea; Multinational enterprises; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904381484     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2014.02.008     Document Type: Article

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