A Conceptualization of How Firms Engage in Corporate Responsibility Based on Country Risk

Business and Society

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 625-651

  Rodríguez, Linda C ^a   Montiel, Ivan ^b   Ozuna, Téofilo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AIKEN   (United States)

^b LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

corporate responsibility; country risk; CSR; CSR strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910086881     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 15524205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650312475123     Document Type: Article

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