Value Creation Through Social Strategy

Business and Society

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 147-186

  Husted, Bryan W ^a,b   Allen, David Bruce ^c   Kock, Ned ^d  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

corporate social responsibility; resource dependency; resource based view; value creation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922786196     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 15524205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650312439187     Document Type: Article

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