Small and Medium Enterprises and Corporate Social Responsibility Practice: A Swedish Perspective

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 88-99

  Lee, Ki Hoon ^a   Herold, David M ^a   Yu, Ae Li ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; CSR communication; CSR motivation; CSR perception; SMEs; Sustainable development; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923108192     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.1366     Document Type: Article

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