The business-case for community investment: Evidence from Fiji's tourism industry

Social Responsibility Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 242-257

  Bradly, Andrew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community investment; Corporate social responsibility; Developing countries; Fiji; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930247554     PISSN: 17471117     EISSN: 1758857X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/SRJ-05-2013-0062     Document Type: Article

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