Responsible Tax as Corporate Social Responsibility: The Case of Multinational Enterprises and Effective Tax in India

Business and Society

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 435-463

  Muller, Alan ^a   Kolk, Ans ^a  

^a Business School   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

corporate social responsibility; developing countries; India; local companies; multinational enterprises; taxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931439749     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 15524205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650312449989     Document Type: Article

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