Corporate Social Responsibility in International Business: Illustrations from Korean and Japanese Electronics MNEs in Indonesia

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 747-761

  Park, Young Ryeol ^b   Song, Sangcheol ^a   Choe, Soonkyoo ^b   Baik, Youjin ^b  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Emerging markets; Indonesia; Korean and Japanese MNEs; Strategic CSR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84935899635     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-014-2212-x     Document Type: Article

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