Being Good When Being International in an Emerging Economy: The Case of China

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 805-817

  Cheung, Yan Leung ^a   Kong, Dongmin ^b   Tan, Weiqiang ^c   Wang, Wenming ^c  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Corporate social responsibility; International diversification; State owned enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941944531     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-014-2268-7     Document Type: Article

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