Complementary Relationships Between Corporate Philanthropy and Corporate Political Activity: An Exploratory Study of Political Marketplace Contingencies

Business and Society

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 859-881

  Hadani, Michael ^a   Coombes, Susan ^b  

^a SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

corporate philanthropy; corporate political activity; nonmarket strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943562590     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 15524205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650312463691     Document Type: Article

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