Should developing countries adopt corporate social responsibility? Empirical evidence from Romania

Economic Computation and Economic Cybernetics Studies and Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1-18

  Dumitrescu, Dalina ^a   Simionescu, Liliana ^a  

^a BUCHAREST UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMIC STUDIES   (Romania)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Developing countries; Financial performance; Romania

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945192436     PISSN: 0424267X     EISSN: 18423264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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