Corporate social responsibility practices and performance improvement among Chinese national state-owned enterprises

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 171, Issue , 2016, Pages 417-426

  Zhu, Qinghua ^a,b   Liu, Junjun ^b   Lai, Kee Hung ^c  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese national state owned enterprises; Corporate social responsibility; Performance; Practice; Stakeholder theory

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR); PERFORMANCE; PRACTICE; STAKEHOLDER THEORY; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84954048688     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2015.08.005     Document Type: Article

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