“Political” Corporate Social Responsibility in Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises: A Conceptual Framework

Business and Society

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 792-824

  Wickert, Christopher ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

conceptual framework; multinational corporations (MNCs); political corporate social responsibility (CSR); small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs); social connection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977125948     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 15524205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650314537021     Document Type: Article

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