Social responsibility in SMEs: A source of business value

Social Responsibility Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 423-434

  Iturrioz, Cristina ^a   Aragón, Cristina ^a   Narbaiza, Lorea ^a   Ibañez, Asunción ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Competitive strategy; Corporate social responsibility; Small to medium sized enterprises; Strategic alignment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993037389     PISSN: 17471117     EISSN: 1758857X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17471110910977320     Document Type: Article

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