A toolkit for designing firm level strategic corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives

Social Responsibility Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 265-282

  Bhattacharyya, Som Sekhar ^a   Sahay, Arunditya ^a   Arora, Ashok Pratap ^a   Chaturvedi, Abha ^a  

^a MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Competitive strategy; Corporate social responsibility; Stakeholder analysis; Value chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993054006     PISSN: 17471117     EISSN: 1758857x     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17471110810892802     Document Type: Review

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