Think global, act local: Corporate Social Responsibility Management in Multinational Companies

Social Responsibility Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 261-272

  Morand, M ^a   RaymanBacchus, L ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility management; CSR initiatives; Multinational companies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993110199     PISSN: 17471117     EISSN: 1758857x     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17471117200600003     Document Type: Article

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