Starbucks: Social responsibility and tax avoidance

Journal of Accounting Education

Volumn 37, Issue , 2016, Pages 38-60

  Campbell, Katherine ^a   Helleloid, Duane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Great Britain; Starbucks; Tax avoidance; Tax havens; Taxes; Transfer prices; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995665393     PISSN: 07485751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccedu.2016.09.001     Document Type: Article

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