Corporate social responsibility: The challenge for medium sized enterprises in the Bamberg-Forcheim Region, Germany

Amfiteatru Economic

Volumn 13, Issue 29, 2011, Pages 180-194

  Serban, Viorica ^a,b   Kaufmann, Malte ^b,c  

^a BOSCH REXROTH AG   (Germany)

^b BUCHAREST UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMIC STUDIES   (Romania)

^c Kaufmann Immobilien   (Germany)

Author keywords

Code of conduct; Corporate Social Responsibility; EFQM Model; Performance excellence; Sustainability development

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007493843     PISSN: 15829146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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