The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Consumer Preference: A Structural Equation Analysis

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 151-163

  Boccia, Flavio ^a   Sarnacchiaro, Pasquale ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^b UNITELMA SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

company; corporate social responsibility; food; latent variable; marketing; partial least square

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043346812     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.1446     Document Type: Article

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