Sustainable development and supply chain coordination: The impact of corporate social responsibility rules in the European Union food industry

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 481-491

  Stranieri, Stefanella ^a   Orsi, Luigi ^a   Banterle, Alessandro ^a   Ricci, Elena Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

corporate social responsibility; CSR; environmental policy; environmental sustainability; food sector; transaction costs; vertical coordination

Indexed keywords

EID: 85056115883     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.1698     Document Type: Article

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