Does Corporate Social Responsibility Influence Firm Performance of Indian Companies?

Journal of Business Ethics - Tập 95 Số 4 - Trang 571-601 - 2010
Supriti Mishra1, Damodar Suar1
1Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India

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