Corporate Social Responsibility in SMEs: A Shift from Philanthropy to Institutional Works?

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Journal of Business Ethics

• Publication date

  2015-03-31

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Business

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  DOI 10.1007/s10551-015-2633-1
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