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Chapter 16 - Building on Actor-Network Analysis to Study Corporate Social Responsibility

Conceptual and Methodological Insights

from Case Study Approaches

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2017

Patricia H. Werhane
Affiliation:
DePaul University, Chicago
R. Edward Freeman
Affiliation:
University of Virginia
Sergiy Dmytriyev
Affiliation:
University of Virginia
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