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Walking and Talking Corporate Social Responsibility: Implications of Firm Size and Organizational Cost

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  • Andreas Georg Scherer
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  • Christopher Wickert & Andreas Georg Scherer & Laura J. Spence, 2016. "Walking and Talking Corporate Social Responsibility: Implications of Firm Size and Organizational Cost," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 53(7), pages 1169-1196, November.
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