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Corporate social responsibility before CSR: Practices at Aluminium du Cameroun (Alucam) from the 1950s to the 1980s

Marie-Claire LoisonEmlyon business school, OCE research Center, FranceCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Celine Berrier-LucasManagement Department, ISG Business School, Paris, France
&
Anne PezetDepartment of Management, HEC Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Pages 292-342 | Published online: 29 Jan 2018

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