Corporate social responsibility and financial performance

Corporate Governance

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 129-138

  Van De Velde, Eveline ^a   Vermeir, Wim ^a   Corten, Filip ^a  

^a Dexia Asset Management   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Economic sustainability; Ethical investment; Social responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544460500     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700510604760     Document Type: Review

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