An integrated framework for the financial analysis of sustainability

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 322-333

  Romero Castro, Noelia ^a,b   Piñeiro Chousa, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b University of Santiago   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental and social performance indicators; Financial analysis; Ratio analysis; Shareholder value

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; DECISION MAKING; FINANCIAL MARKET; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 33749387176     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.539     Document Type: Article

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