Socially responsible investment in the Spanish financial market

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 305-316

  Lozano, Josep M ^a   Albareda, Laura ^a   Balaguer, M Rosario ^b  

^a ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); Engagement; Financial performance; Socially Responsible Investment (SRI)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751506089     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9092-7     Document Type: Article

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