Is corporate sustainability a value-increasing strategy for business?

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 345-358

  Lo, Shih Fang ^a,b   Sheu, Her Jiun ^c  

^a CHUNG HUA INSTITUTION FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

^b National Chiao Tung University ^*  (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Corporate social responsibility; Market value; Panel data; Sustainability index; Tobin's q

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947265992     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00565.x     Document Type: Article

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