Corporate social performance, financial performance and institutional ownership in Canadian firms

Accounting Forum

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 233-253

  Mahoney, Lois ^a   Roberts, Robin W ^b  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate social performance; Financial performance; Institutional ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547613218     PISSN: 01559982     EISSN: 14676303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.accfor.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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