Communicating corporate responsibility through corporate web sites in Spain

Corporate Communications: An International Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 221-237

  Capriotti, Paul ^a   Moreno, Angeles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Communication; Corporate social responsibility; Information organizations; Internet; Spain; Stock markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547657154     PISSN: 13563289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13563280710776833     Document Type: Article

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