Social reporting by companies listed on the alternative investment market

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 345-360

  Parsa, Sepideh ^a   Kouhy, Reza ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate reputation; Small and medium sized companies; Social reporting; Stakeholder pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149129434     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9402-8     Document Type: Article

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