Managerial entrenchment and corporate social performance

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 35, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 748-789

  Surroca, Jordi ^a   Tribó, Josep A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Corporate social performance; Earnings management; Stakeholder activism

Indexed keywords

EID: 45349086293     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2008.02090.x     Document Type: Article

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