A history of Scandinavian socially responsible investing

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 969-983

  Bengtsson, Elias ^a  

^a European Fund and Asset Management Association   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Institutional change; Institutional systems; Negative screening; Positive screening; Responsible investments; Shareholder engagement; Socially responsible investing (SRI)

Indexed keywords

EID: 47849103403     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9606-y     Document Type: Review

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