A note on the interaction between corporate social responsibility and financial performance

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 46-55

  Scholtens, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Financial performance; Interaction; Stock market

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STOCK MARKET;

EID: 53649098161     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.01.024     Document Type: Article

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