The impact of corporate social responsibility on financial performance: Evidence from business in Taiwan

Technology in Society

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-63

  Lin, Chin Huang ^a   Yang, Ho Li ^a,b   Liou, Dian Yan ^c  

^a CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c YU DA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; CSR; Financial performance; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

PLANNING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; BUSINESS STRATEGIES; CONTROLLED VARIABLES; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; CRITICAL VARIABLES; CSR; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCES; FINANCIAL IMPACTS; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH STUDIES; TAIWAN;

FINANCE;

CORPORATE STRATEGY; EXPENDITURE; PROFITABILITY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 59749090262     PISSN: 0160791X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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