Stakeholder engagement and corporate social responsibility reporting: The ownership structure effect

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 94-107

  Prado Lorenzo, Jose Manuel ^a   Gallego Alvarez, Isabel ^a   Garcia Sanchez, Isabel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Corporate social responsibility reporting; Ownership structure; Stakeholders' engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 66749173975     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.189     Document Type: Article

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