Facilitators and impediments for socially responsible investment: A study of Hong Kong

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 278-288

  Sjöström, Emma ^a   Welford, Richard ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asia; CSR; Hong Kong; SRI

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349749942     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.210     Document Type: Article

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