Managing corporate performance: Investigating the relationship between corporate social responsibility and financial performance in emerging markets

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 229-254

  Aras, Güler ^a   Aybars, Asli ^b   Kutlu, Ozlem ^a  

^a YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BAHCESEHIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Economic sustainability; Financial performance; Profit

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649312904     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410401011023573     Document Type: Article

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