Characteristics of the board of directors and information in matters of corporate social responsability;Características del consejo de administración e información en materia de responsabilidad social corporativa

Revista Espanola de Financiacion y Contabilidad

Volumn 38, Issue 141, 2009, Pages 107-135

  Lorenzo, José Manuel Prado ^a   Sánchez, Isabel María García ^a   Gallego Álvarez, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Corporate social responsibility; Explanatory factors; Global reporting initiative; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954002436     PISSN: 02102412     EISSN: 02102412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02102412.2009.10779664     Document Type: Article

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