Drivers of Environmental Disclosure and Stakeholder Expectation: Evidence from Taiwan

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 435-451

  Huang, Cheng Li ^a   Kung, Fan Hua ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

disclosure strategy; environmental accounting; environmental disclosure; stakeholder analysis; stakeholder expectations; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957233028     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0476-3     Document Type: Article

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