The effects of sustainable development on firms' financial performance - an empirical approach

Sustainable Development

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 365-380

  Chang, Dong Shang ^a   Kuo, Li Chin Regina ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Financial; Performance; Stakeholder engagement; Structural model; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049430661     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.351     Document Type: Article

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