Corporate social responsibility and corporate financial performance in China: An empirical research from Chinese firms

Corporate Governance

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 361-370

  Chen, Honghui ^a   Wang, Xiayang ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Corporate financial performance; Corporate social responsibility; Social responsibility; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051683473     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720701111159217     Document Type: Article

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