Corporate sustainability: Historical development and reporting practices

Management Research Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 157-172

  Christofi, Andreas ^a   Christofi, Petros ^b   Sisaye, Seleshi ^a  

^a MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Corporate sustainability; Disclosure; Dow Jones Sustainability Index; Financial reporting; Global Reporting Initiative; Sustainability reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855757642     PISSN: 20408269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409171211195170     Document Type: Article

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