Internet-supported sustainability reporting-expectations and reality: Empirical findings from the german DAX30

Handbook of Corporate Sustainability: Frameworks, Strategies and Tools

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 249-281

  Herzig, Christian ^a   Godemann, Jasmin ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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