Sources of variation in linking corporate social responsibility and financial performance

Social Responsibility Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 242-256

  Quazi, Ali ^a   Richardson, Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Company performance; Corporate social responsibility; Financial performance; Meta analysis; Profitability; Sub group analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861878173     PISSN: 17471117     EISSN: 1758857X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17471111211234860     Document Type: Review

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