Institutional investor influence on global climate change disclosure practices

Australian Journal of Management

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 169-187

  Cotter, Julie ^a   Najah, Muftah M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

climate change disclosure; institutional investors; stakeholder engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864741815     PISSN: 03128962     EISSN: 13272020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0312896211423945     Document Type: Article

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