The market acceptance of corporate social responsibility: A comparison across six countries/regions

Australian Journal of Management

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-168

  Bird, Ron ^a   Momenté, Francesco ^b   Reggiani, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

International; market reaction; responsible management; socially responsible investing; stakeholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864757423     PISSN: 03128962     EISSN: 13272020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0312896211416136     Document Type: Article

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