Social responsibility in new ventures: Profiting from a long-term orientation

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1135-1153

  Wang, Taiyuan ^a   Bansal, Pratima ^b  

^a IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

corporate social responsibility; financial performance; long term orientation; new ventures

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS VALUE; CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR); ECONOMIC RETURNS; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; LIABILITY OF NEWNESS; LONG-TERM ORIENTATION; NEW VENTURES; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES; STRATEGIC DECISIONS; STRATEGIC RESOURCE;

PLANNING;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84865086257     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.1962     Document Type: Article

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