Factors that Drive Chinese Listed Companies in Voluntary Disclosure of Environmental Information

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 309-321

  Zeng, S X ^a   Xu, X D ^a   Yin, H T ^a   Tam, C M ^b  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Environmental information disclosure; Environmental management; Listed firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865806081     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-1129-x     Document Type: Article

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