Disclosure of Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management: Evidence from China

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 273-287

  Kuo, Lopin ^a   Yeh, Chin Chen ^a   Yu, Hui Cheng ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Circular economy; Content analysis; Corporate social responsibility; Energy saving and carbon reduction; Environmental disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866858766     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.274     Document Type: Article

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