Environmental performance and firm value: Evidence from Dow Jones sustainability index Europe

International Journal of Environmental Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1007-1014

  Perez Calderon E ^a   Milanes Montero P ^a   Ortega Rossell, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Economic performance; Environmental performance; Financial performance; Stakeholders theory

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDER; STOCK MARKET; SUSTAINABILITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84868369405     PISSN: 17356865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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