Beyond "Does it Pay to be Green?" A Meta-Analysis of Moderators of the CEP-CFP Relationship

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 353-366

  Dixon Fowler, Heather R ^a   Slater, Daniel J ^b   Johnson, Jonathan L ^c   Ellstrand, Alan E ^c   Romi, Andrea M ^d  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate environmental performance; Corporate financial performance; Environmental sustainability; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872652800     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1268-8     Document Type: Review

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