Does Corporate Social Responsibility Pay Off in Times of Crisis? An Alternate Perspective on the Relationship between Financial and Corporate Social Performance

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 157-167

  Ducassy, Isabelle ^a  

^a KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Corporate social performance (CSP); Corporate social responsibility (CSR); Financial performance; France; Goodwill; Insurance; Subprime crisis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877587452     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.1282     Document Type: Article

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