The impact of corporate social responsibility on firm value: The role of customer awareness

Management Science

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1045-1061

  Servaes, Henri ^a   Tamayo, Ane ^b  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibiliy; Customer awareness; Firm value; Reputation

Indexed keywords

ADVERTISING EXPENDITURES; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR); CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILIY; CUSTOMER AWARENESS; FIRM VALUE; REPUTATION;

SALES;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84878083301     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1120.1630     Document Type: Article

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