Drivers of Socially Responsible Investing: A Case Study of Four Nordic Countries

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 605-616

  Scholtens, Bert ^a   Sievänen, Riikka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Culture; Economics; Finance; Institutions; Nordic countries; Socially responsible investments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880057219     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1410-7     Document Type: Article

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