Influence of the environmental, social and corporate governance ratings on the economic performance of companies: An overview

International Journal of Environmental Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 105-112

  Peiro Signes A ^a   Segarra Ona M ^a   Mondejar Jimenez J ^b   Vargas Vargas, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Economic performance; Environment; ESG ratings; Social

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ECONOMICS; MANAGEMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880650409     PISSN: 17356865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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