Is environmental disclosure an effective strategy on establishment of environmental legitimacy for organization?

Management Decision

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1462-1487

  Kuo, Lopin ^a   Chen, Vivian Yi Ju ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Corporate strategy; Disclosure; Environmental disclosure; Environmental legitimacy; Environmental management; Japan; Social responsibility; Three stage least squares

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884518068     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MD-06-2012-0395     Document Type: Article

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