Do Non-socially Responsible Companies Achieve Legitimacy Through Socially Responsible Actions? The Mediating Effect of Innovation

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-83

  Blanco, Belen ^a   Guillamón Saorín, Encarna ^b   Guiral, Andrés ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Controversial activities; Corporate social performance; Financial performance; Innovation intensity; Partial least squares

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884977589     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1503-3     Document Type: Article

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