The relationship between corporate social responsibility and corporate performance: Evidence from the US semiconductor industry

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 51, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 5683-5695

  Lu, Wen Min ^a   Wang, Wei Kang ^b   Lee, Hsiao Lan ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

corporate performance; corporate social responsibility; dynamic data envelopment analysis

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE PERFORMANCE; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR); DYNAMIC DATA; EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIPS; QUANTITATIVE INDICATORS; SEMICONDUCTOR COMPANIES; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84885834548     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2013.776186     Document Type: Article

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