Sustainability development and the quality of assurance reports: Empirical evidence

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 484-500

  Zorio, Ana ^a   García Benau, Maria A ^a   Sierra, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assurance; Corporate social responsibility; Environmental policy; Stakeholder engagement; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; STAKEHOLDER; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SPAIN;

EID: 84887612126     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1764     Document Type: Article

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