Evaluation of sustainability reporting practices in Poland

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1739-1752

  Hąbek, Patrycja ^a  

^a SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Non financial disclosure; Reporting standards; Stakeholders; Sustainability report

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897411609     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-013-9871-z     Document Type: Article

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