The board of directors and the sustainability report;El consejo de administración y las memorias de sostenibilidad

Revista de Contabilidad-Spanish Accounting Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 5-16

  Rodríguez Ariza, Lázaro ^a   Frías Aceituno, José V ^a   García Rubio, Raquel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Board of directors; Corporate social responsibility reporting; Voluntary information

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898641808     PISSN: 11384891     EISSN: 19884672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcsar.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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