Socially responsible investment: Insights from Shari'a departments in Islamic financial institutions

Business Ethics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 218-233

  Ullah, Shakir ^a   Jamali, Dima ^b   Harwood, Ian A ^c  

^a Institute of Management Sciences   (Pakistan)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84898658788     PISSN: 09628770     EISSN: 14678608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/beer.12045     Document Type: Article

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