A decade's debate on the nexus between corporate social and corporate financial performance: A critical review of empirical studies 2002-2011

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 79, Issue , 2014, Pages 195-206

  Lu, Weisheng ^a   Chau, K W ^a   Wang, Hongdi ^a   Pan, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Corporate financial performance; Corporate social performance; Corporate social performance corporate financial performance relationship; Corporate social responsibility; Critical review

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

CORPORATE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; CORPORATE SOCIAL PERFORMANCE; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR); CRITICAL REVIEW; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; INDUSTRIAL SETTINGS; SOCIAL PERFORMANCE;

FINANCE;

EID: 84905126398     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.04.072     Document Type: Article

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