Making sense of conflicting empirical findings: A meta-analytic review of the relationship between corporate environmental and financial performance

European Management Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 735-751

  Endrikat, Jan ^a   Guenther, Edeltraud ^a   Hoppe, Holger ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Linde Material Handling   (Germany)

Author keywords

Causality; Corporate environmental performance; Corporate financial performance; Meta analysis; Moderation effects; Multidimensionality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905826487     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2013.12.004     Document Type: Article

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