Firm litigation risk and the insurance value of corporate social performance

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1464-1482

  Koh, Ping Sheng ^a   Qian, Cuili ^b   Wang, Heli ^c  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

corporate social performance; firm valuation models; insurance value; legitimacy; risk management

Indexed keywords

INSURANCE; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CORPORATE SOCIAL PERFORMANCE; FINANCIAL DISTRESS; FINANCIAL HEALTH; FIRM VALUATIONS; FIRM VALUE; INSURANCE MECHANISMS; LEGITIMACY; SOCIAL PERFORMANCE;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

EID: 84906784218     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2171     Document Type: Article

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