On the effectiveness of private transnational governance regimes-Evaluating corporate sustainability reporting according to the Global Reporting Initiative

Journal of World Business

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 312-325

  Barkemeyer, Ralf ^a,c   Preuss, Lutz ^b   Lee, Lindsay ^c  

^a KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b ROYAL HOLLOWAY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Global governance; Global reporting initiative; Governance effectiveness; Nonmarket strategy; Sustainability reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921978818     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2014.10.008     Document Type: Article

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