Determination of environmental, social and corporate governance indicators: framework in the measurement of sustainable performance

Journal of Business Economics and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1017-1033

  Kocmanová, Alena ^a   Šimberová, Iveta ^a  

^a BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

corporate governance indicators; empirical research; environmental; framework; key performance indicators; social; Sustainability Reporting; sustainable performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925946308     PISSN: 16111699     EISSN: 20294433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/16111699.2013.791637     Document Type: Article

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