Sustainable development and corporate financial performance: A study based on the FTSE4Good IBEX index

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 277-288

  Charlo, Maria J ^a   Moya, Ismael ^b   Muñoz, Ana M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Financial performance; FTSE4Good IBEX; Socially responsible investment; Stakeholder engagement; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928272419     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1824     Document Type: Article

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