The impact of corporate social responsibility on firms’ financial performance in South Africa

Contemporary Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 193-214

  Chetty, Sukanya ^a   Naidoo, Rebekah ^a   Seetharam, Yudhvir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Financial markets; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937411313     PISSN: 20840845     EISSN: 23008814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5709/ce.1897-9254.167     Document Type: Article

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