Corporate Philanthropy, Ownership Type, and Financial Transparency

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 851-867

  Qian, Cuili ^a   Gao, Xinzi ^b   Tsang, Albert ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese context; Corporate misconduct; Corporate philanthropy; Financial transparency; Ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941944201     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-014-2109-8     Document Type: Article

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