Are Firms that Contribute to Sustainable Development Better Financially?

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 305-319

  Marti, Carmen Pilar ^a   Rovira Val, M Rosa ^a,b   Drescher, Lisa G J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate financial performance; Corporate social performance; Corporate social responsibility; European firms; Panel data; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942297456     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.1347     Document Type: Article

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