The Impact of Business Strategies on Online Sustainability Disclosures

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 551-564

  Amran, Azlan ^a   Ooi, Say Keat ^a   Mydin, Riduan Toani ^a   Devi, S Susela ^b  

^a GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Business strategy; Malaysia; Online; Stakeholders; Sustainability disclosure

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 84942314970     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1837     Document Type: Article

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