The influence of corporate social responsibility practices on organizational performance: Evidence from Eco-Responsible Spanish firms

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 112, Issue , 2016, Pages 2870-2884

  Reverte, Carmelo ^a   Gómez Melero, Eduardo ^a   Cegarra Navarro, Juan Gabriel ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Innovation; Organizational performance; SMEs

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; FINANCE; INNOVATION; MANUFACTURE;

CORPORATE REPUTATIONS; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR); FINANCIAL INDICATOR; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED FIRMS; SMES; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84958650701     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.09.128     Document Type: Article

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