Linking social and economic responsibilities with financial performance: The role of innovation

European Management Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 530-539

  Cegarra Navarro, Juan Gabriel ^a   Reverte, Carmelo ^a   Gómez Melero, Eduardo ^a   Wensley, Anthony K P ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Financial performance; Innovation; Social innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960172944     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2016.02.006     Document Type: Article

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