Environmental Responsibility and Firm Performance: The Application of an Environmental, Social and Governance Model

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 40-53

  Lee, Ki Hoon ^a   Cin, Beom Cheol ^b   Lee, Eui Young ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Kyonggi University   (South Korea)

^c Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Environmental responsibility; ESG; Financial performance; Korean firms; ROA; ROE; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FINANCE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

KOREA;

EID: 84961287068     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1855     Document Type: Article

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