Does it really pay to be good, everywhere? A first step to understand the corporate social and financial performance link in Latin American controversial industries

Business Ethics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 286-309

  Rodrigo, Pablo ^a   Duran, Ignacio J ^a   Arenas, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ADOLFO IBÁÑEZ   (Chile)

^b ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

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EID: 84966601456     PISSN: 09628770     EISSN: 14678608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/beer.12119     Document Type: Article

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