Country-level institutions, firm value, and the role of corporate social responsibility initiatives

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 360-385

  El Ghoul, Sadok ^a   Guedhami, Omrane ^b   Kim, Yongtae ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Firm value; Institutional void; Institutions and international business; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991324312     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2016.4     Document Type: Article

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