The Role of Corporate Reputation in Determining Investor Satisfaction and Loyalty

Corporate Reputation Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-37

  Helm, Sabrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

corporate reputation; investor loyalty; investor satisfaction; partial least squares; reputation measure; structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84999320878     PISSN: 13633589     EISSN: 14791889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.crr.1550036     Document Type: Article

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