“Doing well while doing good” revisited: A study of socially responsible firms’ Short-Term versus Long-Term performance

Managerial Finance

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 33-46

  Shank, Todd ^a   Manullang, Daryl ^b   Hill, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Instructor of Finance ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Financial performance; Portfolio management; Social responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016176447     PISSN: 03074358     EISSN: 17587743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074350510769794     Document Type: Article

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