Does corporate social responsibility matter for corporate stability? Evidence from China

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 2291-2319

  Gong, Yujing ^a   Ho, Kung Cheng ^a  

^a ZHONGNAN UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND LAW   (China)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Product market competition; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85037659376     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-017-0665-6     Document Type: Article

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