Responsible Investment by Pension Funds After the Financial Crisis

Issues in Business Ethics

Volumn 31, Issue , 2011, Pages 93-112

  Sievänen, Riikka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Corporate Social Responsibility; Financial Crisis; Financial Market; Financial Performance; Risk Management

Indexed keywords

EID: 85113400732     PISSN: 09256733     EISSN: 22151680     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9319-6_6     Document Type: Chapter

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