Determinants of CSR practicesanalysis of the influence of ownership and the management profile mediating effect

  1. Godos Díez, José Luis
  2. Fernández Gago, Roberto
  3. Cabeza García, Laura
  4. Martínez Campillo, Almudena
Revue:
Revista española de financiación y contabilidad

ISSN: 0210-2412

Année de publication: 2014

Número: 161

Pages: 47-68

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1080/02102412.2014.890824 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

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This work was supported by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación [Research Project ECO2012-35439] and the Consejería de Educación de la Junta de Castilla y León [Research Project LE004A10-1].

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