CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY DISCLOSURE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF FIRMS CHARACTERISTICS

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/ger.2018(III-I).13      10.31703/ger.2018(III-I).13      Published : Jun 2018
Authored by : MaqsoodHayat , ShehzadKhan , MuhammadFaizan Malik

13 Pages : 117-133

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    APA : Hayat, M., Khan, S., & Malik, M. F. (2018). Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure: From the Perspective of Firm's Characteristics. Global Economics Review, III(I), 117-133. https://doi.org/10.31703/ger.2018(III-I).13
    CHICAGO : Hayat, Maqsood, Shehzad Khan, and Muhammad Faizan Malik. 2018. "Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure: From the Perspective of Firm's Characteristics." Global Economics Review, III (I): 117-133 doi: 10.31703/ger.2018(III-I).13
    HARVARD : HAYAT, M., KHAN, S. & MALIK, M. F. 2018. Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure: From the Perspective of Firm's Characteristics. Global Economics Review, III, 117-133.
    MHRA : Hayat, Maqsood, Shehzad Khan, and Muhammad Faizan Malik. 2018. "Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure: From the Perspective of Firm's Characteristics." Global Economics Review, III: 117-133
    MLA : Hayat, Maqsood, Shehzad Khan, and Muhammad Faizan Malik. "Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure: From the Perspective of Firm's Characteristics." Global Economics Review, III.I (2018): 117-133 Print.
    OXFORD : Hayat, Maqsood, Khan, Shehzad, and Malik, Muhammad Faizan (2018), "Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure: From the Perspective of Firm's Characteristics", Global Economics Review, III (I), 117-133
    TURABIAN : Hayat, Maqsood, Shehzad Khan, and Muhammad Faizan Malik. "Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure: From the Perspective of Firm's Characteristics." Global Economics Review III, no. I (2018): 117-133. https://doi.org/10.31703/ger.2018(III-I).13