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  • May 2011
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  • Business Strategy Review

The Growing Power of Non-financial Reports

By: Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim
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Abstract

We are exploring the value of forcing corporations to issue sustainability reports, which provide information about corporate performance in terms of social, environmental and governance issues. In a breakthrough study they asked, what is the effect of mandatory sustainability reporting on management practices across the world?

Keywords

Value; Reports; Performance; Management Practices and Processes; Globalization; Power and Influence; Natural Environment; Governance; Social Issues

Citation

Ioannou, Ioannis, and George Serafeim. "The Growing Power of Non-financial Reports." Business Strategy Review (May 2011).
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George Serafeim

Accounting and Management
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