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Relationship between corporate sustainability performance and corporate financial performance: The case of companies from the WIG-ESG Index

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|Dec 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18559/ebr.2024.4.1886 | Journal eISSN: 2450-0097 | Journal ISSN: 2392-1641
Language: English
Page range: 165 - 188
Submitted on: Apr 12, 2024
Accepted on: Nov 26, 2024
Published on: Dec 31, 2024
Published by: Poznań University of Economics and Business Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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