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Sustainability Disclosure in Social Media – Substitutionary or Complementary to Traditional Reporting? Cover

Sustainability Disclosure in Social Media – Substitutionary or Complementary to Traditional Reporting?

By: Lukasz Bryl and  Enrico Supino  
Open Access
|Feb 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/joim-2022-0011 | Journal eISSN: 2543-831X | Journal ISSN: 2080-0150
Language: English
Page range: 41 - 62
Submitted on: Nov 20, 2022
Accepted on: Dec 29, 2022
Published on: Feb 7, 2023
Published by: SAN University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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