The Moderating Effect of Board Characteristics in the Relationship Between ESG and Corporate Financial Performance

Studies in Business and Economics

Volume 19 (2024): Issue 2 (August 2024)

By:

Heonyong Jung

Open Access

|Sep 2024

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