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The Performance of Socially Responsible Investments

Economic and Business Review

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Title The Performance of Socially Responsible Investments
 
Creator Latinovic, Milica
Obradovic, Tijana
 
Description The paper aims to annotate how selection of equity securities can be made by incorporating sustainability into analysis, and to present review of performance evidence of such an investment strategy.The authors reviewed the scholarly literature and contemporary research on what constitutes a socially responsible investment, what risks are associated with such an investment, and what evidence of its performance are in different markets. They hypothesized that socially responsible investments underperform non-socially aware investments.This paper provides review of relevant corporate sustainability indicators used in investment analysis. Also, this paper is trying to present evidence of a link between corporate social responsibility and shareholder value. Research of performance of socially responsible investment equity indices and funds; mostly show that they underperform conventional ones.This paper aims to examine existing findings on socially responsible investing, and to propose modification of corporate strategies accordingly.This paper provides various insights into implications when incorporating environment, social responsibility, and corporate governance into investment strategies.
 
Publisher Cracow University of Economics
 
Date 2013-06-10
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
literature review
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://eber.uek.krakow.pl/index.php/eber/article/view/10
10.15678/EBER.2013.010203
 
Source Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review; Vol 1 No 2 (2013): Modern Challenges for International Business in Europe; 29-40
2353-8821
2353-883X
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://eber.uek.krakow.pl/index.php/eber/article/view/10/10