Sustainability reporting quality of Indian firms? Pre and Post-SEBI amendment
*Divya GogiaCorresponding authordg475@snu.edu.inDepartment of SMEGreater Noida, Uttar PradeshShiv Nadar UniversityIndiaView full profile → , Sandeep Kumar Guptasandeep.gupta@snu.edu.inDepartment of SMEGreater Noida, Uttar PradeshShiv Nadar UniversityIndiaView full profile → , Priya Rathipr609@snu.edu.inDepartment of SMEGreater Noida, Uttar PradeshShiv Nadar UniversityIndiaView full profile →
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- Published Online:
- 31 Mar 2023
- Article type:
- Research Article
- Language:
- EN
- Article no.:
- JSMS-1038
- Pages:
- 435–449
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