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The Reporting and Sustainable Business Marketing

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  • Ionel Jianu

    (Department of Accounting and Audit, Faculty of Accounting and Management Information Systems, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 6 PiaţaRomană, District 1, Bucharest 010374, Romania)

  • Carmen Ţurlea

    (Department of Management, Faculty of Management, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 6 PiaţaRomană, District 1, Bucharest 010374, Romania
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Ionela Guşatu

    (Department of Modern Languages, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 8 Bld. Eroii Sanitari, Bucharest 050474, Romania
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

Abstract

Companies have to communicate to be noticed on the market, to promote their services and products, and to give assurances that they are a credible partner in the relationship with stakeholders. In this article, starting from the importance of marketing communication in business, an index of sustainability communication was created for the companies listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange for the period 2008–2009, during the financial crisis, seeking to show the awareness of the difficult moment and the use of communication. Then, based on the relevance of accounting information model, we study the relationship between the index of sustainability communication and the share price, basically its influence on the future performance of the company. The regression analysis emphasizes the positive influence of the index of sustainability communication on the share price.

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  • Ionel Jianu & Carmen Ţurlea & Ionela Guşatu, 2015. "The Reporting and Sustainable Business Marketing," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 8(1), pages 1-12, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:8:y:2015:i:1:p:23-:d:61414
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