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Definitions and measures of corporate reputation in accounting and management: commonalities, differences, and future research

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  • Note: Due to limited space, this list of references includes only sources which are cited in the main body of this article. The Web Appendix contains a second list of references which includes all articles with either a definition of or measurement of corporate reputation as well as their original sources.