An empirical investigation of the relationship between change in corporate social performance and financial performance: A stakeholder theory perspective
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...Ruf et al. (2001) investigated the CSP–CFP link from a stakeholder perspective....
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...Ruf et al. (2001) suggest that reasons for inconsistency include a lack of theoretical foundation, a lack of systematic measurement of CSP, a lack of proper methodology, limitations on sample size and composition, and a mismatch between social and financial variables....
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...Other researchers have also acknowledged this inconsistency in methodology (Ruf et al., 2001; Waddock and Graves, 1997)....
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...Ruf et al. (2001) stress the need for caution with respect to the maturity of research evidence....
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