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Corporate Social Responsibility: a Theory of the Firm Perspective
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In this article, the authors outline a supply and demand model of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and conclude that there is an "ideal" level of CSR, which managers can determine via cost-benefit analysis.Abstract:
We outline a supply and demand model of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Based on this framework, we hypothesize that a firm's level of CSR will depend on its size, level of diversification, research and development, advertising, government sales, consumer income, labor market conditions, and stage in the industry life cycle. From these hypotheses, we conclude that there is an “ideal” level of CSR, which managers can determine via cost-benefit analysis, and that there is a neutral relationship between CSR and financial performance.read more
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CSR initiative characteristics and employee engagement: An impact-based perspective
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Implementing dynamic capabilities for corporate strategic change towards sustainability
TL;DR: In this paper, a dynamic scanning, identification, and reconfiguration capabilities can facilitate firms' strategic change toward sustainability and higher competitive advantage in an evolving market environment, which can facilitate their strategic change towards sustainability.
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Reporting Biases in Empirical Management Research: The Example of Win-Win Corporate Social Responsibility:
Katja Rost,Thomas Ehrmann +1 more
TL;DR: The authors show that published evidence in win-win corporate social responsibility (CSR) research tends to overestimate efficiency, which is a serious concern because the conclusions of systematic reviews and meta-analyses can be misleading.
Corporate Social Responsibility in Retrospect and Prospect: Exploring the Life-Cycle of an Essentially Contested Concept
Jean-Pascal Gond,Jeremy Moon +1 more
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Corporate social responsibility effects on social network sites
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated how marketers could maximize favorable consumer responses to brand pages on social network sites (SNSs) through the strategic use of corporate social responsibility (CSR), and found that CRM leads to the greatest consumer intention to join the SNS brand page, followed by CS and control.
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