In this dissertation, I investigate three issues in the area of corporate strategy and corporate social responsibility. In my first essay, I investigate how corporate social performance (CSP) affects corporate financial performance (CFP), using a panel of the KLD Social Ratings Database. I find...

In this dissertation, I investigate one specific environmental regulation---Underground Storage Tank (UST) regulation. Chapter 2 first explored common law remedies for UST releases, and suggested that the common law systems were not adequate for compensating pollution harm, providing financial...

Institutional theories and resource-based views have suggested that, although they appear similar externally, standardized management systems may be implemented very differently in different organizations. This variability in implementation may be responsible for the heterogeneous performance of...