The aggregation of multiple metrics of corporate social performance (CSP) poses one of the major problems in CSP research. In this paper we propose a new method to compute a composite indicator of CSP from an efficiency perspective using data envelopment analysis (DEA). The new approach makes it...

This paper introduces a model to construct composite indicators that is based upon the determination of the least distance from each assessed unit to a frontier estimated by Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The model also allows accounting for the existence of slacks in all the considered...

It is yet to be determined whether the firms' operational inefficiency is reflected on the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) engagement approach. This paper aims to examine this association and specifically analyzes to which of the dimensions of CSR operational inefficiency is more closely...