Sustainable business impact is growing within the field of impact assessment, however, the field, specifically in regard to Entrepreneurship, would benefit from theory based on comparisons of external and internal impacts of environmental and social innovation. This exploratory study bridges...

This paper provides an overview of social and environmental management practices in the oil and gas industry. It outlines the evolution of international oil companies' approaches over the last 20 years, reviews what social and environmental management amongst such companies means in practice,...

This paper investigates the determinants of a responsible multinational firm's decision to enter in a foreign country either through exports or through foreign direct investment (FDI), as well as the relevant market and societal outcomes. We find that CSR investments are higher under FDI than...

In diesem Beitrag wird die Beziehung zwischen sozialer Verantwortung und Finanzerfolg von ausgewählten Unternehmen in den ASEAN-Ländern Indonesien, Malaysia, Thailand und Philippinen während einer 10-Jahres-Periode bis Ende 2015 untersucht. Finanzerfolg wird anhand von relevanten...

The Romanian business scene has recently borrowed the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR), and this evolution was due to the presence of multinational companies (MNCs) that implemented new practices and activities in this area. Our paper aims to provide a presentation of social...

The effects of diversification on financial performance are well-established, less so the way in which diversification influences company behaviour towards stakeholder demand and social concern. This paper investigates the relationship between business diversification and corporate social...

We use synthetic control group methods to analyse the causal impact of CSR certification on the economic performance of a small set of Italian manufacturing firms that underwent SA8000 certification in 2009 or 2010. We find no evidence of a positive or negative impact of SA8000 certification on...

We examine the strategic use of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in imperfectly competitive markets. The level of CSR determines the weight a firm puts on consumer surplus in its objective function before it decides upon supply. First, we consider symmetric Cournot competition and show that...

We examine the strategic use of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in imperfectly competitive markets. The level of CSR determines the weight a firm puts on consumer surplus in its objective function before it decides upon supply. First, we consider symmetric Cournot competition and show that...

The paper argues that transparency of large corporate farms operating in transition economies is the factor that affects their competitive position as it helps to preserve access to international equity markets and to reduce uncertainty that arises from imperfect local input markets. We...

This dissertation represents original, empirical evidence concerning the adoption of CSR practices and principles in the context of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) based on comparative case studies among selected companies in the Ethiopian brewery sector. In other words, the study can be...

Vor dem Hintergrund tiefgreifender gesellschaftlicher und wirtschaftlicher Veränderungsprozesse ergeben sich zunehmend Herausforderungen für die Unternehmens- und Markenführung. Dabei bestimmen zwei grundlegende Werte die Diskussion und eröffnen ein Spannungsfeld: Individualisierung -...

We review recent studies on management practices and their consequences for women in the workplace. First, the High Performance Work System (HPWS) is associated with greater gender diversity in the workplace while there is little evidence that the HPWS reduces the gender pay gap. Second,...

Transparency is becoming a worldwide necessity determined by the increasing demand of responsible actors regarding certain justification related to the impact of different entities towards the environment. Within an economic environment described by complexity, continuous change and development...

In the past few years a growing consideration of enterprises’ social role has brought public opinion, management scholars and companies themselves to give more and more attention and space to the concept of ethics. Over the decades, the doctrine has made some considerable progress in defining...

According to different types of studies conducted in recent years, not natural but social factors will constitute a major barrier in the process of achieving sustainable development. The barrier will be quickly noticed in the countries and regions of low social capital. The purpose of this...

We compare the strategic potential of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Customer Orientation (CO) as commitments to larger quantities in Cournot competition, modeled as a multi-stage game. First, in addition to profits, firms can choose to care for the surplus of either all consumers...

Professor Walter Bayer und Thomas Hoffmann (Universität Jena) haben untersucht, welche Unternehmen von der Pflicht zur CSR-Berichterstattung nach dem Gesetzesentwurf zur Umsetzung der europäischen CSR-Richtlinie erfasst wären: lediglich 536. Große nicht börsennotierte Unternehmen, die schon...

The paper aims to provide analysis of the international experience of the development of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and to provide stimulation methods used by the state to develop CSR in Russia. The study is based on the identification of characteristics of CSR development in Russia;...

This article aims to operationalize and measure the power of corporate communication and the main strategies that Romanian companies use to communicate their CSR campaigns on Facebook. The study conducts an extensive survey designed to emphasize the corporate communication indicators of power...

Diese Publikation analysiert, wie private und staatliche Maßnahmen und Forderungen in Bezug auf das unternehmerische Engagement zu bewerten sind. Die Basis dafür bietet eine Analyse, wie sich Unternehmen im Spannungsfeld der Stakeholderinteressen engagieren können, in welchen Bereichen und in...