In recent years, major disasters have figured prominently in the media. While corporate responses to disasters may have raised corporate philanthropy to a new level, it remains an understudied phenomenon. This paper draws on comparative research on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and...

This paper examines whether the decision and amount of firm charitable giving in response to catastrophic events are related to firm post-performance, and whether firm ownership type moderates this relationship. Using data on Chinese firms' philanthropic response to the 2008 Sichuan earthquake,...

In this study we conduct firm-level analysis of the impact of women in the boardroom on corporate philanthropic disaster response (CPDR). We propose that CPDR contains agency costs and that female directors are more likely to restrain the associated agency costs of CPDR. We predict a negative...

Humans are usually compassionate, caring and empathetic toward others, but are we really hardwired for altruism when a disaster hits? There is evidence that people exposed to natural disasters tend to behave more philanthropically, but most studies rely on small-scale surveys and experimental...

This paper contributes to the literature on CSR and International Business by linking firm internationalization to corporate philanthropy. Considering the 2004 Tsunami disaster as a highly relevant case of an international societal issue, we analyze the characteristics of the corporate response...

Based on the data of the amounts and the numbers of corporate philanthropic donation after '5•12' Wenchuan Earthquake of China, the paper conducted the empirical research on how the features of 31 provinces of China mainland, such as the policy environment (market-oriented process degree) and...

Humans are usually compassionate, caring and empathetic toward others, but are we really hardwired for altruism when a disaster hits? There is evidence that people exposed to natural disasters tend to behave more philanthropically, but most studies rely on small-scale surveys and experimental...