-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the ways in which corporations use such relationships as part of their corporate social responsibility (CSR … alliances and to explain their expansion. The findings show that firms engage in CSR for altruistic, defensive, and strategic …

, only third-party certification clearly produces efficiency gains, by increasing CSR investments. In markets where … paying more for the same level of CSR investments by firms. …

This paper explores the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and innovation from a firm strategic … perspective. Matching Community Innovation Survey data with specific data collected about the CSR behaviour of Luxembourg firms …, the authors identify two types of firms (strategic versus responsive) that differ in the intensity of their CSR adoption …

This paper explores the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and innovation and seeks to identify … whether and how CSR practices can lead to technological innovation. Seven French case studies show that, contrary to … formal) CSR. Indeed, small companies can also introduce radical innovation based on their CSR involvement. …

The aim of this paper is to propose an instrumental analysis of corporate social responsibility (CSR). After … human capital, we argue that CSR can be useful as a means to regulate power relationships between key productive partners of … telecommunications, we show that CSR is voluntarily used by firms to maintain long-term wealth-creative employment and subcontracting …