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A Managerial Perspective on the Porter Hypothesis -The Case of CO2 Emissions

Arjaliès, Diane-Laure; Ponssard, Jean-Pierre - HAL - 2010

Over the past decade, the debate on climate change has dramatically shifted. The strong evidence presented by the scientific community through the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) process established by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the World Meteorological...

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Doing well and doing good: a multi-dimensional puzzle

Forget, Vanina - HAL - 2012

Socially responsible firms are expected by European regulators to create shared value for their shareholders, their stakeholders and society. Yet how to generate profits while providing public good is still academically debated. This paper argues that corporate social responsibility encompasses...

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CSR firm profiles and innovation: An empirical exploration with survey data

Bocquet, Rachel; Bas, Christian Le; Mothe, Caroline; … - HAL - 2011

This paper explores the relationship between different Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategies and innovation …. Using a survey carried out on CSR behavior of Luxembourg firms, we found two types of firms as far as CSR practices are … concerned. Cluster 1 firms adopted CSR practices to achieve economic goals without resorting to the formalization of these …

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An alternative approach of corporate social disclosure analysis

Oxibar, Bruno; Déjean, Frédérique - HAL - 2003

This paper proposes an alternative approach to corporate social disclosure analysis in order to link social information disclosed and corporate social performance. A survey of the literature dealing with description and explanation of corporate social disclosure practices underlines the...

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Legitimacy strategies in the annual reports - what turn to social responsibility in post-privatization context

Lupu, Ioana; Sandu, Raluca - HAL - 2010

The present paper offers a narrative of the attempts of the privatized Romanian oil-company Petrom to assert its legitimacy in an environment characterized by global insecurity of the energy industry, instability of the political regime in Romania and an intensified all-levels fight with...

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Accounting for changes in biodiversity and ecosystem services from a business perspective

Houdet, Joël; Pavageau, Charlotte; Trommetter, Michel; … - HAL - 2009

Biodiversity refers to the dynamics of interactions between organisms in changing environments. Within the context of accelerating biodiversity loss worldwide, firms are under increasing pressures from stakeholders to develop appropriate tools to account for the nature and consequences of their...

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The CSR-Firm Performance Missing Link: Complementarity Between Environmental, Social and Business Behavior Criteria?

Cavaco, Sandra; Crifo, Patricia - HAL - 2010

This article analyses the complementarity between various dimensions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and … financial performance. We hypothesise that the absence of consensus in the empirical literature on the CSR-financial performance … different CSR components. We investigate such relationships using a sample of 595 firms from 15 European countries over the 2002 …

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In search of an alternative to shareholder value maximization

Giraud, Gaël; Renouard, Cécile - HAL - 2011

This paper argues that mainstream economic the- ory, far from providing an indisputable plea in favor of shareholder value-maximization, o ers striking arguments showing quite the opposite: pro t maximization cannot be a legitimate prioritar- ian goal for private rms. This opens the door for a...

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A managerial perspective on the Porter hypothesis The case of CO2 emissions

Arjaliès, Diane-Laure; Ponssard, Jean-Pierre - HAL - 2010

investors and companies are increasingly aware that climate change and its associated needs for reducing CO2 emissions are likely to impact structurally many areas of the economy. This paper offers a contribution to understand these impacts on companies' strategy, by studying management systems....

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Socially Responsible Investment in the USA : evolution of the shareholder advocacy to improve social performance of the firms. Updating a database for a longitudinal study

Martinez, Laura - HAL - 2011

The aim of this report is to analyze the Socially Responsible Investment in the USA from the shareholder's point of view. Based on the rule 14a-8, dissatisfied investors or activists may submit proposal to be implemented in order to improve social, societal and environmental performances of a...

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