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Measuring social capital for social performance

Boutilier, Robert (contributor) - 2005

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The responsibilities of the state and businesses in the creation of social capital

Kurowski, Mateusz - In: Economic and environmental studies : a journal for … 16 (2016) 2, pp. 267-277

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...

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Why do corporate actors engage in pro-social behavior? : a Bourdieusian perspective on corporate social responsibility

Aaken, Dominik van; Splitter, Violetta; Seidl, David - 2012

Drawing on Pierre Bourdieu's theory of social practice this paper develops a novel approach to the study of CSR. According to this approach, pro-social activities are conceptualized as social practices that are employed by individual managers in their personal struggles for social power. Whether...

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Ranking for good? : a comparative assessment of the performance of French corporations in human rights rankings

George, Erika; Restrepo Amariles, David - 2021

In recent years, greater attention has been given to developing metrics that measure more than a country’s gross domestic product (GDP). Similarly, greater consideration has been given to more than just the financial performance of commercial enterprises; corporations are now expected to...

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The Bond Market Benefits of Corporate Social Capital

Amiraslani, Hami - 2019

We investigate whether a firm's social capital, and the trust that it engenders, are viewed favorably by bondholders. Using firms' corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities to proxy for social capital, we find no relation between CSR and bond spreads over the period 2005-2013. However,...

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Social Capital, Trust, and Firm Performance : The Value of Corporate Social Responsibility during the Financial Crisis

Lins, Karl V. - 2016

During the 2008-2009 financial crisis, firms with high social capital, measured as corporate social responsibility (CSR) intensity, had stock returns that were four to seven percentage points higher than firms with low social capital. High-CSR firms also experienced higher profitability, growth,...

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A Theoretical Analysis of the Relationship between Social Capital and Corporate Social Responsibility : Concepts and Definitions

Sacconi, Lorenzo; Degli Antoni, Giacomo - 2013

Trust, trustworthiness and ethical norms of reciprocity and cooperation have been receiving more and more attention in economic analysis. In particular, two concepts have been widely used in order to study the socio-economic effects of these factors: the concept of social capital (hereafter also...

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Social Responsibility, Social Capital and Corporate Competitive Advantage in Transitional China

Shi, Junwei; Fu, Haiyan; Hu, Lijun - 2013

In this paper we analyze the impact of social responsibility on corporate sustainable value via the strategic role of corporate social capital in a transitional context. Using survey data of Chinese companies, we empirically examine the theoretical relationship. We find that corporate social...

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Modeling Cognitive Social Capital and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as Preconditions for Sustainable Networks of Relations

Sacconi, Lorenzo; Degli Antoni, Giacomo - 2011

The paper studies the relationship between social capital (SC) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by investigating the idea of a virtuous circle between the level of SC and the implementation of CSR standard of behaviour that favours the creation of cooperative networks between the firm...

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A preliminary framework for product impact-weighted accounts

Serafeim, George; Trinh, Katie; Zochowski, Rob - 2020

While there has been significant progress in the measurement of an organization's environmental and social impacts from … provide a framework for systematic measurement of product impact in monetary terms and delve into the rationale for the … with examples of insights enabled by industry-wide product impact measurement. We see our results as a first step, rather …

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