Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is like a chameleon, that changes its colour according to the context it is in. In the developed economy, it takes the form of sustainability and/ or philanthropy, whereas, in emerging economies, it speaks the language of religious, political and/or mandated...

The field of Corporate Social Responsibility is described and the theory on it is critically reviewed. It is argued that present theory is insufficient in explaining the phenomenon of CSR and might fail to recognize some of its deeper significance. A new basis for the theoretical analysis of CSR...

This paper provides new empirical evidence for the effect of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on corporate financial performance. In contrast to former studies, we examine two different regions, namely the USA and Europe. Our econometric analysis shows that environmental and social...

Ensuring the sustainability of early stage companies and increasing awareness of the need for balancing targets against different stakeholder groups among young companies are not well developed. Young companies, in the first place, want to achieve financial success very often without regard for...

There is a lack of consensus on how corporate governance and CSR relationships manifest across different institutional contexts especially within emerging economies, despite the wealth of available studies on the two concepts. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between...

This paper aims to investigate empirically the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on firm performance (FP) with the maritime transportation industry of Vietnam as a case study. To evaluate the research model, this study surveyed 145 shipping companies (SCs) across Vietnam, and...

The concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) underwent a overhaul in India for certain large, stable companies post the passing of the Companies Act, 2013. It transited from being a voluntary, sporadic exercise to mandated, objective, structured, transparent and accountable compliance -...

This study aims to examine the relationship among concepts as market orientation, corporate social responsibility, firm performance, and relationship marketing orientation in a transition economy such Vietnam. A model with its key determinants was conducted with quantitative test on a sample of...

This study aims to investigate the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and Jordanian firm performance. CSR is measured using three dimensions: philanthropy, community, and environment. Meanwhile, firm performance is measured by two accounting-based measurements; Return on...