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This work is aimed at examining the effect of corporate social disclosure of African companies to the stakeholders on firm performance. In this respect, some annual reports of 103 African companies have been analysed, using a coding instrument inspired from the work of Wiseman (1982) as well as...
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This study reviews and synthesizes the contemporary business literature that focuses on the role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) to enhance firm value. The main objective of this review is to proffer a precise understanding of what has already been investigated and the findings of those...
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pollution problems and social disparities in China, CSR has become a prominent issue in Chinese academic and policy forums as … well. Therefore, the paper shall give an up to date insight in the CSR development in China. An international perspective … is given. Based on literature review, we show the development of CSR reporting in China. The key issues of CSR reporting …
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sustainability of the economic, social and ecological environment within which they operate. Corporate social responsibility has … become a key senior management issue worldwide and an increasingly debated topic in China. This book aims at helping … companies operating in China to better assess and exercise their corporate social responsibility (CSR) in specific contexts. The …
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This paper investigates the effect of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on firm value and seeks to identify the source of that value, by disaggregating the effects on forecasted profitability, long-term growth and the cost of capital. The study explores the possible risk (reducing) effects...
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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities may be one of the strategies to maintain the viability of the firm. The purpose of building a positive image among stakeholders made CSR become one of many ways to increase the value of the firm. Another way that the firm can do to increase their...
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Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to examine the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and firm performance, taking into account firm value and financial accounting performance, in an emerging market – Brazil. Design/methodology/approach – Content analysis was...
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Based on a formal model of how investments in corporate social responsibility act upon firm value through goodwill, we derive the hypothesis that under uncertainty bad news are detrimental to goodwill, and subsequently have a negative impact on value. We examine by event study methodology...
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