The state is a key driver of corporate social responsibility across developed and developing countries. But the existing research provides comparatively little knowledge about: 1) how companies strategically manage the relationship with the state through CSR; 2) how this strategy takes shape...

Why do multinational corporations (MNCs) frequently encounter corporate social responsibility (CSR) crises in leading emerging markets in the new century? Existing research about institutional impacts on MNC CSR has developed a void-based account about how the flawed institutional system allows...

The framework for this paper is as follows: firstly, it focuses on the context in which social enterprises emerge in China. Secondly, considering that China has not yet devised a specific legal form for social enterprises but rather grants a social enterprise status through certification, this...