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Impact of strategic management, corporate social responsibility on firm performance in the post mandate period: Evidence from India
Mitra, Nayan - In: International Journal of Corporate Social … 6 (2021) 1, pp. 1-15
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...
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Looking through the African lenses: Acritical exploration of the CSR activities of Chinese International Construction Companies (CICCs) in Africa
Seriki, Oluwasegun Oluwaseyi - In: International Journal of Corporate Social … 5 (2020) 1, pp. 1-9
The importance of Chinese International Construction Companies (CICCs) within the construction sector in Africa can no … international counterparts and the future of these firms in Africa using CSR as a metric. Residents of Africa's largest economy …
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Corporate Social Responsibility in Global Supply Chains: Deeds Not Words
Görg, Holger; Hanley, Aoife; Seric, Adnan - In: Sustainability 10 (2018) 10
The disconnect between the lofty aspirations of firms claiming Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and their shortcomings in practice have caused some observers to question its usefulness. The fallout from events like the Rana Plaza catastrophe has highlighted some of these...
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Do common owners influence corporate social responsibility? Firm-level evidence from China
Yan, Suyan - In: China Journal of Accounting Research 14 (2021) 3, pp. 315-339
Using a sample of Chinese A-share listed companies from 2007 to 2018, this article explores the influence of common owners on corporate social responsibility (CSR). The results show that common owners significantly promote CSR investment, indicating that increased CSR represents a bright side to...
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Socially responsible investing as a competitive strategy for trading companies in times of upheaval Amid COVID-19: Evidence from Spain
Palma-Ruiz, Jesús Manuel; Castillo-Apraiz, Julen; … - In: International Journal of Financial Studies 8 (2020) 3, pp. 1-13
Sustainable and responsible investing (SRI) is a strategy that seeks to combine both financial return and social good. The need to create and preserve SRI represents a key argument in investment decision-making, which leads other firms and investors to make strategic decisions beyond financial...
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Human Value Management: The influence of the contemporary developments of corporate social responsibility and social capital on HRM
Schoemaker, Michiel; Nijhof, André; Jonker, Jan - In: Management Revue 17 (2006) 4, pp. 448-465
In both practice-oriented and academic discourses the concepts of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and human resource management (HRM) are often treated separately. It is argued here that this is an outdated approach. Starting from the observation that organisations develop towards open...
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Rural class differentiation in Nigeria: Theory and practice - a quantitative approach in the case of Nupeland
Kohnert, Dirk - In: Africa Spectrum 14 (1979) 3, pp. 295-315
The knowledge of social stratification within the peasantry is a decisive precondition of sustainable economic and political measures for an effective support of agricultural production in least developed countries. This is one of the reasons why also in Nigeria social scientist focus on the...
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The Asian Drivers and Africa: Learning from Case Studies
Goldstein, Andrea E.; Pinaud, Nicolas; Reisen, Helmut; … - In: The World Economy 32 (2009) 11, pp. 1538-1542
then to promote African voices from various backgrounds to reflect Africa's heterogeneity. The introductory section … presents a summary of findings about the economic impact of the two Asian giants in SSA countries by Africa-based economists …
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Regional integration and growth spillovers: Is Africa an economic space?
Seck, Abdoulaye; Fall, Founty Alassane; Aidara, Khadidiatou - In: Journal of African Trade 7 (2020) 1/2, pp. 37-44
data approach to analyze the extent to which Africa and its major regional groupings have been able to generate shared …
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Bereitschaft zur Teilnahme an betrieblichen Freiwilligenprogrammen: Die Effekte von innerbetrieblichen Referenzgruppen und des regulatorischen Fokus
Lindenmeier, Jörg; Dietrich, Martin; Renner, Simone - In: Zeitschrift für Personalforschung (ZfP) 24 (2010) 4, pp. 386-400
Die vorliegende Studie analysiert, wie innerbetriebliche Referenzgruppen und der regulatorische Fokus von Kommunikationsbotschaften die Bereitschaft zur Teilnahme an betrieblichen Freiwilligenprogrammen beeinflussen. Die Ergebnisse einer experimentellen Studie zeigen, dass sich der...
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