An increasing number of companies, in order to improve their competitive stance on the market, decide to outsource some of their service functions to external subjects. Outsourcing of this type of activity is frequently regarded as a strategic decision. A properly conducted outsourcing project...

This paper uses a mix of field research and survey methods to provide evidence on the existence of 'frugality' as a company characteristic. Drawing upon established scales of frugality in the literature on consumer psychology, we develop and validate a multi-item measure of corporate frugality....

We investigate the effect of a corporate culture of sustainability on multiple facets of corporate behavior and performance outcomes. Using a matched sample of 180 companies, we find that corporations that voluntarily adopted environmental and social policies many years ago – termed as High...

This study examines the relationship between corporate social performance and stock returns in the UK. Using a set of disaggregated social performance indicators for environment, employment and community activities, we are able to more closely evaluate the interactions between social and...

This paper examines the relationship between a firm's reputation and the returns on its shares. We employ a unique dataset from the UK based on ten years of surveys conducted for Management Today, where company directors and analysts at leading investment firms are asked to rate each company in...

The extension of management discourse to public-sector entities in Italy comes up against a particularly interesting case in museums and art organisations. Here more than anywhere else, perhaps, the rhetoric of managerialisation faces serious problems in understanding the nature of such...

This paper explores the relationship between consumer behaviour, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and a set of socio-political and economic factors using a sample of nearly 90,000 stakeholders drawn from 30 countries over the period 2000-2003. We develop a set of hypotheses relating...

This paper looks at how companies might respond to the demands of stakeholders when developing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategies. Using empirical evidence across five countries we show that stakeholder expectations on CSR do not appear to conflict within countries but are...

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationships between different dimensions of corporate social responsibility (CSR), as well as the mediating role of innovation between CSR dimensions and financial performance. Data was collected with questionnaires from 321 managers of...

This paper investigates the relationship between sustainability disclosure measured through the combined and individual environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores and the value of European companies from energy and health care industries. The reasons for this research are the increased...