The paper presents the reaction of companies that have been making the largest outlays on R&D in a global scale to the current economic crisis. The analysis paid special attention to what extent R&D investments had been affected in comparison with net sales and profits and how R&D investment...

The aim of this paper is to examine the impact of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) rules on the financial performance of companies. In a theoretical part the author analyses selected economic theories that might justify a positive relationship between CSR and profitability, as well as...