2010
DOI: 10.35808/ersj/301
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance: An Empirical Analysis on Greek Companies

Abstract: This paper is an attempt to explore the relationship of CSR and firms' financial performance in Greek firms. Based on stakeholder theory and mainly on the theory of "good management", we try to find out if an improvement in CSR actions results in higher stock returns. Our empirical analysis will test whether there is an impact of CSR performance on stock returns, using voluntary disclosures, based on a sample of Greek listed companies. The findings show that there is a positive correlation among stock returns … Show more

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“…All our hypotheses were totally or partially validated: H1, H2, and H4b were validated, and H3, H4a, and H4c were partially validated. These results are consistent with the work of Lev et al [20], Wang et al [21], and Liang et al [31] and the synthesis of Karagiorgios [83].…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 93%
“…All our hypotheses were totally or partially validated: H1, H2, and H4b were validated, and H3, H4a, and H4c were partially validated. These results are consistent with the work of Lev et al [20], Wang et al [21], and Liang et al [31] and the synthesis of Karagiorgios [83].…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 93%
“…Source: KPMG (2013) Figure 1. Corporate responsibility reporting by region (percentage of companies with CR reports) Karagiorgos (2010) investigates the relationship between CSR and firms' financial performance in Greek firms based on stakeholder theory. The study shows that there is a positive correlation between stock returns and CSR performance in Greek companies.…”
Section: Source: Kpmg (2013)mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There are several method to measure firm size according to Waddock & Graves (1997): total sales, total asset, and total employee. Firm size is important in this research, because usually firm with small size can't do CSR activity (Karagiorgos, 2010). This control variable used to minimize the significant gap between big firm and small firm, so total asset can be distributed normally (Sari, 2012).…”
Section: Firm Sizementioning
confidence: 99%