Firm Performance and Corporate Social Responsibility: Spatial Context and Effect Mechanism

Gu, Jiafeng

doi:10.1177/21582440231152123

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“…Studies in the fields of strategy and management followed Freeman's (1984) stakeholder theory and has been increasingly focusing on examining how CSR contributes to the creation of strategies that enable firms to achieve the objectives of critical stakeholders and improve their overall performance (Gu, 2023; Laplume et al, 2008; Sharma et al, 2023). By understanding the need to implement CSR initiatives, firms can develop suitable strategies to sustain their competitive advantage (Bridoux & Stoelhorst, 2022).…”

Section: Theoretical Foundation and Hypotheses Developmentmentioning

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Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy Practices, Employee Commitment, Reputation as Sources of Competitive Advantage

Mai,

An Nguyen,

et al. 2023

Sage Open

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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and its relationship with corporate competitive advantage (CCA) have gained a tremendous interest among the researchers and practitioners over decades, as evident by the increasing surge of studies in this domain. This study examines how five types (legal, economic, philanthropic, ethical, and environmental) of CSR affect CCA in a developing country through the mediating roles of employee commitment and corporate reputation. Data was collected by survey questionnaires from a sample of 869 participants working at service, real estate, and manufacturing firms in Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong Province, Vietnam. SmartPLS 3.0 software and the partial least squares structural equation modeling method (PLS-SEM) were applied to evaluate the research model and test the hypotheses. The findings revealed that different dimensions of CSR have positive significant effects on employee commitment, corporate reputation and competitive advantage. Besides, employee commitment and corporate reputation were found to meditate the relationship between different types of CSR and CCA. These outcomes contributed to the extension of theory in the fields of CSR and offered some suggestions for managers in implementing CSR initiatives to gain and sustain CCA.

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Section: Theoretical Foundation and Hypotheses Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy Practices, Employee Commitment, Reputation as Sources of Competitive Advantage

Mai,

An Nguyen,

et al. 2023

Sage Open

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“…The significance of the present study is valuable because of the large sample size and longer period of time as compared to the previous studies in the same area of expertise. Therefore, the study contributes a considerable amount of quality literature in order to benefit the researchers, students, policymakers, board of directors, and other stakeholders to make better decisions for a better and safe future (Gu, 2023).…”

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Sustainable corporate governance mediates between firm performance and corporate social responsibility using structural equation modelling

Imran

Arif

et al. 2023

Front. Energy Res.

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It is crucial for the corporate sector to set aside a reasonable proportion of revenues for a sustainable corporate environment to transfer favorable and long-lasting impact to the upcoming generations. This study analyzed the impact of firm performance (FP) of the 25 energy sector sample firms of the Shanghai stock exchange (SSE) on corporate social responsibility (CSR) for the period 2011–2020 in light of the role of the intervening variable, corporate governance (CG). The data of the sample firms were analyzed and tested through multiple regression and structural equation models. This study is conducted in a developed economy with the rare mediator of CG to attempt to fill the gap of the previous studies conducted in a specific region of developing economies. The results show a pivotal role of FP in favorable CSR practices. In addition, the more established CG mechanism, as a mediator, has a considerable role between the predictor and predicted variables in the study. It is concluded from the results that firms in developed economies are more sustainability conscious than developing countries’ firms in terms of CG and CSR practices, which has been observed from the findings of the previously conducted studies in developing nations. Furthermore, structural equation model analysis values of βs for return on assets (ROA = 0.48), return on equity (ROE = 0.65), return on sales (ROS = 0.80), and debt-ratio (LIB = 0.40) considerably affects FP in the sample firms. It is also observed from the correlation matrix that FP indicators (ROA, ROS, ROE, and LIB) have positive as well as significant effects on CG and CSR practices. This study’s detailed policy implications are provided in the conclusion section.

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“…Moran's I values near 1 denote a distributed concentration, whereas I values near + 1 denote a clustered concentration and, when I value is zero, a randomly distributed concentration (Khosravi et al 2018). An indication of the presence of the spatial autocorrelation is a statistically substantial Moran's I (p < 0.01) that leads to the denial of the null hypothesis (the arsenic level is randomly dispersed) and indicates the existence of spatial autocorrelation (Gu 2023;Xia et al 2022;Waldhör 1996) and is de ned by:…”

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Spatial Pattern of Arsenic Concentration and Associated Health Risk Assessment: A Case Study on Gangni Union of Chuadanga District of Bangladesh

Islam

Haque

Hossain

2023

Preprint

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Underground water is one of the world's most important sources of fresh drinking water. However, various contaminants mix with groundwater, such as arsenic. This study aimed to ascertain the present condition of arsenic concentration, its spatial pattern, and its relationship with depth and to assess the associated health risks in the Gangni Union in Alamdanga Thana of Chuadanga district. Systematic sampling was used to gather water samples (í µí± = 100) along with depth information from these tube wells. Water samples were analyzed with the Hach EZ, Dual-Range Arsenic Test Kit (Range: 0.00-0.5 mg/L). This study used both geostatistical (spatial autocorrelation, Hotspot analysis, and IDW) and statistical (descriptive and correlation statistics) methods. The arsenic content of the samples tested ranged from 0.0004 (mg/l) to 0.10 (mg/L). Arsenic levels in almost 42% of the samples were above the WHO standard, 21% were above the Bangladesh standard, and 37% were below both standards. With the same standard, the spatial distribution shows that 63% of the total area is arsenic contaminated. Hotspot’s analysis reveals that the central and southern northern parts of the study area are more arsenic-contaminated than the other parts. Children have a higher average daily dose (ADD) range (8.33E-06-0.00181) than adults (2.78E-06-0.0006). Similarly, the hazard quotient (HQ) value is also higher for children (0.0277-6.033) than for adults (0.0092-2.011). Finally, the Pearson correlation coefficient, r (98) =-.7580, p = 0.000, proved that there is a negative linear relationship between concentration values and depth, meaning that increasing depth will reduce arsenic contamination from tube well water.

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Firm Performance and Corporate Social Responsibility: Spatial Context and Effect Mechanism

Cited by 8 publications

References 99 publications

Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy Practices, Employee Commitment, Reputation as Sources of Competitive Advantage

Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy Practices, Employee Commitment, Reputation as Sources of Competitive Advantage

Sustainable corporate governance mediates between firm performance and corporate social responsibility using structural equation modelling

Spatial Pattern of Arsenic Concentration and Associated Health Risk Assessment: A Case Study on Gangni Union of Chuadanga District of Bangladesh

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