“…Firm characteristics: size, geographic origin, Human Development Index, foreign direct investment Barkemeyer (2011), Gokulsing (2011), Metzger et al (2010) and Valor (2012) Economic sector: type of economic activity, CSR pattern in the industry Barkemeyer (2011), Kolk et al (2006), Ragodoo (2009) and Valor (2012) CSR effort and motivation: internal budgetary constraints, importance of in-group CSR as compared with universalist CSR, a core business-related motivation, a motivation to obtain legitimation to operate, a motivation to contribute to sustainable development goals, CSR strategy (reactive vs. proactive), management's satisfaction with pro-poor CSR Ite (2005), Lobel (2013), McIntyre et al (2015, Metzger et al (2010), Novelli and Hellwig (2011), Ragodoo (2009), Renouard and Lado (2012), Schölmerich (2013), Valor (2012) and Wuttke and Vilks (2014) Stakeholders' interest, pressure and perception: the need for a higher standard of living for a firm's stakeholders in an operational environment; increased shareholder activism, NGO pressure and customer interest; perceptions of community representatives and key informants; CSR promises; issue salience of poverty; field cohesion; field distance Gokulsing (2011), Idemudia (2007Idemudia ( , 2009, Ite (2005), Lobel (2013), Mutana et al (2013), Nguyen et al (2018), Novelli and Hellwig (2011), Overton-de Klerk and Oelofse (2010), Ragodoo (2009), Raimi et al (2015), Schölmerich (2013) and Valor (2012) Globalisation and governance deficits in developing countries: failure of governments in developing countries to provide social services and development infrastructure, political regime, legal framework, government and firm corruption, Northern bias in the CSR agenda Amadi and Abdullah (2012), …”