Multinational Enterprises and Distance: Exploring Opportunities and Challenges Involved in Practicing CSR in Host-Countries

Amos, Gideon Jojo; Awuah, Gabriel Baffour

doi:10.20472/bm.2017.5.1.002

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“…Recently, researchers have begun to elucidate the role of distance on firms' stance on CSR [39]. Some scholars confirmed that participating in CSR activities in the host country can alleviate the impact of distance on enterprises [40].…”

Section: Theoretical Background 21 Csr and Distancementioning

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CSR in China: Does Being Close to the Central or Local Government Matter?

2021

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The purpose of this research was to determine how geographic distance affects corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities within China. Our argument focuses on whether the impact of the distance between countries on CSR activities also applies to the impact of the distance within a country between Chinese enterprises and local governments and the central government on CSR. Most previous studies of the impact of geographic distance on CSR focused on the distance between countries, reporting opposing claims. Multinational enterprises (MNEs) need to overcome the liability of foreignness (LOF) in host countries: the greater the distance, the worse the disadvantage. MNEs will choose CSR to shorten the distance from the host country. Hence, CSR activities should have a positive relationship with the distance from the host country. Conversely, due to the various differences caused by distance, it is difficult for the national sovereignty of the home country and the host country to resonate, so the distance between CSR activities and the host country should be negatively related. In this study, 5147 companies listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange from the China Stock Market and Accounting Research (CSMAR) database from 2009 to 2018 were selected as the research objects to analyze the impact of the geographical distance between companies and the Central Government and local governments on CSR activities within China. Our results show that the effect of the distance between countries on CSR also applies within countries, and our results support the argument that distance and CSR are negatively correlated. This research enriches the understanding of CSR practices of Chinese domestic companies and provides new inspiration for multinational companies that plan to enter China in overcoming LOF.

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CSR in China: Does Being Close to the Central or Local Government Matter?

2021

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“…Volunteers advocate cultural interaction and understanding between hosts and guests over a longer period of time, while both the volunteers and locals have the power to be assured of their identities and relations with each other (McGehee, 2002). Although tourism has the function of poverty-alleviation (Ball, 2009;Amos and Swuah, 2017), it is controversial in what degree tourism can improve the economy and in what circumstances it will do. Volunteer tourism presents the principal motivation of taking people to poor parts of the world to make some contribution (Crossley, 2012).…”

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The Impact of Volunteer Tourism: Case Study of Meixian Team

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Volunteer tourism has been growing as an important segment of youth tourism. It generates significant impacts on both the volunteers and the host community. This paper takes Meixian Team (Meixian Dui) as the case study. College students in Guangzhou, Southeast China, travel to Meixian County to help with primary teaching in rural Guangdong Province. This paper sheds light on how volunteer experience impacts on the participants of volunteer tourism, and how the volunteers transform the host community. Young volunteers develop their personalities during their journey of helping rural children with limited resource. These volunteer tourists manifest how their experience resulted in shifts in personal attitude and world views of Chinese colleague students. In the meantime, the short stay of the volunteers brings changes in the host community, although the sustainability of the benefits to the local villages remains questionable.

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Multinational Enterprises and Distance: Exploring Opportunities and Challenges Involved in Practicing CSR in Host-Countries

Abstract: Abstract:This study explores how multinational enterprises (MNEs)

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CSR in China: Does Being Close to the Central or Local Government Matter?

CSR in China: Does Being Close to the Central or Local Government Matter?

The Impact of Volunteer Tourism: Case Study of Meixian Team

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