The implications of slack heterogeneity for the slack-resources and corporate social performance relationship

Corporate social responsibility and governance

“…This section presents a literature review related to the relationships between corporate governance (CG), corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate financial performance (CFP). The relationship between CSR and CG has been widely discussed in recent research in reference to problems with conflicts between various stakeholder interests (Aguilera et al 2007;Ntim et al 2012;Starks 2009;Shahzad et al 2016). A large part of the literature defends the idea that the adoption of CSR policies leads to the implementation of new regulations standards and better CG mechanisms within a company (Albareda et al 2008).…”

Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance Amongst Rural and Community Banks in Ghana

“…Recent empirical findings support the positive relationship between access to capital and financial performance, even though, governance has a vital role to play (Gangi and Trotta, 2015;Turnbull, 2015;Shahzad et al 2016). Albareda et al (2008) defend the idea that the adoption of the firm having access to capital financing with efficient financing policies leads to the implementation of regulations and standards which would improve the firm's financial performance.…”

Human resource slack, sustainable innovation, and environmental performance of small and medium‐sized enterprises in sub‐Saharan Africa

“…For example, recent studies conducted in sub‐Saharan Africa revealed that financial resource slack negatively relates to sustainability expenditure (Boso et al, 2017; Julian & Ofori‐Dankwa, 2013). Conversely, studies conducted in advanced economies proved otherwise (Leyva‐de la Hiz, Ferron‐Vilchez, & Aragon‐Correa, 2019; Shahzad, Mousa, & Sharfman, 2016). These results show that the relationship between slack and environmental performance is more complex than previously understood.…”