Comparing Big Givers and Small Givers: Financial Correlates of Corporate Philanthropy

In a departure from the traditional studies of corporate philanthropy that focus on board composition, advertising, and social networks, the authors investigate the financial correlates of corporate philanthropy. The research design controls for firm size and industry while observing firms from a va...

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Главные авторы: Seifert, Bruce (Автор) ; Morris, Sara A. (Автор) ; Bartkus, Barbara R. (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: 2003
В: Journal of business ethics
Год: 2003, Том: 45, Выпуск: 3, Страницы: 195-211
Другие ключевые слова:B Agency Theory
B Strategic Management
B cash flow
B Financial Performance
B Corporate Philanthropy
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Итог:In a departure from the traditional studies of corporate philanthropy that focus on board composition, advertising, and social networks, the authors investigate the financial correlates of corporate philanthropy. The research design controls for firm size and industry while observing firms from a variety of industries. The sample contains matched pairs of generous and less generous corporate givers. The authors find, as hypothesized, a positive relationship between a firm's cash resources available and cash donations, but no significant relationship between corporate philanthropy and firm financial performance, regardless of whether corporate philanthropy is measured as cash payouts or the aggregate contributions that charities actually receive, and regardless of whether financial performance is gauged using accounting measures or market measures. Whereas the link between available resources and corporate philanthropy is well accepted in the literature on corporate social responsibility, it has been rarely tested and never so definitively found as in this research.
ISSN:1573-0697
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1023/A:1024199411807