Industrial Clusters and CSR in Developing Countries: The Role of International Donor Funding

This article contributes to literature on corporate social responsibility (CSR) exhibited by industrial clusters in developing countries. The authors conceptualize and empirically investigate the role of donor-funded CSR initiatives aimed at promoting collective action by cluster-based small- and me...

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Authors: Fayyaz, Anjum (Author) ; Lund-Thomsen, Peter (Author) ; Lindgreen, Adam (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 2017
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2017, Volume: 146, Issue: 3, Pages: 619-637
Further subjects:B SME networking
B Corporate social responsibility
B Pakistan
B Sialkot
B Donors
B Industrial clusters
B Football manufacturing
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Summary:This article contributes to literature on corporate social responsibility (CSR) exhibited by industrial clusters in developing countries. The authors conceptualize and empirically investigate the role of donor-funded CSR initiatives aimed at promoting collective action by cluster-based small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). A case study of the Sialkot football-manufacturing cluster in Pakistan indicates that donor-funded support of CSR initiatives in industrial clusters in developing countries may be short-lived, due to the political economy of aid, the national context of CSR implementation, tensions within SME networks, and negative perceptions of CSR by the cluster-based SMEs themselves. The findings and implications of this analysis can inform both research and policy making in this area.
ISSN:1573-0697
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10551-015-2940-6