How do corporate social responsibility and innovation co-evolve with organizational forms?: evidence from a transitional economy

How do corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure and innovation investment co-evolve with organizational forms to affect firm market value? To address this question, we draw on the co-evolutionary perspective and theorize that the contingency effect of CSR reporting is more pronounced for fir...

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Altri titoli:"Special Issue on Coevolution of Strategy, Innovation and Ethics: The China Story and Beyond"
Autore principale: Hu, Helen Wei (Autore)
Altri autori: Zhang, Jiamin
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: 2023
In: Journal of business ethics
Anno: 2023, Volume: 186, Fascicolo: 4, Pagine: 815-829
Altre parole chiave:B CSR reporting
B China
B Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
B Co-evolutionary perspective
B R&D investment
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Riepilogo:How do corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure and innovation investment co-evolve with organizational forms to affect firm market value? To address this question, we draw on the co-evolutionary perspective and theorize that the contingency effect of CSR reporting is more pronounced for firms with high uncertainty and low legitimacy by comparing start-up firms vs. established firms and privately owned enterprises (POEs) versus state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Moreover, taking a dynamic approach, we propose that the effects of CSR and innovation investment on market value change when the organizational form transitions over time. Specifically, we argue that when start-up firms transitioned to established firms or when POEs were transformed from SOEs, the strengthening effects of CSR reporting become less pronounced. We test our theory using panel data on 2204 Chinese listed firms for the period of 2008-2017.
ISSN:1573-0697
Comprende:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10551-023-05435-8