Research on the Relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance Based on Grey Correlation Analysis: Taking the Smartphone Company as an Example

In order to explore the relationship between the corporate social responsibility (CSR) and financial performance in different CSR cultures, this paper respectively takes four representative smartphone companies in China, the United States, Japan and Korea as research objects, that is Huawei, Apple, Sony and Samsung smartphone companies. Then, dividing the CSR into five dimensions i.e. shareholder, customer, supplier, technology innovation and government and establishing the grey correlation model to empirically analyze the relationship between CSR and financial performance. The results indicate that for HUAWEI, the CSR performance in shareholder, customer and technology innovation have greater impact on its financial performance;for Apple, the CSR performance in shareholder, technology innovation and customer has greater impact on its financial performance;for SONY, the CSR performance in technology innovation, customer and shareholder has greater impact on its financial performance;for Samsung, the CSR performance in technology innovation, government and shareholder has greater impact on its financial performance.

A Multidimensional Analysis of the Relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm’s Financial Performance—Based on the Data of 78 Listed Companies in 10 years in Henan Province, China

At present, the research on the relationship of corporate social responsibility and economic performance mostly adopts the method of large-scale sampling, but does not distinguish the sample industries and regions, so the relevant research needs to be further analyzed. Based on the 2008-2017 data of 78 listed enterprises in Henan province, the relationship between corporate social responsibility and economic performance in 7 industries is measured by 8 indexes through Arellano-Bond dynamic panel data model. The research shows that the social responsibility of listed enterprises in Henan Province has a lagging impact on the economic performance of enterprises, which has a negative impact on the short-term and a positive impact on the long-term. The common point is that the responsibility of the investor has a positive impact on the economic performance of the enterprise, and other aspects vary greatly due to industry categories. In general, the degree of corporate social responsibility of listed enterprises in Henan Province is relatively low.

Analysis of the Effect of Corporate Social Responsibility on Financial Performance With Earnings Management as a Moderating Variable

This study aims to obtain empirical evidence about the effect on the activity of earnings management practices of Corporate Social Responsibility （CSR）, and further examine the impact of these relationships （earnings management and CSR） effect on the financial performance of companies in the future. Samples used in this study were 27 companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange during the years 2006-2008. Data collected by puposive sampling method and statistical method used is ordinary least square regression. The study provides empirical evidence that companies that engage in the practice of earnings management have no influence on CSR activities. In addition, the second hypothesis, based CSR explained that the activities associated with earnings management practices negatively affect the company＇s financial performance in the future.

Influences of Institutional Pressures on Corporate Social Performance： Empirical Analysis on the Panel Data of Chinese Power Generation Enterprises

Institutional theory has proved the influence of institutional pressures on organization practices and structures. Meanwhile, with the soaring use of corporate social performance （CSP）, more researchers are focusing on exploring the relationship between institution pressures and CSP which is still not completely understood yet. Against this background, the paper aims to fill the gap through generally hypothesizing that different types of institutional pressures individually and collectively affect CSP via the mediating effect of corporate environmental strategy. First, based on the previous and extensive literature review, the theoretical framework and research hypotheses are constructed. Next, canonical correlation analysis about the panel data of 51 Chinese large-scale power generation enterprises from 2004 to 2009 is made to test the relevant hypotheses. Finally, based on the data analysis results, the study draws some conclusions and policy implications for promoting the CSP of Chinese enterprises, including enhancing the steering function of government policies and industry regulations and emphasizing the intermediary role of media.

The Relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance of Iraqi Corporations: A Literature Review

This paper aims to explore past researches that examine the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and financial performance. The researcher intends to conduct researches that examine the relationship between CSR and financial performance in Iraq corporations. This paper highlights review of literatures from various countries that examine relationships between CSR with financial performance. This paper is based on secondary sources which are accumulated from many researches in Malaysia, Australia, UK, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Nigerian, and Jordan. The study uses information generated from literature reviewed from different researchers relating to the topic. This method was applied by collecting information from journals and online sources relating to the issue under consideration. Regression analysis documents significant evidence to support a positive relationship between CSR and financial performance. Evidence suggests that CSR leads to good financial performance in Iraq corporations. Findings based on the review revealed that researchers also showed that there was a significant positive relationship between CSR practice and financial performance in Iraq corporations. This study focuses on disclosures made in the corporate annual reports. This is because the annual report is the common document produced by companies on a regular basis and is widely used in prior studies related to CSR. The study provides some important insights for our understanding of CSR in developing economies and its effects on financial performance in the context of Iraq companies.

Corporate Social Responsibility （CSR） and Firm Performance

The discourse of corporate social views of the role of the firm in a responsibility （CSR） has grown rapidly over the last decade. There are different society and disagreements as to whether wealth maximization should be the sole goal of a corporation. There is also a debate on whether CSR practices are beneficial for firms. Studies examining the performance of firms that have adopted a CSR policy within a range of sectors in various countries provide inconsistent results. Some studies show excess returns among companies adopting a CSR policy relative to the companies that do not adopt such a policy, while others do not find differences in returns. To further dispel the ambiguity on this issue, the authors explore the relationship between CSR adoption and financial performance of firms＇ shares in Israeli market, with a US market benchmark as a test of specificity. The findings reveal that no significant difference exists between the performance of firms adopting a CSR policy and firms that do not. Thus, the inclusion of investments in socially-responsible firms in an investor＇s portfolio does not appear to significantly impact the portfolio＇s performance. Managers and investors interested in investing in CSR may do so without any concern of the lower returns or performance. This study provides an additional support for the CSR School in that its findings indicate that, on the one hand, investments in firms that integrate social and environmental responsibility are just ＂as good as＂ investments in firms that do not. On the other hand, such investments can be seen as superior, since in addition to the financial returns, investors contribute to changing the face of the global environment and are creating a system for support and enforcement that ensures the existence of a better world for the children in the present and future.

Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Financial Performance -Empirical Research of Chinese Culture, Sports and Entertainment industry

Since 2006, the public corporations in China are required to include its social responsibilities in its annual report by company law. Corporations’ business activities should not only focus on maximizing its economic profit but also serve the society. With the awareness of the importance of social responsibility, there are an increasing number of public corporations in China to undertake more charitable activities or employee training activities. There have been a lot of academic researches investigating the relationship between corporate social responsibilities and corporate financial performance. However, the results are inconsistent and vary according to different industries. This study chose Chinese culture, sports and entertainment industry as a sample to test the relationship between CSR and corporate financial performance. Four financial ratios were used to test whether the caproate’s reasonability to government, employee, investors and society has significant impact on its financial performance. The empirical results show that apart from the responsibility to employees which is negatively influence the corporate financial performance the other three factors are found not significantly influence corporate financial performance.

Interaction Relationship Between Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Performance:Evidence from 201 Chinese Listed Companies and Preliminary Study of Its Underlying Mechanism

Corporations actively fulfilling corporate social responsibility(CSR)is of more significance to society's sustainable development nowadays.This research discusses the interaction between CSR and corporate performance and then adopts other mediation variables to explain the underlying mechanism.The empirical analyses are performed on a sample of 201 listed Chinese firms.The result shows that CSR has a weak negative impact on corporate perfbnnance while being positively influenced by corporate performance significantly.Further study finds the reason may be CSR requires financial support,but has little to do with increasing shareholder wealth.

A Study on the Relationship Between Corporate Social Responsibility to Employee and Corporate Operating Performance in China： Evidence From New Era Health Industry （Group） Co., Ltd.

As the development of economy, the corporate social responsibility （CSR） received more and more recognition from academic and business. The traditional economy with only goal of pursuing the wealth is changing rapidly. Chinese corporations realize that it is important and urgent to value the social responsibility, search for effective means to balance the relationship between CSR and COP （corporate operating performance）. Meanwhile, it is helpful and meaningful for the society to build up a healthy and appropriate operating value for corporations. However, there is always a debate of how many social responsibilities a corporation should take in order to satisfy the corporate development and the relationship between CSR and profit, and previous researches on corporate social responsibility mainly focused on all stakeholders of a company. As more and more corporations are aware of the importance of their employee, this study specifically selects employee, one of the most important stakeholders, as the subject investigated. Meanwhile, it chooses New Era Health Industry （Group） Co., Ltd as the target enterprise, which is the only state-owned key enterprises in health industry and the leading corporation in directselling industry in China's Mainland. In order to research the relationship between corporate operating performance and the satisfaction of employees’ material needs and psychological needs, this study plans to complete it by combining the theoretical and empirical study, qualitative analysis and quantitative analysis research methods. Based on a questionnaire of 200 employees in New Era, this study analyzes the situation of CSR to employees for New Era and comes to the conclusion of the relationship between the CSR and COP. According to the research result, this study may give some suggestions for Chinese corporations to fulfill their socialresponsibility system and to improve the situation of the lack of CSR to employees.

The Enigmatic Impact of Corporate Social Responsibilities on the Economic Performance of Brazilian Companies

The financial implication of the adoption of corporate social responsibility （CSR） practices is still an obscure field of study, because studies suggest controversial results. Thus, this research aimed to examine the relationship CSR and economic performance of the companies of corporate sustainability index （ISE） of mercantile and futures exchange of Silo Paulo stock exchange （BM＆FBOVESPA）. The amount of companies allowing online access to their responses of the ISE questionnaire determined the sample of this research. Thus, for the study period from 2011 to 2012, it has been possible to access the responses of 12 companies, composing the overall sample of this research. The results of the regression analysis allow to statistically assert that for the sample used, environmental performance （EP） contributes to improving economic performance, measured by all financial metrics used： return on equity （ROE）, return on assets （ROA）, and net profit （NP）. Statistically, it is only possible to say that social performance （SP） contributes to improving NP. In terms of market metrics, none of the null hypothesis was rejected, i.e., in any cases, it has been possible to affirm, on a statistical base, that SP and EP contribute to improving the market value （MV） and systematic risk. Thus, it is understood that the stakeholder theory has potential to explain the Brazilian situation regarding the aspects of CSR and financial ones under the accounting and the shareholder theory explains this relation, when viewed with the aid of market measurements.

A Spatio-Temporal Odyssey Around the Concepts of Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility： Boundaries to Be Determined？

The aim of this research is to analyze the emergence of the concepts of sustainable development （SD） and corporate social responsibility （CSR） in companies in time and space. A spatio-temporal reading will indicate the most important socio-political and environmental events that have emerged with these two concepts. In order to complete the odyssey, a spatio-temporal analysis has retraced the epistemological evolution of these latter, whilst at the same time remarking the appropriation that has been made by the different institutional and organizational actors. The historical and epistemological reviews tell us that these two concepts, which came into existence almost 80 years, have indefinite outlines; one can be substituted for the other. However, thanks to this odyssey, we have reduced the boundaries even further between sustainable development and social responsibility and shown their theoretic and historical association. The perspective adopted shows that the concept of corporate social responsibility is closely connected to that of sustainable development. This connection means that researchers in management science are faced with more new problem issues reaching further than the simple lack of conceptual consensuses.

Does investor communication improve corporate social responsibility?A machine learning-based textual analysis

In this study,we take a machine learning-based approach to measure institutional investor attention to corporate social responsibility(CSR)issues when communicating with firms during site visits.We find that institutional investors can effectively enhance CSR performance through CSR-related communication.This effect remains robust to various checks and is more pronounced for non-state-owned enterprises and firms with lower levels of institutional ownership and in periods following the issuance of Green Investment Guidelines.We also identify information asymmetry and financing constraints as the two mechanisms underlying this effect.Overall,our findings highlight the importance of private interactions between management and institutional investors in promoting CSR.

The Relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Performance： An Application of Quantile Regression

This study empirically examines the relationship between a firm＇s fulfilling of corporate social responsibility （CSR） and performance. We developed a CSR index （CSRI） to quantitatively evaluate CSR, which consists of four dimensions measuring a firm＇s contributions to the economy, society, environment, and corporate governance, respectively. With data from publicly-listed firms in Taiwan during the period of 2004--2009, results of quantile regression show that fulfilling CSR has a significantly positive impact on firm performance, and that the impact in a more profitable firm tends to be significantly greater than that in a less profitable firm. Specifically, when a firm is more profitable, its management would be more willing to implement CSR. The implication is that a firm could pursue better performance while serving as a good corporate citizen.

差异性战略企业社会责任对财务绩效的影响 ——来自精准扶贫的启示

基于2016—2019年A股上市公司精准扶贫项目支出数据,采用Heckman二阶段模型实证考察了差异性战略企业社会责任对财务绩效的影响,并检验了企业能力与企业所有权属性的差异性影响,结果显示:第一,企业社会责任作为一种差异性战略可以促进企业财务绩效的提升;第二,企业能力越强,越能够在差异性战略企业社会责任活动中同时促进社会绩效和财务绩效的提升;第三,相对于国有企业而言,民营企业更善于发挥战略性企业社会责任的战略效果。研究结果表明,企业社会责任可以作为一种差异性战略,使企业获得差异性竞争优势,进而促进财务绩效提升。企业结合不同的战略履行企业社会责任具有一定的现实意义。

制造业数字化转型与企业创新绩效

文章以2011-2021年中国A股制造业上市公司为研究样本,实证检验了制造业数字化转型对创新绩效的影响及其渠道机制。研究发现,制造业企业数字化转型有助于提升其创新绩效,在经过一系列稳健性检验和内生性处理后结论仍然成立。渠道机制检验结果表明,制造业数字化转型可以通过改善企业社会责任表现和实施差异化战略来提升创新绩效,成本领先战略的中介路径并不成立。异质性分析结果显示,只有在东部地区,制造业企业数字化转型才能显著提升创新绩效,市场竞争强度越高,企业数字化转型对创新绩效提升的作用越大,获得高新企业认定的制造业企业数字化转型对创新绩效的影响更明显,国有制造业企业数字化转型无法显著提升其创新绩效。

动态创新能力对企业绩效的影响研究——基于企业社会责任的调节作用

本文以2015—2020年沪深A股制造业上市公司为样本,从动态创新投入能力、动态创新产出能力和动态创新转化能力三个维度实证检验了动态创新能力对企业绩效的影响;在此基础上,探究了企业社会责任在动态创新能力与企业绩效间的调节作用。研究表明:动态创新投入能力、动态创新产出能力和动态创新转化能力均对企业绩效均产生了显著的正向影响;企业社会责任能够增强动态创新投入能力、动态创新产出能力和动态创新转化能力对企业绩效的促进作用。本研究为企业内部开展创新活动提供了动态的视角,也为企业承担社会责任提供了经验及启示,具有一定的理论意义和现实意义。

企业社会责任与政府补助对养老企业财务绩效的影响

在积极应对人口老龄化、推动养老事业与产业协同发展的背景下,养老企业承担社会责任,获得政府补助,给财务绩效带来了重要影响。文章以2016—2021年中国A股上市并从事养老产业的公司为样本,分析了企业社会责任对财务绩效的影响及作用机制。研究发现,企业积极履行社会责任能够提升财务绩效,政府补助起到部分中介效应,媒体关注度对直接效应以及中介效应的前半路径具有负向调节作用。异质性分析显示,在老年人口抚养比高的地区以及规模小的企业中,企业社会责任对财务绩效的促进作用更加显著。研究结果有助于进一步理解企业社会责任对提升财务绩效的重要作用,从而引导企业积极承担社会责任、合理使用政府补助,为国家的老龄事业贡献力量。

生物医药企业社会责任报告披露质量评价

企业社会责任报告影响企业声誉和市场认可度,利益相关方对企业信息披露的内容和质量要求越来越高,我国企业社会责任报告披露质量还存在不足。本文综合不同社会责任报告评价标准,结合我国实际,构建了包括7个维度的评价体系。依据该体系,以2018-2020年中证800(CSI800)中的27家上市生物医药企业为样本,应用内容分析法和专家打分法对样本企业社会责任报告内容的披露质量进行分析和评价。结果表明,生物医药企业发布社会责任报告数量虽然总体呈上升趋势,但其内容质量总体水平偏低,还存在着对社会责任理念认识不足、披露信息的质量不高、缺乏第三方监督审验等问题。就此提出要加强企业对社会责任理念的理解和认识、落实企业对社会责任治理与管理方面的信息披露、完善企业社会责任报告的编制标准和会计制度及推进社会责任报告规范化和合法化等策略建议。