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Patterns of Corporate Responsibility Practices for High Financial Performance: Evidence from Three Chinese Societies

verfasst von: Na Ni, Carolyn Egri, Carlos Lo, Carol Yeh-Yun Lin

Erschienen in: Journal of Business Ethics | Ausgabe 2/2015

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The growing literature on corporate responsibility (CR) has drawn attention to how different CR practices complement each other and interact in the form of configurations. This study investigated CR patterns associated with high financial performance for 466 firms in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. We applied a set-theoretic approach using qualitative comparative analysis to identify similarities and differences across these three societies in configurations of CR practices relating to customer, employee, investor, community, and environmental stakeholder groups. The extent to which the financial benefits of various configurations of CR practices are attributable to institutional factors is examined.

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Titel: Patterns of Corporate Responsibility Practices for High Financial Performance: Evidence from Three Chinese Societies
verfasst von: Na Ni
Carolyn Egri
Carlos Lo
Carol Yeh-Yun Lin
Publikationsdatum: 01.01.2015
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Journal of Business Ethics / Ausgabe 2/2015
Print ISSN: 0167-4544
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-0697
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-013-1947-0

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