An Empirical Investigation of the Relationship Between Change in Corporate Social Performance and Financial Performance: A Stakeholder Theory Perspective

By B. Ruf, K. Muralidhar, R. Brown, Jay J. Janney, K. Paul. 2001

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Subfields: Accounting, Marketing, Strategy and Management

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In Accounting

1. Giovanna Michelon
2. James E. Mattingly
3. Ioannis Ioannou
4. M. Muttakin
5. Arifur Khan
6. M. Azim
7. E. Trahan
8. Kamalesh Kumar

In Marketing

1. M. Muttakin
2. Arifur Khan
3. M. Azim
4. Heli Wang
5. Ioannis Ioannou
6. O. Hawn
7. Stephen Brammer
8. Simon Cadez

In Strategy and Management

1. Giovanna Michelon
2. James E. Mattingly
3. Ioannis Ioannou
4. M. Muttakin
5. Heli Wang
6. Arifur Khan
7. M. Azim
8. Kamalesh Kumar

Citations in the corpus

• Is philanthropy being used by corporate wrongdoers to buy good will? (2010, background): “Some studies suggest that socially responsible companies are at lower financial risk (Orlitzky and Benjamin 2001) or are more profitable than their peers (Zahra and Covin 1990; Pava and Krausz 1996; Hart et al. 1996; Ruf et al. 2001; Orlitzky 2001; Moore and Robson 2002; Simpson and Kohers 2002).”
• Corporate social responsibility disclosures and earnings quality: Are they a reflection of managers’ opportunistic behavior? (2015, background): “Literature review and hypotheses development Extensive research has been carried out on the relationship between CSR disclosures and financial performance (Griffin and Mahon, 1997; Waddock and Graves, 1997; McWilliams and Siegel, 2001; Ruf et al., 2001; Margolis and Walsh, 2003; Schuler and Cording,”
• The Impact of Integrated Practices of Lean, Green, and Social Management Systems on Firm Sustainability Performance—Evidence from Chinese Fashion Auto-Parts Suppliers (2015, neutral): “[48], and Wagner [49].”
• The Relationship Between Corporate Social Performance and Corporate Financial Performance in the Banking Sector (2011, background): “Finally, of the most recent quantitative studies that proxy social performance using a multidimensional indicator (ethical rating), seven (Graves and Waddock 2000; Griffin and Mahon 1997; Berman et al. 1999; Johnson and Greening 1999; Ruf et al. 2001; Knoepfel 2001; Van de Velde et al. 2005) suppo”
• Mind the Gap: The Interplay Between External and Internal Actions in the Case of Corporate Social Responsibility (2015, background): “…a potential strategic resource on which a competitive advantage may be built (e.g., Russo & Fouts, 1997; Hillman & Keim, 2001; McWilliams & Siegel, 2001; Ruf et al., 2001; Branco & Rodrigues, 2006; Choi & Wang, 2009), the process of accumulating an intangible CSR resource remains less understood.”
• Crisis and Corporate Social Responsibility: Threat or Opportunity? (2009, background): “…climate, thus increasing employee permanence, motivation and productivity - reducing legal conflicts on complying with regulatory requirements 26 Freeman (1984), Soloman and Hansen (1985), Stanwick and Stanwick (1998), Ruf et al. (2001), Geczy et al. (2005) or Bechetti et al. (2007), among others.”
• Corporate Environmental Responsibility and Firm Performance in the Financial Services Sector (2014, neutral): “Therefore, there may be a simultaneous and interactive positive relation between CSR (or CER) and CFP (Waddock and Graves 1997; Ruf et al. 2001; Makni et al. 2009).”