Journal Articles

Carrot and stick: Ownership reform and CSR performance

Does allowing China’s privately-owned firms to buy equity in large state-owned enterprises have the potential to improve their CSR performance? It does when these firms have restricted access to financial and other resources, the real barriers requiring effective government interventions.
  • By: Bin Li, Lei Xu, Ron P. McIver, Xin Liu, & Ailing Pan

Making sense of CSR reports the semiotic way

We developed a CSR reports quality evaluation model using a linguistic-based theoretical analytical tool, semiotics. This is a valuable tool for both management and CSR communication researchers. It can be used for qualitative analysis or as a quantitative measure of CSR quality.
  • By: Kemi C. Yekini

Elasticity of institutions and implications for business-government relationships

Institutional change is a complex phenomenon. While past studies have examined this phenomenon in various manner, few had noted change scenarios where a change takes place first and then reverts. This article employs the concept of institutional elasticity to explain the reform process in the Indian Petroleum Exploration and Production Sector, specifically examining how these reforms initially went ahead as planned, but later the changes reverted.
  • By: Kshitij Awasthi, K V Gopakumar, & Abhoy K Ojha

Conversations with the Editors: Global Indigenous Peoples: Expanding the Intersection of Business and Society

Even though the lives of Indigenous peoples have been impacted by business practices (often negatively), they have been largely excluded from business and management research. Yet, Indigenous peoples have rich experiences and holistic community-based enterprises that can contribute significantly to management research and in exploring sustainable pathways urgently required for planetary health. In this e-conversation, the Editors of an upcoming Special Issue at Business & Society on Global Indigenous Peoples: Expanding the Intersection of Business and Society give deeper insights on the need to rightly recognize Indigenous populations, the role of businesses, and the role of management scholarship in elevating and amplifying Indigenous research.
  • By: Vijayta Doshi, Ana Maria Peredo, & Chellie Spiller

Sharing Economy at the Base of the Pyramid: Societal Impact and Challenges

The sharing economy is a socio-technical system where people or organizations share assets or services with each other, either for free or for a fee. However, the role of sharing economy models in addressing social issues is not well understood, especially in contexts with weak institutions. Therefore, the guest editors of an ongoing Call for Papers invite submissions seeking to shed light on the societal impacts, benefits, and potential risks of sharing economy models at the base of the pyramid.
  • By: Babita Bhatt, Israr Qureshi, Dhirendra Mani Shukla, & Christopher Sutter

How can philanthropic grant financing help social ventures grow?

Philanthropic grants help social enterprises grow but may not improve financial performance, at least in the short-term. Grants help social enterprises to hire more employees and attract debt financing, but have no effect on revenues and equity finance, shows our study of over 3,400 social enterprises over a one-year period.
  • By: Saurabh A. Lall & Jacob Park

Conversations with the Editors: Responsible Leadership Action for Business and Society: Addressing the Grand Societal Challenges of Our Time

There are increasing calls for responsible leadership, but how exactly is the research on responsible leadership relevant for the intersection of business and society? Can this form of leadership truly address the grand challenges confronting the world? In this e-conversation, the Editors of a Special Issue at Business & Society on Responsible Leadership Action for Business and Society: Addressing the Grand Societal Challenges of Our Time give deeper insights on these and more questions.
  • By: Mary Sully de Luque, Christof Miska, Christian Voegtlin, Alexander Newman, & Jill Brown

An Inside-Out Perspective: Creating a More Socially-Oriented Corporate Purpose

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) not only improves firms’ reputation for managing social and environmental concerns, but also increases their internal capabilities to manage risks by facilitating the adoption of more advanced risk management practices. This ensures that all risks are evaluated at the firm level to avoid the omission of emerging risks and possible ripple effects.
  • By: Hao Lu, Xiaoyu Liu, & Loren Falkenberg

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