Is the good corporation dead? the community social responsibility of small business operators

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 221-241

  Besser, Terry L ^a   Miller, Nancy ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041905209     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-5357(01)00094-4     Document Type: Article

References (75)

1. Besser T.L. The significance of community to business social responsibility. Rural Sociology. 63:1998;412-431.
2. Bluestone B., Harrison B. DeIndustrialization of America Plant Closings, Community Abandonment and the Dismantling of Basic Industry . 1982;Basic Books, NY.
3. Brown, D.J., J. B. King, 1982. Small business ethics: influences and perceptions. Journal of Small Business Management, Jan. 11-18.
4. Buchholtz A.K., Amason A.C., Rutherford M.A. Beyond resources The mediating effect of top management discretion and values on corporate philanthropy . Business and Society. 38:1999;167-187.
5. Calinski T., Harabasz J. A dendrite method for cluster analysis. Communications in Statistics. 3:1974;1-74.
6. Carroll A.B. A three dimensional conceptual model of corporate performance. Academy of Management Review. 4:(4):1979;497-505.
7. Chrisman J.J., Archer R.W. Small business social responsibility some perceptions and insights . American Journal of Small Business. 9:(2):1984;46-58.
8. Conference Board, 1999. The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Facts and Figures. Http://Philanthropy.com/stats/giving/corporate.htm.
9. Cowie J. Capitals Moves RCA's 70-year Quest for Cheap Labor . 1999;Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY.
10. Cox K. Globalization, competition and the politics of local economic development. Urban Studies. 32:(2):1995;213-224.
11. Davis K., Blomstrom R.L. Business, Society, and Environment Social Power and Social Response . 2nd ed. 1971;McGraw-Hill, NY.
12. Dudley K. The End of the Line Lost Jobs and New Lives in Post Industrial America . 1994;University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
13. Estes R. The Tyranny of the Bottom Line Why Corporations Make Good People Do Bad Things . 1996;Berret-Koehler Publ, San Francisco.
14. Frederick W.C. Toward CSR3 Why ethical analysis is indispensable and unavoidable in corporate affairs . California Management Review. 28:(2):1986;126-141.
15. Frederick, W.C., 1994, 1978. From CSR1 to CSR2: The maturing of business and society thought. Business and Society 33 (2), 150-164.
16. Friedman M. Capitalism and Freedom. 1962;University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
17. Friedman, M., 1971. Does business have a social responsibility? Bank Administration, April 13-14.
18. Galaskiewicz J. Social Organization of an Urban Grants Economy A Study of Business Philanthropy and Non-profit Organizations . 1985;Academic Press, Inc, New York.
19. Galaskiewicz J. An urban grants economy revisited corporate charitable contributions in the Twin Cities, 1979-1981, 1987-89 . Administrative Science Quarterly. 42:1997;445-471.
20. Getz G.A., Sturdivant F.D. The nuts and bolts of formulating differentiation strategy. Planning Review. 17:(5):1989;4-9.
21. Glynn T. Psychological sense of community measurement and application . Human Relations. 34:(7):1981;789-818.
22. Govindarajan V. Implementing competitive strategies at the business unit level implications of matching managers to strategies . Strategic Management Journal. 10:1989;251-269.
23. Hill C.W. Differentiation versus low cost or differentiation and low cost a contingency framework . Academy of Management Review. 12:(3):1988;401-412.
24. Houck J.W., Williams O.F. Is the Good Corporation Dead? Social Responsibility in Global Economy. 1996;Rowman and Littlefield Publ. Inc, Lantham, MD.
25. Johnson R.A., Wichern D.W. Applied Multivariate Statistical Analysis. (3rd ed.) :1992;Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
26. Kamens D.H. A theory of corporate civic giving. Sociological Perspectives. 28:(1):1985;29-50.
27. Kasarda J., Janowitz M. Community attachment in mass society. American Sociological Review. 39:1974;328-339.
28. Keim. G.D., 1978. Corporate social responsibility: an assessment of the enlightened self interest model. Academy of Management Review, Jan. 32-39.
29. Kim, J., C. W. Mueller, 1978. Factor Analysis: Statistical Methods and Practical Issues. Sage University Paper series on Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences, series no. 07-014. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
30. Kotey B., Meredith G.G. Relationships among owner/manager personal values, business strategies, and enterprise performance. Journal of Small Business Management. 35:(2):1997;37-64.
31. Lerner L.D., Fryxell G.E. An empirical study of the predictors of corporate social performance a multi-dimensional analysis . Journal of Business Ethics. 7:1988;951-959.
32. Mander J., Goldsmith E. The Case Against the Global Economy And for a Turn Toward the Local . 1996;Sierra Club Books, San Francisco.
33. Mescon T., Tilson D. Corporate philanthropy a strategic approach to the bottom line . California Management Review. 29:(2):1987;49-61.
34. Miller N., Besser T.L. The importance of community values in small business strategy formation evidence from rural Iowa . Journal of Small Business Management. 38:(1):2000;68-85.
35. Mulford C.L., Shrader B., Hansen H.B. Operational and Strategic Planning in Small Businesses. 1988;North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, Ames, IA.
36. Muhwezi, D.R. 1990. Corporate Contributions: An Empirical Assessment of the Underlying Factors among Small Business Organizations. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation. Ames, IA: Iowa State University.
37. Nunnally J. Psychometric Theory. 1978;McGraw-Hill, New York.
38. Oliver P. If you don't do it, nobody else will active and token contributors to local collective action . American Sociological Review. 49:1984;601-610.
39. Onibokun A.G., Curry M. An ideology of citizen participation the metropolitan Seattle transit case study . Public Administration Review. 36:1976;269-277.
40. Oregon State University, 1997. Government Information Sharing Project. Regional Economic Data. 1995 County Business Data, (http://govinfo.library.orst.edu).
41. Ostrom E. Governing the Commons The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action . 1990;Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
42. Parkum K.H., Parkum V.C. Citizen participation in community planning and decision making. Smith D.H., Macaulay J., et al. Participation in Social and Political Activities. 1980;153-167 Jossey-Bass, San Francisco.
43. Piore M.J., Sabel C.F. The Second Industrial Divide Possibilities for Prosperity . 1984;Basic Books, New York.
44. Porter L., Steers R., Mowday R., Boulian P. Organizational commitment, job satisfaction and turnover among psychiatric technicians. Journal of Applied Psychology. 59:1974;603-609.
45. Porter M. Competitive Strategy Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors . 1980;Free Press, New York.
46. Porter M. Competitive Advantage. 1985;Free Press, New York.
47. Portes A., Sensenbrenner J. Embeddedness and immigration notes on the social determinants of economic action . American Journal of Sociology. 98:(6):1993;1320-1350.
48. Preston L.E., Post J.E. Private Management and Public Policy The Principle of Public Responsibility . 1975;Prentice Hall, Inc, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
49. Punj G., Stewart D.W. Cluster analysis in marketing research review and suggestions for application . Journal of Marketing Research. 20:1983;134-148.
50. Research, Policy Committee, Committee for Economic Development, 1971. Social Responsibilities of Business Corporations: A Statement on National Policy, NY: Committee for Economic Development.
51. Samuelson R. The good corporation RIP . Newsweek. 122:1993;41.
52. Sarle W.S. Cubic Cluster Criterion. SAS Technical Report A-108. 1983;SAS Institute, Inc, Cary, NC.
53. SAS/STAT, 1990. Users' Guide. Version 6 (4th Ed.). Cary, NC: SAS Institute, Inc.
54. Schiff J. Charitable Giving and Government Policy An Economic Analysis . 1990;Greenwood Press, Westport, CT.
55. Sethi S.P. A conceptual framework for environmental analysis of social issues and evaluation of business response patterns. Academy of Management Reviews. 4:(1):1979;63-74.
56. Sethi S.P. Moving from a socially responsible to a socially accountable corporation. Houck John W., Williams Oliver F. Is the Good Corporation Dead? Social Responsibility in a Global Economy. 1996;83-100 Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc, Lantham, MD.
57. Smith P.L., Oakley E.F. III. A study of the ethical values of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan small business owners. Journal of Small Business Management. 32:(4):1994;17-27.
58. Steggert F.X. Community Action Groups, City Governments., Perspectives from Ten American Cities. 1975;Ballinger, Cambridge, Mass.
59. Stendardi E.J. Jr. Corporate philanthropy the redefinition of enlightened self-interest . The Social Science Journal. 29:(1):1992;21-30.
60. Thompson A.A., Strickland A.J. III. Strategy Formulation and Implementation Task of the General Manager . 1986;Business Publications, Inc, Plano, Texas.
61. Thompson J.K., Smith H.L. Social responsibility and small business; Suggestions for research. Journal of Small Business Management. 29:1991;39-44.
62. Thompson J.K., Smith H.L., Hood J.N. Charitable contributions by small businesses. Journal of Small Business Management. 31:(3):1993;35-51.
63. Turban D.B., Greening D.W. Corporate social performance and organizational attractiveness to prospective employees. Academy of Management Journal. 40:(3):1997;658-672.
64. U.S. Census Bureau, 1992. Table 1, Employers and Nonemployers. Economic Census, www.census.gov.epcd.www/smallbus.html#empsize.
65. U.S. Census Bureau, 1997. The Number of firms, Establishments, Employment, Annual Payroll, and Estimated Receipts by Industrial Division and Enterprise Employment Size for 1996. Economic Census, www.census.gov/epcd/ssel tabs/view/tab3 99b.html#tot.
66. U.S. Small Business Administration, 1993. Our 1992 State Profile. Office of Advocacy, Washington, D.C.: Small Business Administration.
67. Uzzi B. The sources and consequences of embeddedness for the economic performance of organizations the network effect . American Sociological Review. 61:(4):1996;674-698.
68. Van Auken P.M., Ireland R.D. Plain talk about small business social responsibility. Journal of Small Business Management. 20:1982;1-3.
69. Vedlitz A., Veblen E.P. Voting and contacting two forms of political participation in a suburban community . Urban Affairs Quarterly. 16:1980;31-48.
70. Wartick S.L., Cochran E.P. The evolution of the corporate social performance model. Academy of Management Review. 10:(4):1985;758-769.
71. Ward J.H. Hierarchical grouping to optimize an objective function. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 58:1963;236-244.
72. Wilkinson K.P. The Community in Rural America. 1991;Greenwood Press, New York.
73. Wirth L. Urbanism as a way of life. American Journal of Sociology. 44:(1):1938;1-24.
74. Wood D.J. Corporate social performance revisited. Academy of Management Review. 16:(4):1991;691-718.
75. Young R.C., Francis J.D. Entrepreneurship and innovation in small manufacturing firms. Social Science Quarterly. 72:(1):1991;149-162.