Strategic corporate social responsibility and value creation: A study of multinational enterprises in Mexico

Management International Review

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 781-799

  Husted, Bryan W ^a   Allen, David B ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Multinational enterprise; Value creation

Indexed keywords

EID: 73249147145     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-009-0016-5     Document Type: Article

References (61)

1. Abrahamson, M., Social Research Methods, Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall 1983.
2. N. J. Acutt V. Medina-Ross T. O'Riordan 2004 Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility in the Chemical Sector: A Comparative Analysis of the Mexican and South African Cases Natural Resources Forum 28 4 302 316 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2004.00103.x
3. J. A. Aragón-Correa 1998 Strategic Proactivity and Firm Approach to the Natural Environment Academy of Management Journal 41 5 556 567 10.2307/256942
4. J. S. Armstrong T. S. Overton 1977 Estimating Nonresponse Bias in Mail Surveys Journal of Marketing Research 18 3 396 402 10.2307/3150783
5. Austin, J. E. et al., Social Partnering in Latin America: Lessons Drawn from Collaborations of Businesses and Civil Society Organizations, Cambridge: Harvard University Press 2004.
6. J. B. Barney 1986 Strategic Factor Markets: Expectations, Luck, and Business Strategy Management Science 32 10 1231 1241 10.1287/mnsc.32.10.1231
7. J. B. Barney 2001 Is the Resource-Based "View" a Useful Perspective for Strategic Management Research? Yes Academy of Management Review 26 1 41 56 10.2307/259393
8. L. Burke J. M. Logsdon 1996 How Corporate Social Responsibility Pays Off Long Range Planning 29 4 495 502 10.1016/0024-6301(96)00041-6
9. Cemex, Building a Better Society, http://www.cemex.com/ cc/cc-cc.asp 2005.
10. F. G. A. De Bakker P. Groenewegen F. den Hond 2006 A Research Note on the Use of Bibliometrics to Review the Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Social Performance Literature Business & Society 45 1 7 19 10.1177/0007650305283092
11. G. G. Dess R. B., Jr. Robinson 1984 Measuring Organizational Performance in the Absence of Objective Measures: The Case of the Privately-Held Firm and Conglomerate Business Unit Strategic Management Journal 5 3 265 273 10.1002/smj.4250050306
12. I. Dierickx K. Cool 1989 Asset Stock Accumulation and Sustainability of Competitive Advantage Management Science 35 12 1504 1513 10.1287/mnsc.35.12.1504
13. Economist, The Good Company, The Economist, 374, 8410, 2005, p. 11.
14. T. Edwards G. Battisti 2004 Neely, A. Value Creation and the UK Economy: A Review of Strategic Options International Journal of Management Reviews 5/6 3/4 191 213 10.1111/j.1460-8545.2004.00103.x
15. C. Fombrun M. Shanley 1990 What's in a Name? Reputation Building and Corporate Strategy Academy of Management Journal 33 2 233 258 10.2307/256324
16. Freeman, R. E., Strategic Management: A Stakeholder Approach, Boston: Pitman 1984.
17. D. G. Gardner 1998 Single-Item Versus Multiple-Item Measurement Scales: An Empirical Comparison Educational and Psychological Measurement 58 6 898 915 10.1177/0013164498058006003
18. E. Garriga D. Mele 2004 Corporate Social Responsibility Theories: Mapping the Territory Journal of Business Ethics 53 1 51 71 10.1023/B:BUSI.0000039399. 90587.34
19. M. Geringer L. Hebert 1989 Control and Performance of International Joint Ventures Journal of International Business Studies 20 2 235 254 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8490359
20. J. J. Griffin J. F. Mahon 1997 The Corporate Social Performance and Corporate Financial Performance Debate: Twenty-Five Years of Incomparable Research Business and Society 36 1 5 31 10.1177/000765039703600102
21. L.H. Gulbrandsen 2006 Creating Markets for Eco-labelling: Are consumers insignificant? International Journal of Consumer Studies 30 5 477 489 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2006.00534.x
22. Hair, J. F. et al., Multivariate Data Analysis, New York: Macmillan 1992.
23. Hanushek, E. A./Jackson, J. E., Statistical Methods for Social Scientists, Orlando: Academic Press 1977.
24. S. L. Hart S. Sharma 2004 Engaging Fringe Stakeholders for Competitive Imagination Academy of Management Executive 18 1 7 18
25. L. G. Hrebiniak W. F. Joyce 1985 Organizational Adaptation: Strategic Choice and Environmental Determinism Administrative Science Quarterly 30 3 336 349 10.2307/2392666
26. B. W. Husted D. B. Allen 2006 Corporate Social Responsibility in the Multinational Enterprise: Strategic and Institutional Approaches Journal of International Business Studies 37 6 838 849 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400227
27. M. G. Jacobides T. Knudsen M. Augier 2006 Benefiting from Innovation: Value Creation, Value Appropriation, and the Role of Industry Architecture Research Policy 35 8 1200 1221 10.1016/j.respol.2006.09.005
28. R. M. Kanter 1999 From Spare Change to Real Change Harvard Business Review 77 3 122 132
29. H. H. Khoo K. C. Tan 2002 Using the Australian Business Excellence Framework to Achieve Sustainable Business Excellence Corporate Social-Responsibility and Environmental Management 9 4 196 205 10.1002/csr.28
30. J. M. Liedtka 2000 In Defense of Strategy as Design California Management Review 42 3 8 30
31. J. M. Logsdon D. E. Thomas H. J. van Buren III 2006 Corporate Social Responsibility in Large Mexican Firms Journal of Corporate Citizenship 21 51 60
32. Lozano, G./Moxon, C./Maas, A., Let's Build Their Dreams: Danone Mexico and the Casa de la Amistad para Niños con Cáncer, I.A.P., Social Enterprise Knowledge Network Case SKE 010 2003.
33. Margolis, J. D./Walsh, J. E., People and Profits? The Search for a Link Between a Firm's Social and Financial Performance, Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers 2001.
34. A. McWilliams D. Siegel 2000 Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance: Correlation or Misspecification? Strategic Management Journal 21 4 603 609 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(200005)21:5<603::AID- SMJ101>3.0.CO;2-3
35. A. McWilliams D. Siegel 2001 Corporate Social Responsibility: A Theory of the Firm Perspective Academy of Management Review 26 1 117 127 10.2307/259398
36. M. B. Meznar D. Nigh 1995 Buffer or Bridge? Environmental and Organizational Determinants of Public Affairs Activities in American Firms Academy of Management Journal 38 4 975 996 10.2307/256617
37. P. Moran S. Goshal 1999 Markets, Firms, and the Process of Economic Development? Academy of Management Review 24 3 390 412 10.2307/259133
38. Nunnally, J. C./Bernstein, I. H., Psychometric Theory, 3rd ed., New York: McGraw-Hill 1994.
39. M. O. Orlitzky F. L. Schmidt S. L. Rynes 2003 Corporate Social and Financial Performance: A Meta-Analysis Organization Studies 24 3 403 442 10.1177/0170840603024003910
40. L. E. Ostlund 1977 Attitudes of Managers toward Corporate Social Responsibility California Management Review 19 4 35 49
41. Pacheco-Lopez, P, Foreign Direct Investment, Exports, and Imports in Mexico, unpublished paper, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK, www.kent.ac.uk/economics/papers-pdf/2004∈/∈0404.pdf 2007.
42. K. Paul 2006 Corporate Social Reporting in Mexico Journal of Corporate Citizenship 22 67 80
43. P. M. Podsakoff D. W. Organ 1986 Self-Reports in Organizational Research: Problems and Prospects Journal of Management 12 4 531 544 10.1177/ 014920638601200408
44. M. E. Porter C. van der Linde 1995 Toward a New Conception of the Environment-Competitiveness Relationship Journal of Economic Perspectives 9 4 97 118
45. Prahalad, C. K., The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits, Upper Saddle Brook: Wharton School Publishing 2004.
46. F. Reinhardt 1998 Environmental Product Differentiation: Implications for Corporate Strategy California Management Review 40 4 43 73
47. P. W. Roberts G. R. Dowling 2002 Corporate Reputation and Sustained Superior Financial Performance Strategic Management Journal 23 12 1077 1093 10.1002/smj.274
48. J. A. Robins S. Tallman K. Fladmoe-Lindquist 2002 Autonomy and Dependence of International Cooperative Ventures: An Exploration of the Strategic Performance of U.S. Ventures in Mexico Strategic Management Journal 23 10 881 901 10.1002/smj.260
49. S. Schmidheiny 2006 A View of Corporate Citizenship in Latin America Journal of Corporate Citizenship 21 21 24
50. M. Schrage 2007 The Myth of Commoditization MIT Sloan Management Review 48 2 10 14
51. Schumpeter, J. A., The Theory of Economic Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press 1934.
52. S. Sharma H. Vredenburg 1998 Proactive Corporate Environmental Strategy and the Development of Competitively Valuable Capabilities Strategic Management Journal 19 8 729 753 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199808)19:8<729::AID- SMJ967>3.0.CO;2-4
53. Stone, C., Where the Law Ends: The Social Control of Corporate Behavior, New York: HarperCollins 1975.
54. Thomas, A. S./Simerly, R. L., Internal Determinants of Corporate Social Performance: The Role of Top Managers, Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings 1995, 1995, pp. 411-415.
55. M. S. Thompson S. Thompson 2006 Pricing in a Market without Apparent Horizontal Differentiation: Evidence from Web Listing Services Economics of Innovation and New Technology 15 7 649 663 10.1080/10438590500418968
56. United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report, 2006, New York: Palgrave-Macmillan 2006.
57. N. Venkatraman V. Ramanujam 1987 Measurement of Business Economic Performance: An Examination of Method Convergence Journal of Management 13 1 109 122 10.1177/014920638701300109
58. S. A. Waddock S. B. Graves 1997 The Corporate Social Performance- Financial Performance Link Strategic Management Journal 18 4 303 319 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199704)18:4<303::AID-SMJ869>3.0.CO;2-G
59. D. J. Wood 1991 Corporate Social Performance Revisited Academy of Management Review 16 4 691 718 10.2307/258977
60. World Bank, From Plan to Market: World Development Report 1996, New York: Oxford University Press 1996.
61. World Bank, World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development, Washington, D.C.: The World Bank 2007.