RT Article
T1 Being Good When Being International in an Emerging Economy: The Case of China
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 130
IS 4
SP 805
OP 817
A1 Cheung, Yan-Leung
A1 Kong, Dongmin
A1 Tan, Weiqiang
A1 Wang, Wenming
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V
YR 2015
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1785655388
AB The importance imposed on corporate social responsibility (CSR) is greater in developed economies than in emerging markets. The pressures from various stakeholder groups on the CSR are expected to have substantial spillover impact on companies domiciled in emerging economies that obtain revenues from companies in developed economies. Based on the data from 1,330 listed companies in China, the largest emerging economy in the world, this study provides evidence that the CSR performance of China firms is positively related to the degree of their internationalization, and such a positive association is less pronounced for state-owned enterprises. Our findings support the hypothesis that internationalized companies in emerging economies are motivated to improve their CSR practices to address concerns from their importers or outsourcers in developed economies.
K1 China
K1 State-owned enterprises
K1 International diversification
K1 Corporate Social Responsibility
DO 10.1007/s10551-014-2268-7