Artikel

Relationship between corporate social responsibility and competitive performance in Spanish SMEs: Empirical evidence from a stakeholders' perspective

In a financial economic scenario in which the corporate survival of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is more conditioned than ever by competitive performance, this paper aims to show that the strategic incorporation of socially responsible actions, more concerned and engaged with stakeholders, contributes to improve the competitiveness of these organizations. Thus, the existence of a direct or mediated relationship between the development of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practices and competitive performance has been analyzed from a multi-stakeholder perspective. To accomplish this task, data were collected from a sample of 481 Spanish SMEs and the technique of partial least squares (PLS) was used. Outcomes show that the development of CSR practices contributes to increase the competitive performance both directly and indirectly, through the ability of these organizations to manage their stakeholders. This study, therefore, supports the social impact hypothesis and offers evidence about some intangibles such as the relational capacity mediate the causal effect between CSR and competitive performance."

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: BRQ Business Research Quarterly ; ISSN: 2340-9436 ; Volume: 19 ; Year: 2016 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 55-72 ; Barcelona: Elsevier España

Klassifikation
Management
Thema
CSR
Competitive performance
Relational capacity
Stakeholders
SMEs

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Herrera Madueño, Jesús
Larrán Jorge, Manuel
Martínez Conesa, Isabel
Martínez-Martínez, Domingo
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Elsevier España
(wo)
Barcelona
(wann)
2016

DOI
doi:10.1016/j.brq.2015.06.002
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  • Artikel

Beteiligte

  • Herrera Madueño, Jesús
  • Larrán Jorge, Manuel
  • Martínez Conesa, Isabel
  • Martínez-Martínez, Domingo
  • Elsevier España

Entstanden

  • 2016

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