Research Handbook on Small Business Social Responsibility

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Spence ◽  
Jyoti Navare ◽  
Jedrzej Frynas ◽  
Judy Muthuri
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Small Business Social Responsibility

scholarly journals The Standardization of Down-Streamed Small Business Social Responsibility (SBSR)

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 39-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Corazza
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Sustainability Reporting ◽  
Csr Reporting ◽  
Standard Management ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Sustainability Report ◽  
Small Business Social Responsibility

Scholars have begun to investigate the prevalence of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) within the context of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This paper studies the implementation of non-financial sustainability reporting tools in Italian SMEs as part of their Small Business Social Responsibility (SBSR) long supply chain compact with large multinationals. The fundamental finding of this work is that because of the down-streaming effect of CSR reporting from large companies to small ones, SMEs approach sustainability as a standard management practice. The sample is composed of 73 Italian multi-certified entities (SA8000/ISO14001/EMAS) that have published their sustainability report online between 2011 and 2013. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was used to discover three otherwise un-observable underlying effects.

Managing Small Business Social Responsibility (SBSR) in Formalized Network Using a Euclidean Perspective

2019 ◽  
pp. 1031-1052
Author(s):  
Laura Corazza ◽  
Maurizio Cisi
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Small Business ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Network Size ◽  
Normative Theory ◽  
Management Implications ◽  
Formal Network ◽  
Small Business Social Responsibility

This chapter deepens the knowledge of inter-firm collaborations to address sustainability issues between SMEs in adopting small business social responsibility (SBSR) approaches. The study investigates the role of formal network contracts (FNCs), where aspects of SBSR are formalized into legal agreements between the networkers. For this purpose, the authors identify three management implications declined as sub-variables: control, consensus, and consistency. Institutional theory and, specifically, isomorphism and normative theory of CSR are used as lenses through which to analyze the results. The methodology applied is a deductive qualitative content analysis, while results are shown using an Euclidean perspective. The study discovers the use of FNCs to clearly govern consistency and consensus, more than to control and audit sustainability herein the network. In addition, it demonstrates a relation between network size and use of the tool.

Small Business Social Responsibility: A Multi-Level Review

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 (1) ◽  
pp. 10988
Author(s):  
Vivek Soundararajan ◽  
Dima Jamali ◽  
Laura J. Spence
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Small Business Social Responsibility

The Standardization of Down-Streamed Small Business Social Responsibility (SBSR)

2019 ◽  
pp. 670-685
Author(s):  
Laura Corazza
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Sustainability Reporting ◽  
Csr Reporting ◽  
Standard Management ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Sustainability Report ◽  
Small Business Social Responsibility

Scholars have begun to investigate the prevalence of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) within the context of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This paper studies the implementation of non-financial sustainability reporting tools in Italian SMEs as part of their Small Business Social Responsibility (SBSR) long supply chain compact with large multinationals. The fundamental finding of this work is that because of the down-streaming effect of CSR reporting from large companies to small ones, SMEs approach sustainability as a standard management practice. The sample is composed of 73 Italian multi-certified entities (SA8000/ISO14001/EMAS) that have published their sustainability report online between 2011 and 2013. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was used to discover three otherwise un-observable underlying effects.

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