International Management Institute, Kolkata
On Invitation from
Asia-Pacific Economic Association (APEA)
Is organizing a session on
Development Economics and Public Policies in Emerging Economies
As part of
APEA Eleventh Annual Conference
On July 8 – 10 at Taipei, Taiwan
Papers should address the conference theme covering relevant issues. Submissions should present original research, substantial review papers or case studies.
Selected papers shall be published in Global Business Review published by Sage Publications.
Papers are invited under the following broad tracks (but not limited to them):
- Development in Emerging Economies
- Trade & Development
- Issues in Financial Markets
- Rise of Asian Economies
- Public Policy Issues
- Governance & Development
You can also refer to the website of APEA at www.apeaweb.org .
Conference Session Organizers:
Title: Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting in India: Exploring Linkages with Firm Performance and Development
Authors: Tirthankar Nag and Ashish K. Bhattacharyya
Associate Professor, International Management Institute Kolkata
Professor, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs
Abstract The study examines the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategies and activities of firms as disclosed in annual reports and explores its linkages to accounting and market performance of firms. The study examines the annual reports of a sample of 30 firms (out of 50) belonging to the benchmark index of the National Stock Exchange of India and tracks these reports for evidences of CSR activities over a five year period from 2007 to 2011. The study employs content analysis to study CSR disclosure and classifies and rates these activities using items from an established scale followed by construction of category wise CSR indexes. The association of these indexes with firm performance are explored through a pooled regression model after provisioning for control variables and lag effects. The study finds that CSR reporting may not be having any significant impact on accounting and market performance of the firm in the short term but environment oriented CSR disclosure may be negatively related to the market performance of the firm. The study also finds that firms focus heavily on employee and customer oriented CSR and the modes of CSR investments are more contributory rather than participative in nature.
Keywords : Corporate Social Responsibility; Firm Performance; Accountability; Sustainability; Reporting
JEL : M14, G38, D21 and L21
Acknowledgement : The authors would like to thank The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants’ General Charitable Trust Fund, UK (CIMA GCT) for providing a research grant to carry out this study.
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