Corporate Social Responsibility and Culture : A Study of European Multinational Corporations’ adaptation of Community Involvement Practices

Corporate Social Responsibility and Culture : A Study of European Multinational Corporations’ adaptation of Community Involvement Practices

Corporate social responsibility (CSR), which has emerged as a global trend, has gained increased focus in the everyday media and among practitioners on the political agenda. CSR has also risen as an important research topic in the field of organization. This study investigates European multinational...

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Main Authors: Henriksson, Sebastian, Hodjikj, Armin, Ognyanova Dinkova, Evgeniya
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi 2012
Subjects:
Corporate social responsibility
CSR
culture
adaptation
global integration
local responsiveness
Nestlé
Husqvarna
Hofstede
Trompenaars
Hall
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-18600
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spelling ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-hj-186002013-01-08T13:42:43ZCorporate Social Responsibility and Culture : A Study of European Multinational Corporations’ adaptation of Community Involvement PracticesengHenriksson, SebastianHodjikj, ArminOgnyanova Dinkova, EvgeniyaInternationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, FöretagsekonomiInternationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, FöretagsekonomiInternationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi2012Corporate social responsibilityCSRcultureadaptationglobal integrationlocal responsivenessNestléHusqvarnaHofstedeTrompenaarsHallCorporate social responsibility (CSR), which has emerged as a global trend, has gained increased focus in the everyday media and among practitioners on the political agenda. CSR has also risen as an important research topic in the field of organization. This study investigates European multinational corporations’ tendencies to adapt CSR policies and practices, or more specifically corporate community involvement, to different national cultures. The paper explores if/how and why companies with subsidiaries in different countries differentiate CSR policies. Theories of culture are used to analyze the basis and/or validity of such adaptation. The units of analysis in this research paper are two European multinational corporations, namely, the Husqvarna Group and Nestlé S.A. Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-18600application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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topic Corporate social responsibility
CSR
culture
adaptation
global integration
local responsiveness
Nestlé
Husqvarna
Hofstede
Trompenaars
Hall
spellingShingle Corporate social responsibility
CSR
culture
adaptation
global integration
local responsiveness
Nestlé
Husqvarna
Hofstede
Trompenaars
Hall
Henriksson, Sebastian
Hodjikj, Armin
Ognyanova Dinkova, Evgeniya
Corporate Social Responsibility and Culture : A Study of European Multinational Corporations’ adaptation of Community Involvement Practices
description Corporate social responsibility (CSR), which has emerged as a global trend, has gained increased focus in the everyday media and among practitioners on the political agenda. CSR has also risen as an important research topic in the field of organization. This study investigates European multinational corporations’ tendencies to adapt CSR policies and practices, or more specifically corporate community involvement, to different national cultures. The paper explores if/how and why companies with subsidiaries in different countries differentiate CSR policies. Theories of culture are used to analyze the basis and/or validity of such adaptation. The units of analysis in this research paper are two European multinational corporations, namely, the Husqvarna Group and Nestlé S.A.
author Henriksson, Sebastian
Hodjikj, Armin
Ognyanova Dinkova, Evgeniya
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Hodjikj, Armin
Ognyanova Dinkova, Evgeniya
author_sort Henriksson, Sebastian
title Corporate Social Responsibility and Culture : A Study of European Multinational Corporations’ adaptation of Community Involvement Practices
title_short Corporate Social Responsibility and Culture : A Study of European Multinational Corporations’ adaptation of Community Involvement Practices
title_full Corporate Social Responsibility and Culture : A Study of European Multinational Corporations’ adaptation of Community Involvement Practices
title_fullStr Corporate Social Responsibility and Culture : A Study of European Multinational Corporations’ adaptation of Community Involvement Practices
title_full_unstemmed Corporate Social Responsibility and Culture : A Study of European Multinational Corporations’ adaptation of Community Involvement Practices
title_sort corporate social responsibility and culture : a study of european multinational corporations’ adaptation of community involvement practices
publisher Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi
publishDate 2012
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