Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Performance

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue aims to explore the evolving relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and various dimensions of organizational performance. As CSR activities continue to develop, it is increasingly important to understand when and how these efforts produce meaningful outcomes for firms, stakeholders, and society. This Special Issue will emphasize the connections between CSR practices and measurable operational, financial, strategic, and social results.

We invite contributions across a broad range of fields that approach CSR from different perspectives or methodological angles and which help to clarify how CSR shapes organizational performance and the conditions that strengthen or weaken these effects.

We invite submissions that focus on, but are not limited to, the following: empirical evidence linking CSR to performance outcomes, policy-driven CSR strategies, stakeholder engagement, sustainability metrics, ESG reporting, innovative data or analytical tools, and new approaches to assessing CSR impacts.

Dr. Linna Shi
Dr. Jun Guo
Dr. Lingting Jiang
Guest Editors

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