Corporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries: An Institutional Analysis

摘要: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become an increasingly significant element in contemporary business. Globalisation, a growing concern for environmental degradation, and evident social inequality have installed CSR on the global agenda. Companies around world are introducing programs, many of Schools Management or Business courses their core programmes, including MBAs. Organisations such as EFMD (www.efmd.org), ABIS (www.abis.org) PRME (www.prme.org) prompting universities business schools to implement well sustainability seminars. Conceptual research concerned with influences firms’ socially responsible actions recently emphasized importance institutional factors. However, current accounts corporate responsibility implicitly assume presence well-developed relatively stable characteristics found developed countries. In order address this gap, thesis presents conceptual model, which explores how pressures configure local company’s practices developing This empirical findings drawn from depth open-ended interviewees managers companies Argentina, taking into account type industry, size, multinational (MNCs). so doing, study contributes extending application theory countries context theoretical analysis contexts. Within analysis, places particular emphasis role MNC State processes adoption by country. Finally, practical implications mangers MNCs’ subsidiaries