Understanding international CSR in SMEs
- Author(s)
- Maria-Cristina Stoian, Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki
- Abstract
This study investigates international corporate social responsibility (CSR) in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). While international CSR is key to firm internationalization, hardly any research has been conducted on international CSR in SMEs. Drawing on an interpretive approach, we reveal four distinct understandings of international CSR which entail different CSR practices: international CSR as a driver of international performance; as necessary for international distinctiveness; as a promoter of successful international collaboration; and as a catalyst for change, empowerment, and sustainable internationalization. Our study contributes to the development of the nascent literature on international CSR in SMEs and to stakeholder theory.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Marketing and International Business
- External organisation(s)
- Brunel University London
- Journal
- Journal of Small Business Management
- Volume
- 62
- Pages
- 1828-1864
- No. of pages
- 37
- ISSN
- 0047-2778
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00472778.2023.2182441
- Publication date
- 2023
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 502054 Entrepreneurship
- Keywords
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Business,Management and Accounting, Management of Technology and Innovation, Strategy and Management
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/378153dd-6bef-4777-b82d-c5d7accc8433