Does corporate social responsibility help the longevity of centenarian family firms in Europe?

Journal title CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
Author/s Francesco Gangi, Eugenio D'Angelo, Lucia Michela Daniele, Maria Coscia
Publishing Year 1 Issue 2022/1
Language English Pages 26 P. 55-80 File size 0 KB
DOI 10.3280/cgrds1-2022oa13806
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Using a sample of 21 centenarian family firms from European countries over the 2008-2020 study period, we verify if corporate social responsibility (CSR) engagement can help the longevity of the centenarian family firms. In particular, consistent with the stakeholder theory and resource-based view, we find that the corporate social performance (CSP) has a positive impact on the corporate financial performance of family firms, even during a period affected by international financial crisis that stressed the survival of firms. Hence, based on the concept of CSR as a co-specialized asset that improves other assets, such as resilience, corporate identity, reputation and stakeholder influence capability, our results show that CSR engagement represents a key to longevity and a solution to the potential trade-off between the socioemotional wealth and the financial performance of centenarian family firms

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Francesco Gangi, Eugenio D'Angelo, Lucia Michela Daniele, Maria Coscia, Does corporate social responsibility help the longevity of centenarian family firms in Europe? in "CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT STUDIES" 1/2022, pp 55-80, DOI: 10.3280/cgrds1-2022oa13806