Call for papers: Special Issue on: “Corporate Social Responsibility, Environmental Management and Business Competitiveness”

World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development (WREMSD)

Call for papers: Special Issue on: “Corporate Social Responsibility, Environmental Management and Business Competitiveness”

Guest Editors:
Prof. Beatriz Junquera Cimadevilla, Prof. Jesús Ángel Del Brío González and Prof. Patricia Ordóñez De Pablos, The University of Oviedo, Spain

Coverage of this special issue of WREMSD includes, but is not limited to, the following subjects:

*Confidence crisis in businesses. What are its roots and its victims?

*Business loyalty. Is it legitimate to speak about it?

*Dimensions of corporate social responsibility. What are they? What is their content? How can each of them be measured?

*Corporate social responsibility, financial performance and organisational performance. How does corporate social responsibility influence financial performance? How does corporate social responsibility influence organisational performance? Does the relationship depend on environmental, contextual or organisational factors? If the answer is positive, which are these factors?

*Corporate social responsibility and business internationalisation. What are the peculiarities that define social actions by international businesses? What is the link for social actions between the headquarters and subsidiary centres?

*Agency relationships between shareholders and managers and corporate social responsibility. How do different interests between both groups influence responsible behaviour in businesses?

*Human factor and corporate social responsibility. Which are the common issues between human resource management and corporate social responsibility? How does a business’ social philosophy influence human resource policies? What does an ethical work climate define? How does an ethical work climate affect the relationships between corporate social responsibility and organisational/financial performance?

*Consumers and corporate social responsibility. How does a business’ social philosophy affect its relationships with consumers? What are the main implications of these relationships?

*Environmental management. Which are a business’ duties regarding to natural environment respect? Which are the dimensions that define a business’ environmental performance? How can they be measured? What are the consequences of environmental actions for a business? What is their impact on business competitiveness? What is the role of actions for the product value recovery?

*Scientific and technological development and corporate social responsibility. How has the scientific and technological development influenced the definition of the social actions in a business?

*Internet and corporate social responsibility. What changes has Internet involved in corporate social responsibility?

Papers may be conceptual, theoretical, empirical, experimental, or case studies.

For more information, subject coverage, notes for intending authors, submission dates and contact information, see the Journal Call for papers website.