An Empirical Study of the Relationship among Social Responsibility, Social Capital and Competitiveness ——Evidence from Enterprises of Chang-zhu-tan area in China
ZENG Jiang-hong, HE Ping, LEI Li-tao
Business School, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Abstract:
The social responsibility and social capital is the important factors to improve the competitiveness of enterprises. By fulfilling corporate social responsibilities, the corporate can obtain corresponding social capital, and have competitive advantages finally. Based on the resource dependency theory, this paper researches into the relationship among corporate social responsibility, social capital and competitiveness via structural equation, regarding 524 enterprises from Chang Zhu Tan area as samples. We find that corporate social responsibility can effectively enhance the competitiveness, and social capital plays a certain intermediary role in the relationship. The effect of this activity varies against different stakeholders. The empirical implications of this study help us understand the mechanism that CSR affects competitiveness, and provide a basic guidance for CSR practice.
ZENG Jiang-hong, HE Ping, LEI Li-tao.An Empirical Study of the Relationship among Social Responsibility, Social Capital and Competitiveness ——Evidence from Enterprises of Chang-zhu-tan area in China[J] Economic Survey, 2014,V31(4): 110-115