Proactive corporate social responsibility (CSR) involves business practices adopted voluntarily by firms that go beyond regulatory requirements in order to actively support sustainable economic, social and environmental development, and thereby contribute broadly and positively to society. This empirical study examines the role of the economic, social and environmental dimensions of proactive CSR on the association between three specific capabilities - shared vision, stakeholder management and strategic proactivity - and financial performance in small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Keywords:	economic dimension of proactive CSR, environmental dimension of proactive CSR, financial performance, resource-based view (RBV, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), social dimension of proactive CSR
Research Division:	Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services
Research Group:	Business systems in context
Research Field:	Business systems in context not elsewhere classified
Objective Division:	Manufacturing
Objective Group:	Machinery and equipment
Objective Field:	Machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified
UTAS Author:	Torugsa, NA (Dr Ann Torugsa)
UTAS Author:	O'Donohue, W (Dr Wayne O'Donohue)
UTAS Author:	Hecker, R (Dr Rob Hecker)
ID Code:	78850
Year Published:	2013 (online first 2012)
Web of Science® Times Cited:	185
Deposited By:	Australian Innovation Research Centre
Deposited On:	2012-07-30
Last Modified:	2018-03-07
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