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Interfirm collaboration and corporate social responsibility expenditure in turbulent environments: The moderating role of entrepreneurial orientation
Author(s) -
Adomako Samuel,
Nguyen Nguyen Phong
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
corporate social responsibility and environmental management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.519
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1535-3966
pISSN - 1535-3958
DOI - 10.1002/csr.1991
Subject(s) - moderation , business , corporate social responsibility , entrepreneurial orientation , resource dependence theory , marketing , survey data collection , resource (disambiguation) , empirical research , industrial organization , business administration , public relations , entrepreneurship , management , economics , psychology , social psychology , finance , computer network , philosophy , statistics , mathematics , epistemology , political science , computer science
This paper draws on the resource dependency theory to examine the impact of interfirm collaboration on corporate social responsibility (CSR) expenditure. In addition, we examine entrepreneurial orientation as a moderator of the relationship between interfirm collaboration and CSR expenditure. We test our research model using survey data from 230 small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana. Results from our empirical analyses reveal that interfirm collaboration positively impacts CSR expenditure and this relationship is strengthened when entrepreneurial orientation is greater in turbulent environments. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.