Competition-Motivated Sustainability: When Corporate Social Responsibility Increases Marketing’s Effect on Firm Performance

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Abstract

This study sheds new light on the performance implications of corporate social responsibility by investigating its interactive effect with marketing capabilities and competitive intensity on firm performance. We argue that in environments where competitive intensity is high rather than low, marketing capabilities have a stronger positive relationship with firm performance when CSR is high rather than low. Based on survey data from Germany, the US, China, and Hong Kong and regression analyses with three-way interaction terms, we find support for our position. The results underscore the need to move beyond a focus on direct links in seeking to understand the mechanisms and conditions that influence how and when CSR affects firm success.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationDevelopments in Marketing Science
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the Academy of Marketing Science
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages306
Number of pages1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameDevelopments in Marketing Science: Proceedings of the Academy of Marketing Science
ISSN (Print)2363-6165
ISSN (Electronic)2363-6173

Keywords

  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Interactive Effect
  • Regression Analysis
  • Social Responsibility
  • Survey Data

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Strategy and Management
  • Marketing

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