caa a22 4500 605485569 CHVBK 20210128100441.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10551-014-2051-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10551-014-2051-9 Malik Mahfuja Boston University, Boston, MA, USA aut Value-Enhancing Capabilities of CSR: A Brief Review of Contemporary Literature [Elektronische Daten] [Mahfuja Malik] This study reviews and synthesizes the contemporary business literature that focuses on the role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) to enhance firm value. The main objective of this review is to proffer a precise understanding of what has already been investigated and the findings of those investigations regarding the value-enhancing capabilities of CSR for public firms. In addition, this review identifies gaps in the existing literature, evaluates inconsistent findings, discusses possible data sources for empirical researchers, and provides direction for exploring other promising avenues in future studies. The thrust of the CSR literature largely acknowledges the value-enhancing capabilities of firms' social and environmental activities. However, the predominance of inconsistent theoretical grounds in major CSR-benefits-related areas suggests that there is ample room for future research to contribute to the extant literature. Anecdotal evidence, the prevalence of theoretical arguments, and the availability of large cross-sectional firm-level data suggest that future research will enrich the literature by investigating the real insights behind several unanswered questions, by establishing implicit understandings regarding recognized findings, and by developing new theories in this emerging field. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2014 Corporate social responsibility nationallicence CSR reporting nationallicence Firm value nationallicence Value-enhancing capabilities nationallicence Firm performance nationallicence Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 127/2(2015-03-01), 419-438 0167-4544 127:2<419 2015 127 10551 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2051-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2051-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Malik Mahfuja Boston University, Boston, MA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 127/2(2015-03-01), 419-438 0167-4544 127:2<419 2015 127 10551