Industrial clusters and CSR in developing countries: the role of international donor funding

Fayyaz, Anjum, Lund-Thomsen, Peter and Lindgreen, Adam ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7881-7350 2017. Industrial clusters and CSR in developing countries: the role of international donor funding. Journal of Business Ethics 146 , pp. 619-637. 10.1007/s10551-015-2940-6

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Abstract

This article contributes to literature on corporate social responsibility (CSR) exhibited by industrial clusters in developing countries. The authors conceptualize and empirically investigate the role of donor-funded CSR initiatives aimed at promoting collective action by cluster-based small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). A case study of the Sialkot football-manufacturing cluster in Pakistan indicates that donor-funded support of CSR initiatives in industrial clusters in developing countries may be short-lived, due to the political economy of aid, the national context of CSR implementation, tensions within SME networks, and negative perceptions of CSR by the cluster-based SMEs themselves. The findings and implications of this analysis can inform both research and policy making in this area.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Publisher:	Springer Verlag
ISSN:	0167-4544
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Date of Acceptance:	2 November 2015
Last Modified:	05 May 2023 14:20
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/86396

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