Université de Fribourg

Under positive pressure : how stakeholder pressure affects corporate social responsibility implementation

Helmig, Bernd ; Spraul, Katharina ; Ingenhoff, Diana

In: Business & society, 2016, vol. 55, no. 2, p. 151-187

This study tests a model that links stakeholder pressure to the implementation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities and market performance. Stakeholder groups and competitors might exert pressure on companies to implement CSR, which could lead to positive effects on market performance. Using structural equation modeling (SEM), the authors find that stakeholders and competitors...

Université de Fribourg

Knowledge acquisition from foreign parents in international joint ventures in Vietnam

Phan, Thi Thuc Anh ; Grünig, Rudolf (Dir.) ; Helmig, Bernd (Codir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Université de Fribourg, 2007.

This research examines the relationships between International Joint Ventures’ (IJVs) knowledge acquisition from their foreign parents, factors determining knowledge acquisition, and IJV performance. Employing the knowledge-based theoretical perspective and drawing on previous research on knowledge and learning in IJVs, this research proposes an integrative conceptual model linking IJV...