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Performance: Evidence From China. This Article Uses The Perspective of Corporate Strategy To
Performance: Evidence From China. This Article Uses The Perspective of Corporate Strategy To
Introduction:
GM everyone GM Dr . We are group 6 to give this presentation. Our group members included me
Qin Xueling, Zhang Shiyu and Wu Yunyao. Today we are going to talking about the research
design of two articles.
The two articles we selected were in a similar area of Corporate Social Responsibility and
Corporate Financial Performance.
The title of Article 1 is The Effect of Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility on Financial
Performance: Evidence from China. This article uses the perspective of corporate strategy to
examine the relationship between corporate social responsibility and corporate financial
performance in China by using the method of regression analysis.
The title of Article 2 is Assessing the long-term financial performance of ethical companies.
This study attempts to uncover CSR’s long-term financial performance using archival data on
composite CSR scores and individual CSR dimensions.
Research motivation, research objectives and questions, research design and method, data
collection and research results.
Article 1 Article 2
The Effect of Strategic Corporate Assessing the long-term financial
Social Responsibility on Financial performance of ethical companies
Performance: Evidence from
China
Research Motivation previous studies have reached no Prior research has found that
consensus about the necessity of CSR is positively related to firm
corporate strategy for the market value, but most efforts
relationship between CSR and have been focused on examining
CFP. (Accordingly, this study the relationship between CSR
proposes and examines the and short-term financial
relationship between CSR and CFP performance. (Motivated by this
from the perspective of corporate research gap, this study attempts
strategies.) to uncover CSR’s long-term
financial performance using
archival data on composite CSR
scores and individual CSR
dimensions.)
Research objectives 1.To examine the relationship 1. To examine the association
between CSR and CFP for between CSR and long-term
different strategies in China financial performance
Research questions 1. Does the corporate strategy 1. Does CSR has an impact on a
affect the relationship between firm’s idiosyncratic returns?
The corresponding research CSR and CFP?
questions are listed here, and 2. Does CSR has an impact on
you can have a brief look 2. Does CSR bring positive systematic risks?
financial performance when
CSR is matched with corporate 3. Does CSR has an impact on
strategy? idiosyncratic risks?
Data collection Sample: make use of data from This study uses the 100 Best
Chinese A-share listed Corporate Citizens list from
companies on the Shanghai and Business Ethics for CSR
Shenzhen Stock Exchanges from measurement from 2000 to 2006
2006 to 2017.
After the multiple regression analysis which will be specific analysis by my group members, and
we turn to the research result of two articles.
1 2
research approach suit the Suit suit
research objectives or not ( use multiple regression
analysis to examine the
relationship between CSR
and CFP )
Variable definition clear clear
Conclusion:
After the above analysis, we can see that the entire research design of the first article is quite clear
compared to the second article
In conclusion, the research design and data collection method should suit the research questions
and research objectives. Also, the explanation of the data source and method used should be
clarified in the article. Only in this way this literature could contribute to future research in a
similar field.
Only in this way this literature could contribute to future research in a similar field.
That is all the presentation of group 6. Thank you for your attention.