• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: CSR reporting in China’s private and state-owned enterprises: A mixed methods comparative analysis
  • Beteiligte: Ervits, Irina
  • Erschienen: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2023
  • Erschienen in: Asian Business & Management, 22 (2023) 1, Seite 55-83
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1057/s41291-021-00147-1
  • ISSN: 1472-4782; 1476-9328
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  • Beschreibung: AbstractThe paper pursues a mixed methods approach of conducting both quantitative and qualitative content analysis of corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports in two types of Chinese companies: State-owned (SOE) and non-state-owned (non-SOE) enterprises. Quantitative content analysis revealed overall homogeneity in CSR reporting among SOEs and non-SOEs in China, which can be explained by coercive isomorphism on a national scale. The Chinese government has created an intricate system of incentives encouraging both SOEs and non-SOEs to engage in socially responsive behavior and disclosure. As a result of qualitative analysis, a recurring theme of “strategic emerging industries” (SEI) was identified in the CSR reports of predominantly state-owned banks. This finding provides empirical evidence of the link between the social and economic objectives of the Chinese government, and it shows how state-owned banks mediate between the state and business (SOEs and non-SOEs) as part of a coercive isomorphism apparatus.