Connecting the Dots: Do Financial Analysts Help Corporate Boards Improve Corporate Social Responsibility?

[EN] This paper presents an examination of the joint impact of board structural elements atfirm level and financial analysts as market-level corporate governance (CG) on corpo-rate social responsibility (CSR) performance. Our study contributes to the CG–CSRliterature by adopting the bundling approac...

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Autores: Hussain, Nazim, García Sánchez, Isabel María, Khan, Sana Akbar, Khan, Zaheer, Martínez Ferrero, Jennifer
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repositorio:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
OAI Identifier:oai:gredos.usal.es:10366/158871
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10366/158871
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Financial Analysts
CSR
CSR decoupling
5311 Organización y Dirección de Empresas
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Sumario:[EN] This paper presents an examination of the joint impact of board structural elements atfirm level and financial analysts as market-level corporate governance (CG) on corpo-rate social responsibility (CSR) performance. Our study contributes to the CG–CSRliterature by adopting the bundling approach, a perspective that has recently attractedresearchers’ attention as an answer to any heterogeneity and fragmentation in existingfindings. It is based on an extensive sample consisting of 7,739 firm-year observationsof US firms for the 2006–2015 period. The findings suggest that financial analysts com-plement the corporate board with more independence, gender diversity and a specializedCSR committee to realize a certain level of CSR performance of a firm. The findings alsoindicate that analysts substitute for those internal governance factors that are associatedwith weaker boards – larger sizes and dual-role CEOs. We also draw implications forresearch and practice from our findings