Corporate Social Innovation in Developing Countries

Ayse Saka-Helmhout (), Maryse M. H. Chappin () and Suzana B. Rodrigues ()
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Ayse Saka-Helmhout: Radboud University
Maryse M. H. Chappin: Utrecht University
Suzana B. Rodrigues: PPGA/UnB - Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração da Universidade de Brasília. Senior Researcher - Cnpq

Journal of Business Ethics, 2022, vol. 181, issue 3, No 4, 589-605

Abstract: Abstract Although corporate social innovation studies in developing countries acknowledge the importance of firm resources and capabilities for attaining social goals, they overlook the way in which these interact with broader institutions to generate successful outcomes. We address this gap by exploring the relationship between firm resources-capabilities and institutions that is conducive to meeting both business and social interests in developing countries. By employing a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis of corporate social innovation projects performed by joint ventures of Dutch SMEs and their local partners in developing countries, we show that firm resources and/or capabilities complement strong institutions in these countries. Corporate social innovation can also be facilitated by firm capabilities in running highly legitimate projects that substitute institutional voids in these economies, attesting to multiple paths that corporations can take to achieve social innovation.

Keywords: Corporate social innovation; Developing countries; Institutional voids; Partnerships; fs/QCA (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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