Does disclosure of CSR activities improve corporate value? Moderating role of intellectual capital and COVID-19 pandemic

Rayed Obaid Hammoud AlObaid, Omar Al Farooque and Ameen Qasem ()
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Rayed Obaid Hammoud AlObaid: University of Ha’il
Omar Al Farooque: University of New England
Ameen Qasem: University of Ha’il

Palgrave Communications, 2025, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-18

Abstract: Abstract This paper investigates the effect of CSR on corporate value in conjunction with knowledge-based resources (i.e., intellectual capital - IC) and COVID-19 in the context of an emerging market in the Middle East. It also explores the moderating effects of IC and the COVID-19 pandemic on the nexus between CSR and firm value. Employing a 6-year longitudinal dataset of Saudi nonfinancial firms listed on the Stock Exchange (Tadawul) from 2016 to 2021 and applying a feasible generalised least squares estimation method, our results show a significant inverse relation between CSR and corporate value measures, while a positive (negative) relation between IC (COVID-19) and corporate value. We also find that both IC and COVID-19 have complementary moderating roles in amplifying the inverse nexus between CSR and corporate value. These findings are robust with alternative measures of CSR and IC, and endogeneity/simultaneity concerns, and provide valuable insights for companies, regulators, investors and stakeholders.

Date: 2025
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