Why Firms Should Care for All Consumers

Lisa Planer-Friedrich () and Marco Sahm ()
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Lisa Planer-Friedrich: University of Bamberg
Marco Sahm: University of Bamberg

Economics Bulletin, 2018, vol. 38, issue 3, 1603-1612

Abstract: We compare the strategic potential of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Customer Orientation (CO) as commitments to larger quantities in Cournot competition, modeled as a multi-stage game. First, in addition to profits, firms can choose to care for the surplus of either all consumers (CSR) or their own customers only (CO). Second, they decide upon the weight of this additional objective. We find that firms prefer to care for all consumers, choosing positive levels of CSR. This result provides an explanation for the recent shift in corporate culture from CO to CSR.

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility; Customer Orientation; Cournot Duopoly; Commitment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L1 L2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-09-07
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