Does CSR matter? Influence of corporate social responsibility on corporate performance in the creative industry

Chen-En Hou (), Wen-Min Lu () and Shiu-Wan Hung ()
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Chen-En Hou: National Central University
Wen-Min Lu: National Defense University
Shiu-Wan Hung: National Central University

Annals of Operations Research, 2019, vol. 278, issue 1, No 14, 255-279

Abstract: Abstract The contribution from the creative industry to the regional economic growth has made the creative industry a new driver in economic development. But as a relatively young economic sector, the creative industry has its unique way of profiting through generating intellectual property with human creativity, talents, and skills. This profiting mechanism draws attention from both academia and industry to explore the factors that influence the performance of creative industry. This study explores the relationship between corporate social responsibility and financial performance of the creative industry. Using the dynamic DEA approach, we evaluated the longitudinal efficiency performance of 53 creative firms during the period of 2010–2013. Regression analysis was employed to determine if corporate social responsibility influences financial performance. The empirical results indicated that content media related businesses, which include motion pictures, publishing, and broadcasting, are the performance growth leaders, and the regression result showed that corporate social responsibility has a significant positive influence on the financial performance of the creative industry. In addition, the results also revealed that risk taking and capital oriented characteristics exist within the creative industry.

Keywords: Creative industry; Corporate social responsibility; Business performance; Dynamic data envelopment analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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