Real options appraisal for a reactive CSR strategy: the case of Facebook

Mariano Méndez-Suárez, Abel Monfort and María de las Mercedes de Obesso

Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja, 2023, vol. 36, issue 2, 2135557

Abstract: The present research values reactive corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies using the theory of Real Options (RO). Its main goals are to determine the role of RO methodology as a business risk hedging function on reactive CSR strategies and to analyse whether the application of RO adds value to companies with reactive CSR strategies. The study illustrates Facebook’s reactive CSR policy and also demonstrates that RO can be used serve to hedge market risk (systematic risk), just like their equivalents in the financial markets but also to hedge business risks (non-systematic risk). In addition, it shows that despite the criticism that the use of reactive CSR strategies may arouse, they have a positive impact on the market when used at the right time in companies that do not have a brand positioning closely linked to CSR. Additionally, the article shows that decision-making is a fundamental part of managerial functions and whether the situation is considered as a structured or unstructured problem will determine the action to be taken. In this particular case the reactive CSR strategy relates to waiting as an outcome of a planned choice.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1080/1331677X.2022.2135557

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