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Book Synopsis'This is exactly the kind of book, and collection of essays that we need.'- From the Foreword by R. Edward Freeman
Ideas like corporate social responsibility (CSR) and stakeholder value creation are becoming second nature to businesses across the globe. Addressing the weakness of current CSR research, this Research Handbook provides a unique perspective on small business social responsibility in both the developed and developing world.
Bringing together leading international experts, and including a foreword by R. Edward Freeman, this Research Handbook defines and contextualizes CSR in small businesses across the globe. It explores issues surrounding supply chains, responsible finance, and social enterprise, offering both practitioner insights and succinct case studies to go beyond the usual Western perspective and enable a globally relevant understanding of small business social responsibility.
This Research Handbook will be an invaluable tool for researchers and educators, as well as for students of business and CSR, social enterprise, development and management.
Contributors: A. Al Faruq, C. Ball, M. Beckmann, E. Benjamin, R.K. Blundel, G. Buchenrieder, D. Dore, R.E. Freeman, J.G. Frynas, R. Gapp, M. Gulati, M. Handley-Schachler, B. Hatipoglu, N. Hermes, P. Hind, D. Holt, S. Jeppesen, R. Lensink, D. Littlewood, P. Lund-Thomsen, F. Lyon, E. Maduekwe, A. Meesters, J.N. Muthuri, J. Navare, I. Patsch, M. Punt, S. Sahasranamam, R. Sanwal, A. Schaefer, A. Smit, V. Soundararajan, L.J. Spence, H. Stewart, S. Suresh, A.N. Tran, D. Vazquez-Brust, A.I. Wahga, A. Zeyen
Trade Review'The editors have assembled an internationally diverse set of contributors to provide a breakthrough comprehensive Research Handbook
for scholars and students interested in the social responsibility of SMEs. For too long corporate social responsibility has only been studied from the perspective of big business in developed nations. The Research Handbook on Small Business Social Responsibility
provides in-depth insights into the social responsibility of SMEs in respect to supply chains, finance, sustainability and social enterprises. The case studies offer excellent practical illustrations in different national contexts of how SMEs engage with social responsibility. This book is an essential reference for libraries and scholars of corporate social responsibility and SMEs.' --Stella M. Nkomo, President, Africa Academy of Management and Professor, University of Pretoria, South Africa
'A much needed book on social responsibility in the small and medium enterprise sector. Research on CSR has generally focused on large corporations in the developed countries and this edited collection represents a welcome addition that will advance scholarly work in the important area of business and social responsibility.'
--Bobby Banerjee, City, University of London, UK
'This book is truly a ''must-read''. It is a milestone text that collects and connects the central debates on the critical role of small business social responsibility (SBSR). It is a tremendous accomplishment that takes the reader on a journey to explore how SBSR is so much more than ''the business case'' bringing more money to shareholders. The team of editors and authors succeed in showing that SBSR is about how small business take on the role of contributing to economic development while at the same time contributing to social and environmental improvement. This is indeed an important contribution.'
--Mette Morsing, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark and Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
Table of ContentsContents: Foreword – R. Edward Freeman 1. Introduction Laura J. Spence, Jedrzej George Frynas, Judy N. Muthuri and Jyoti Navare PART I CONTEXT 2. National context matters: Influence of National Business System on social enterprises in Scotland and India Sreevas Sahasranamam and Christopher Ball 3. Industry matters: Comparative study of Vietnam’s SME managers and workers on meaning and impacts of CSR in two manufacturing sectors Angie Ngoc Tran and Søren Jeppesen 4. Cluster matters: Corporate Social Responsibility and Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Clusters in India Mukesh Gulati, Peter Lund-Thomsen and Sangeetha Suresh PART II SUPPLY CHAINS 5. Adding a small business perspective to research on working conditions in global production networks Vivek Soundararajan 6. SME Resources and Capabilities for Sustainability Performance: A Framework for Emerging Economies Burcin Hatipoglu 7. Small Business Social Responsibility and Sustainability Metrics: A Focus on Environmental Performance Measurement and Waste Diego Vazquez-Brust and Laura J. Spence PART III RESPONSIBLE FINANCE 8. Financial Development and the Efficiency of Microfinance Institutions Niels Hermes, Robert Lensink and Aljar Meesters 9. Corporate sustainability and social responsibility of smallholder farmers: Implications for agriculture financing Emmanuel Benjamin, Ebele Maduekwe, Maarten Punt and Gertrud Buchenrieder 10. Financial Aggregation of Risks for MSMEs in Developing Economies: A Conceptual Framework of Financial Aggregation and Microinsurance Effects Jyoti Navare and Morrison Handley-Schachler PART IV SOCIAL ENTERPRISE 11. Exploring the Global Potential of Social Entrepreneurship and Small Business Social Responsibility for Tackling Societal Value Creation Anica Zeyen and Markus Beckmann 12. Social Entrepreneurship and CSR Theory: Insights, Application and Value David Littlewood and Diane Holt 13. Hybrid organisations and models of social enterprise in Ghana and Bangladesh Fergus Lyon and Abdullah Al Faruq PART V ENGAGED RESEARCH AND CASE STUDIES 14. The tree of knowledge: Sustainable management practices for a collaborative ecosystem amongst small to medium enterprises Heather Stewart and Rod Gapp 15. Enabling Sustainability in SMEs through Action Research Patricia Hind and Arnold Smit 16. Case Study: Scaling up social responsibility among small Foundry Clusters in India Mukesh Gulati and Ruchita Sanwal 17. Case Study: Clustering - A Way to Create Shared Value? A Case Study of a Food and Drink Cluster Organisation in England Darla Dore 18. Case Study: Human Capital and Environmental Engagement of SMEs in Pakistan - A Comparative Analysis of the Leather Industry Aqueel I. Wahga, Richard K. Blundel and Anja Schaefer 19. Case Study: Incubation and Relevance of Social Businesses in Rural Nepal. A case Study of a Social Business Incubator in Jumla Ingeborg Patsch Index
