【学术讲座】言行不一致？制度距离和新兴市场国家跨国企业的社会责任脱钩

Falling Short of Walking the Talk? Institutional Distance and Corporate Social Responsibility Decoupling in Emerging Market Multinationals

讲座信息 | INFOMATION

讲者：吕文珍教授Prof. LU Jane (City University of Hong Kong)

时间：2024年12月6日（周五） 10时

地点:   同济大厦A座403教室

讲座摘要 | ABSTRACT

With corporate social responsibility (CSR) gaining increased prominence, many firms are turning to CSR decoupling, symbolically reporting their commitment while lacking substantive action. This study addresses a gap in understanding the antecedents of CSR decoupling among emerging market multinational corporations (EMNCs) by exploring the role of formal institutional distance between home and host countries. Based on an institutional-based view, we posit that formal institutional distance exerts an asymmetric effect on EMNCs’ CSR decoupling, depending on the direction of the distance (i.e., whether EMNCs enter countries with stronger or weaker institutions than their home country). Specifically, we argue that the positive institutional distance mitigates, while a negative institutional distance exacerbates, EMNCs’ CSR decoupling. We further investigate the moderating roles of Confucian culture and state ownership as informal institutions at subnational and firm levels, respectively. Using a sample of Chinese EMNCs from 2010 to 2019, our hypotheses are mostly supported. The findings highlight the complex interplay between external regulatory pressures and internal cultural values in shaping EMNCs’ CSR decoupling.

Keywords:

Institutional distance, CSR decoupling, Emerging multinational enterprises, Informal institutions.

讲者介绍 | GUEST BIO

Jane Lu is a Chair Professor at the Department of Management, College of Business, City University of Hong Kong. She received her MBA from China Europe International Business School and Ph.D. from the Ivey School of Business, Western University. Before joining academia, she worked as an export manager in a large international trade company and as the head of the corporate finance department of a Dutch bank in Shanghai. Her management experience has significantly shaped her research interests.

Jane’s research centers on the intersection of organization theory and strategy with a focus on international strategy and non-market strategy. Her earlier research investigates broad issues underlying a firm’s international strategy, as well as specific strategic questions, such as how to make a successful foreign entry into a country or how to manage successfully in a foreign country. Her recent research continues this line but focuses on emerging market firms and their non-market strategies. Her work has appeared in leading journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, and Journal of International Business Studies. She is among the top 2% of the world’s most highly cited scholars in business & management.

She served as Editor-in-Chief of the Asia Pacific Journal of Management (2016-2018) and the President of the Asia Academy of Management (2020-2024). She is currently a Senior Editor of the Journal of World Business and a Consulting Editor of the Journal of International Business Studies. Jane is an elected fellow and vice president (administration) of the Academy of International Business.