Industrial Clusters and CSR in Developing Countries: The Role of International Donor Funding

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    Abstract

    This article contributes to literature on corporate social responsibility (CSR) exhibited by industrial clusters in developing countries. The authors conceptualize and empirically investigate the role of donor-funded CSR initiatives aimed at promoting collective action by cluster-based small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). A case study of the Sialkot football-manufacturing cluster in Pakistan indicates that donor-funded support of CSR initiatives in industrial clusters in developing countries may be short-lived, due to the political economy of aid, the national context of CSR implementation, tensions within SME networks, and negative perceptions of CSR by the cluster-based SMEs themselves. The findings and implications of this analysis can inform both research and policy making in this area
    OriginalsprogEngelsk
    TidsskriftJournal of Business Ethics
    Vol/bind146
    Udgave nummer3
    Sider (fra-til)619–637
    Antal sider19
    ISSN0167-4544
    DOI
    StatusUdgivet - dec. 2017

    Bibliografisk note

    Published 17. November 2015

    Emneord

    • Corporate social responsibility
    • Donors
    • Football manufacturing
    • Industrial clusters
    • Sialkot
    • SME networking
    • Pakistan

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