Foreign subsidiary CSR as a buffer against parent firm reputation risk

• Main Authors: ZHOU, Nan, WANG, Heli
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: reputation risk spillover; corporate social responsibility; foreign subsidiary; headquarters-subsidiary relationship; Business Law, Public Responsibility, and Ethics; International Business; Strategic Management Policy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/7002; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/8001/viewcontent/Foreign_subsidiary_CSR_buffer_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This study examines the influence of parent firm reputation risk on the level of corporate social responsibility activities of foreign subsidiaries. We first argue that a strong reputation risk spillover occurs from parent firms to their foreign subsidiaries due to the high visibility of multination...