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Does corporate social responsibility contribute to strengthen brand equity? An empirical study

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  • Subhajit Bhattacharya

    (Management Development Institute Murshidabad, Sakim-Katnai, Kulori, P.O. – Uttar Ramna, P.S. – Raghunathganj, Dist. – Murshidabad)

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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is one of the most vital component in this modern, competitive and complex business arena, contributing highly towards economic, social and environmental sustainability. Now, this is a quandary thought whether CSR act would be just performed philanthropically or would it be performing the role as a serious strategic move for enhanced brand equity. Present research is a sincere effort to explore the interrelation among CSR, social identity of the brand and social transformation with the purpose of explaining brand engagement and brand social linkages for the creation of CSR led sustainable brand equity. The research is based on 386 empirical samples collected from different stakeholders across India using stratified sampling. Structural equation modeling and path analysis have been used for data analysis. The current research contributes in the domain of CSR and branding. The findings show how CSR significantly contributes towards social transformation along with building of the social identity of the brands by generating brand social linkages and consumer engagement for higher brand equity.

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  • Subhajit Bhattacharya, 2017. "Does corporate social responsibility contribute to strengthen brand equity? An empirical study," International Review on Public and Nonprofit Marketing, Springer;International Association of Public and Non-Profit Marketing, vol. 14(4), pages 513-533, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:irpnmk:v:14:y:2017:i:4:d:10.1007_s12208-017-0185-z
    DOI: 10.1007/s12208-017-0185-z
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