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The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Total Factor Productivity in the Solid Waste Treatment Industry: The Mediating Effect of R&D Inputs

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  • Zhang Nian

    (Faculty of Management, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Author-2-Name: Logaiswari Indiran Author-2-Workplace-Name: Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Management, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Skudai Johor, Malaysia Author-3-Name: Zuraidah Sulaiman Author-3-Workplace-Name: "Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Management, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Skudai Johor, Malaysia " Author-4-Name: Maria Anityasari Author-4-Workplace-Name: Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), Sukolilo Campus Surabaya Indonesia 60111 Author-5-Name: Author-5-Workplace-Name: Author-6-Name: Author-6-Workplace-Name: Author-7-Name: Author-7-Workplace-Name: Author-8-Name: Author-8-Workplace-Name:)

Abstract

" Objective - This study aims to investigate whether corporate social responsibility (CSR) promotes R&D investment, whether R&D investment promotes Total Factor Productivity (TFP), and whether R&D investment plays a mediating role in the impact CSR on TFP. Methodology/Technique – Based on the hypotheses, this study constructed the structural equation model, with CSR as the independent variable, TFP as the dependent variable, and R&D as the mediating variable. The control variables are capital investment (CAP), gearing (LEV) and return on assets (ROA). The causal relationship and the heterogeneity of regional and Senior managers attributes were analyzed using SPSS software. Findings – Based on all sample data and analyzed using SPSS, it is found that CSR in the solid waste treatment industry has a positive effect on R&D investment, and R&D investment has a positive effect on TFP. Meanwhile, R&D investment plays a mediating role in the impact of CSR on enterprises' TFPs. Novelty – The novelty of this paper lies in the fact that China's solid waste treatment industry was selected as the object of analysis, and the relationship between CSR and TFP as well as the mediating effect of R&D investment in this industry were analyzed. Type of Paper - Empirical"

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  • Zhang Nian, 2024. "The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Total Factor Productivity in the Solid Waste Treatment Industry: The Mediating Effect of R&D Inputs," GATR Journals jfbr225, Global Academy of Training and Research (GATR) Enterprise.
    • Handle: RePEc:gtr:gatrjs:jfbr225
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.35609/jfbr.2024.9.2(2)
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    Keywords

    Corporate Social Responsibility; Research and Development; Solid Waste Treatment Industry;
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    JEL classification:

    • M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling

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