Author(s):
Sindhu, Muzammal Ilyas ; Mata, Mário Nuno ; Naveed, Muhammad ; Mata, Pedro Neves ; Martins, Jéssica Nunes ; Correia, Anabela Batista ; Rita, João Xavier
Date: 2021
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/130682
Origin: Repositório Institucional da UNL
Subject(s): Corporate Social Responsibility; credit rating systems; Credit Ratings; Non-financial sector; Ordered Probit Model; Business and International Management; Strategy and Management; SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
Description
Sindhu, M. I., Mata, M. N., Naveed, M., Mata, P. N., Martins, J. N., Correia, A. B., & Rita, J. X. (2021). Implications Of Corporate Social Responsibility On Credit Rating: A Context Of Developing Economy. Academy of Strategic Management Journal, 20(SI 2), 1-11.
This study wants to explore the implications of corporate social responsibility on credit system rating in non-financial corporations of a developing country. Ordered probit regression model has been implementing for data analysis for a sample period of 2013-2019. This data analysis distributed in three phases, overall analysis, initial and ending analysis because of data availability. Firstly, descriptive statistics showed normality of data and correlation statistics indicated a relationship between corporate social responsibilities as independent variable, credit rating and a group of control variables. In all three phases, corporate social responsibility is significantly and positively contributing to the systematic determination of credit rating of organizations and control variables are showing some deviating results. These significant positive results of CSR on credit ratings suggest that by increasing a firm’s credit rating, investment in CSR activities is likely to increase the firm value and shareholders’ value. Credit rating agencies tend to grant moderately high appraisals to firms who appreciate the great social performance. Discoveries of this study will help administrators and also financial specialists to better comprehend the impact of CSR using a loan evaluations and credit ratings.
