Research Handbook on Small Business Social Responsibility

Edited by Laura J. Spence, Professor of Business Ethics & Sustainability, King’s Business School, King’s College London, Jedrzej George Frynas, Open University Business School, Milton Keynes, UK, Judy N. Muthuri, Mona School of Business and ManagementThe University of the West Indies, Jamaica and Jyoti Navare, Department of Economics, Middlesex University Business School, UK

'The editors have assembled an internationally diverse set of contributors to provide a breakthrough comprehensive Research Handbook for scholars and students interested in the social responsibility of SMEs. For too long corporate social responsibility has only been studied from the perspective of big business in developed nations. The Research Handbook on Small Business Social Responsibility provides in-depth insights into the social responsibility of SMEs in respect to supply chains, finance, sustainability and social enterprises. The case studies offer excellent practical illustrations in different national contexts of how SMEs engage with social responsibility. This book is an essential reference for libraries and scholars of corporate social responsibility and SMEs.'--Stella M. Nkomo, President, Africa Academy of Management and Professor, University of Pretoria, South Africa'A much needed book on social responsibility in the small and medium enterprise sector. Research on CSR has generally focused on large corporations in the developed countries and this edited collection represents a welcome addition that will advance scholarly work in the important area of business and social responsibility.'--Bobby Banerjee, City, University of London, UK'This book is truly a ''must-read''. It is a milestone text that collects and connects the central debates on the critical role of small business social responsibility (SBSR). It is a tremendous accomplishment that takes the reader on a journey to explore how SBSR is so much more than ''the business case'' bringing more money to shareholders. The team of editors and authors succeed in showing that SBSR is about how small business take on the role of contributing to economic development while at the same time contributing to social and environmental improvement. This is indeed an important contribution.'--Mette Morsing, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark and Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden

• Contents:Foreword – R. Edward Freeman1. IntroductionLaura J. Spence, Jedrzej George Frynas, Judy N. Muthuri and Jyoti Navare PART I CONTEXT2. National context matters: Influence of National Business System on social enterprises in Scotland and IndiaSreevas Sahasranamam and Christopher Ball 3. Industry matters: Comparative study of Vietnam’s SME managers and workers on meaning and impacts of CSR in two manufacturing sectorsAngie Ngoc Tran and Søren Jeppesen 4. Cluster matters: Corporate Social Responsibility and Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Clusters in IndiaMukesh Gulati, Peter Lund-Thomsen and Sangeetha SureshPART II SUPPLY CHAINS5. Adding a small business perspective to research on working conditions in global production networksVivek Soundararajan6. SME Resources and Capabilities for Sustainability Performance: A Framework for Emerging EconomiesBurcin Hatipoglu7. Small Business Social Responsibility and Sustainability Metrics: A Focus on Environmental Performance Measurement and WasteDiego Vazquez-Brust and Laura J. Spence PART III RESPONSIBLE FINANCE8. Financial Development and the Efficiency of Microfinance InstitutionsNiels Hermes, Robert Lensink and Aljar Meesters9. Corporate sustainability and social responsibility of smallholder farmers: Implications for agriculture financingEmmanuel Benjamin, Ebele Maduekwe, Maarten Punt and Gertrud Buchenrieder10. Financial Aggregation of Risks for MSMEs in Developing Economies: A Conceptual Framework of Financial Aggregation and Microinsurance EffectsJyoti Navare and Morrison Handley-Schachler PART IV SOCIAL ENTERPRISE11. Exploring the Global Potential of Social Entrepreneurship and Small Business Social Responsibility for Tackling Societal Value CreationAnica Zeyen and Markus Beckmann 12. Social Entrepreneurship and CSR Theory: Insights, Application and ValueDavid Littlewood and Diane Holt13. Hybrid organisations and models of social enterprise in Ghana and BangladeshFergus Lyon and Abdullah Al FaruqPART V ENGAGED RESEARCH AND CASE STUDIES14. The tree of knowledge: Sustainable management practices for a collaborative ecosystem amongst small to medium enterprisesHeather Stewart and Rod Gapp15. Enabling Sustainability in SMEs through Action ResearchPatricia Hind and Arnold Smit 16. Case Study: Scaling up social responsibility among small Foundry Clusters in IndiaMukesh Gulati and Ruchita Sanwal17. Case Study: Clustering - A Way to Create Shared Value? A Case Study of a Food and Drink Cluster Organisation in EnglandDarla Dore 18. Case Study: Human Capital and Environmental Engagement of SMEs in Pakistan - A Comparative Analysis of the Leather Industry Aqueel I. Wahga, Richard K. Blundel and Anja Schaefer19. Case Study: Incubation and Relevance of Social Businesses in Rural Nepal. A case Study of a Social Business Incubator in JumlaIngeborg PatschIndex