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| Author: | Battaglia, M. (et al.) |
| Title: | An innovative model to promote CSR among SMEs operating in industrial clusters: evidence from an EU project |
| Journal: | Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental management
2010 : MAY-JUN, VOL. 17:3, p. 133-141 |
| Index terms: | European Union projects Italy corporate responsibility social responsibility small and medium-sized enterprises (smes) small business trade unions |
| Freeterms: | intermediary institutions industrial clusters CSR |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper presents the findings of an EU co-funded project, an idea developed in order to better understand the opportunities to formalize corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in a clustered system. Small companies often need to compete in a global market. This is why cooperation among SMEs, and with local stakeholders and intermediary institutions, might be eased by a collective answer to new market requests. In order to facilitate trust among involved local actors, cooperation and social capital play the key roles. The project aimed at identifying and understanding the role of the 'intermediary institutions' (e.g. trade unions etc.) in the cluster. This paper's focus is on the analysis of three industrial clusters in Tuscany, Italy. |
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