People and Profits?: The Search for A Link Between A Company's Social and Financial Performance (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780805840117)

What is the relationship between the social performance of companies and their financial performance? More colloquially, can a firm effectively attend to both people and profits as it conducts its business? This question has been investigated in no fewer than 95 empirical studies published since 1972. The authors have assembled a compendium of this research to give researchers and practitioners alike a broad overview of these 95 studies and a systematic database detailing the content of each one.

This book provides a comprehensive portrait of this research literature. It begins with a broad orientation to the literature, exploring why the link between social and financial performance has been subject to continual inquiry and often heated debate. The authors then present an integrated overview of the 95 studies. Through the charts and tables, the authors illuminate the nature of the studies conducted; the data samples selected for investigation; the ways in which financial and social performance have been measured; and the overall tally of results.

Author: Joshua Daniel Margolis, James P. Walsh
ISBN-10: 0805840117
ISBN-13: 9780805840117
Publisher: Psychology Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2001
Pages: 166
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 9.19h x 6.11w x 0.47d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2001 pg. 90