Purpose Research findings indicate that there is positive relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and company's reputation but relationship between CSR and company's profitability h

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• EXAMINING THE CSR–PROFITABILITY RELATIONSHIP: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM INDIAN FIRMS (2014–2023) (2026) · doi

  1. The study is limited to secondary data. 2. Only correlation analysis is used; causality is not established. 3. Industry-specific factors may influence results. 11. SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH 1. Use regression and panel data analysis for deeper insights 2. Include primary data for stakeholder perception 3. Expand the study to international comparisons 12. REFERENCES 1. Ante Glavas & Ken kelley. (2015). The Effects of Perceived Corporate Social Responsibility on Employee Attitudes. Business Ethics Quarterly, 24(2). 2. BLOWFIELD, M. (2005). Corporate Social Responsibility: reinventing the meaning of development? International Affairs, 81(3), 515-524. 3. Bradford. (2018). Corporate social responsibility tweeting: The power of twitter in an age where corporate social responsibility really matters. Strategic Direction, 34(9), 18-20. 4. Burke L & Logsdon J M. (1996). How corporate social responsibility pays off. Long range planning,. 29(4), 495-502. 5. Crane A et al. (2013). Corporate Social Responsibility in a Global Context. Corporate Social Responsibility: Readings and Cases in a Global Context, 3-26. 6. Frankental P. (2001). Corporate social responsibility – a PR invention? Corporate Communications: An International Journal, 6(1), 18-23. 7. Gerda Barauskaite & Dalia Streimikiene. (2020). Corporate social responsibility and financial performance of companies: The puzzle of concepts, definitions and assessment methods. wiley, 28(1), 278-287. 8. Gopal K kanji & Parvesh K Chopra. (2010). Corporate social responsibility in a global economy. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, 21(2), 119-143. 9. Jeremy Moon. (2007). The contribution of corporate social responsibility to sustainable development. Wiley InterScience, 15(5), 296-306. 10. Markus Kitzmueller & Jay Shimshack. (2012). Economic Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility. Journal of Economic Literature, 51-84. 11. Mazurkiewicz P. (2004). Corporate environmental responsibility: Is a common CSR framework possible. world bank, 2(1), 1-18. 2026 EPRA EBMS | ISSN: 2347-4378 | https://eprapublishing.org/ 114  Journal DOI: 10.36713/epra1013|SJIF Impact Factor (2026): 8.748 ISSN: 2347-4378 EPRA International Journal of Economics, Business and Management Studies (EBMS) Volume: 13 | Issue: 6|June 2026 -Peer-Reviewed Journal 12. Minjung Kim et al. (2020). The effect of CSR on corporate image, customer citizenship behaviors, and customers’ long-term relationship orientation. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 88. 13. Sadia Cheema et al. (2019). Employees' corporate social responsibility perceptions and organizational citizenship behavi

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• An analysis of linkage between economic value added and corporate social responsibility (2008) · doi

  Purpose Research findings indicate that there is positive relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and company's reputation but relationship between CSR and company's profitability has not been explored in the Indian context.

  Keywords: relationship company purpose indicate there positive corporate social responsibility reputation profitability explored indian context
• Specific features of forming social responsibility in Kazakhstan business (2021) · doi

  However, the phenomenon of corporate social responsibility is still insufficiently developed in our country in com- parison with foreign countries, it is possible to say that the largest companies in the country are actively working in the field of social development.

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