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The Creation of Value Through Corporate Reputation

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Abstract

The relationship between social and financial performance (CSP – FP) has been a main objective in the literature on business management, as it would provide an economic justification for the social investment insofar as it contributes to the creation of value. This relationship has been empirically tested by several authors though without using a theoretical model that sustains this relationship. The aim of this article is to propose a theoretical model of the process of the creation of value from the reputation generated by companies, integrating the factors that have been shown to be more relevant in this process from previous research, in such a way that hypotheses are put forward regarding the existence of this relationship and the factors that determine it. Finally, an empirical test is performed using the 100 most prestigious companies operating in Spain during 2004.

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  1. Department of Business Administration, University of Cantabria, Avda. de los Castros s/n, Santander, 39005, Spain

    José Luis Fernández Sánchez & Ladislao Luna Sotorrío

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Sánchez, J.F., Sotorrío, L.L. The Creation of Value Through Corporate Reputation. J Bus Ethics 76, 335–346 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-006-9285-0

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