Board interlock and the diffusion of corporate social responsibility among Chinese listed firms

This study explores the effect of board interlock on the diffusion of corporate social responsibility (CSR) among firms. While existing CSR literature has theorized a variety of institutional and organizational factors that drive CSR, what is lacking is a deeper understanding of how meso-level inter-firm relationships shape firms’ CSR. Using a series of pairwise regressions to examine Chinese listed firms’ CSR activities from 2008 to 2015, we...