Social Reporting by Companies Listed on the Alternative Investment Market |
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Authors: | Sepideh Parsa Reza Kouhy |
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Institution: | (1) Middlesex University Business School, London, UK;(2) Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, Scotland |
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Abstract: | While the existing literature focuses on the disclosure of social information mainly by large companies, this paper concentrates
on the disclosure of social information by small- and medium-sized companies (SME) listed on the Alternative Investment Market
(AIM) in the U.K. The paper investigates the prevalent view that SMEs are unlikely to report social information due to their
financial constraints and the perception that they have very little social conduct on which to report. Our overall evidence
illustrates that, contrary to this view, SMEs report social information regardless of their financial constraints, most likely
in the same manner as large companies do, because they realise the significance of social reporting in establishing and retaining
their corporate reputation. |
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Keywords: | social reporting corporate reputation stakeholder pressure small- and medium-sized companies |
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