Enterprise size, capital structure, and social responsibility risk of supply chain

Abstract

Abstract: The relation between the feature difference of the both side involving enterprise size, capital structure and supply chain risk existing in Chinese export enterprise is focused on; this kind of supply chain risk particularly reflects whether an export enterprise faces the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) coming from its international trading partners. By using the dually selection of Logit and Probit models to analyze the data collected from the questionnaire on CSR. The research has found that the bigger the enterprise size is, the more likely it faces the CRS requirement from its international trading partners. Also the international trading partners have inclined to propose the CSR requirements to the enterprise whose capital structure is purely domestic. Finally, several reality explanations involving above result are given, and some relevant suggestion for Chinese enterprises are provided.

Key words: supply chain risk, CSR, enterprise size, capital structure

CLC Number:

F272.3

Guo Yi, Feng Leming, Liu Yin. Enterprise size, capital structure, and social responsibility risk of supply chain[J]. Science Research Management, 2013, (6): 84-90.

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