Corporate Social Responsibility: Concept, Accountability And Reporting

This book, the first of two volumes on corporate social responsibility edited by Jose Allouche, contributes new ideas on the theme of global responsibility from a European viewpoint, and raises questions of how European values can be adopted into the American mainstream. It looks at the concept of CSR, the regulatory environment and the institutional frameworks.

List of Tables * List of Figures * PART 1: INTRODUCTION * The Importance of the Container Port Industry * Performance Measurement, Productivity and Efficiency * Problem Statement * Objectives * Organisation of the Book * PART 2: THE ECONOMIC THEORY OF CONTAINER PORT PRODUCTION * Introduction * The Economic Functions of Ports and their Evolution * The Container Port Industry: The Challenge of Complexity * The Challenge from other Market Players * Traditional Theories of Industrial Market Structure * Port Competition * Summary * PART 3: ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT * Background * Notation and Symbols Used * Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) * Free Disposal Hull (FDH) Analysis * Econometric Approaches Using Cross-sectional Data * Econometric Approaches Using Panel Data * Empirical Comparisons of Alternative Approaches to Efficiency Estimation * Performance Measurement and Efficiency Analysis in the Container Port Industry * Summary * PART 4: MODEL SPECIFICATION AND DATA * Introduction * A Procedure for Efficiency Measurement * Port Objectives * Definition of Variables * Model Specification * Data Collection * Summary * PART 5: EMPIRICAL RESULTS AND ANALYSIS * Introduction * Cross-sectional Data Analysis * Panel Data Analysis * Summary * PART 6: A THEORY OF CONTAINER PORT PRODUCTION AND ITS EMPIRICAL VALIDATION * Introduction * Testing the Hypotheses * Summary * PART 7: CONCLUSIONS AND FURTHER RESEARCH * Introduction * A Summary of Major Research Contributions * Recommendations for Further Research * References * Appendices