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 Prof. Muddassar Sarfraz Hohai University, China |
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| Title: Does Corporate Social Responsibility play a role in Mega Project Financing? | |
| Abstract:
Corporate social responsibility has gained more prominence in today’s era, and it is the most critical issue in analyzing the policies regarding environmental, credit and stakeholder assessment in financial institutions. The study analyzes the four environmental strategies, credit risk issues, stakeholder assessment and their impacts on project funding while considering the moderating role of CSR. The study explores three main issues those are the environmental responsibility (planet), financial responsibility (profit) and social responsibility (people). This research is explanatory and quantitative. Data were collected from the conventional banks in Pakistan. A sample size of the study is 375 respondents. Data is analyzed by applying correlation, simple linear regression, and hierarchical regression analysis. Hierarchical regression was applied to investigate the moderating impacts of corporate social responsibility between the relationships of environmental risk management, credit risk assessment, stakeholder assessment, and project financing decisions. The collected responses and significant results indicate that there is a moderating role of CSR in project financing decisions. This study fills the gap in order to understand and proactively implemented natural environmental risk management strategies, risk assessment, and CSR influencing the role of financing decisions in Pakistan.
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility, Environmental Strategies, Project Funding, Pakistan, Conventional Banks
JEL Classification Codes: C10, C13, C22
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| Biography:
Muddassar Sarfraz is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Department of Management and HR, Business School of Hohai University, Nanjing, PR China. He has obtained Ph.D. in Management Sciences and Engineering from Business School of Hohai University, Nanjing, PR China. He holds International Master of Business Administration (IMBA) from Chongqing University (China), Master of Business Administration (HR) from The University of Lahore (Pakistan) and Bachelor in Economics from Bahauddin Zakariya University. He has published more than 40 research articles in SSCI, E-SCI-ISI indexed journals and conference proceedings.
He was invited to attend International training programs on Hydraulic Engineering Dynamic Monitoring Technology (2017) organized by Pearl River Hydraulic Research Institute, Guangzhou, China-ASEAN Technology Manager (2017) at Guangxi-ASEAN Technology Transfer Center, China-South Asia Technology Manager Training (2016) organized by Yunnan Academy of Scientific and Technical information.
He has worked as a Researcher and lecturer in various institutes and delivered lecturers on Business Research Methods, Business Administration, and Management. He was awarded the Chinese Government Scholarship (2012-2014) and Hohai University scholarship (2014-2017).
He is also Guest Editor of International Journal of Humanities and Social Development Research and Journal of Science and Innovative Technologies. He is Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Human Resource. He is a member of Chinese Economists Society (USA), Member of World Economic Association (United Kingdom), American Economic Association, Nashville, USA and Ambassador of International MBA program (Chongqing University, PR China) for Pakistan.
His research area focuses on Corporate Social Responsibility, Human Resource Management, Strategic Management, and Business Management.
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