Abstract
This study analyzes the influence of corporate social responsibility on the performance of family businesses. For the analysis of the results it is proposed the use structural equation method (PLS-SEM) with the SmartPLS 3.2.6 software applied to the data of 174 Spanish family companies. The first contribution of this work is that the use of secondary data from the GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) sustainability reports allow us to adequately and reliably measure the social responsibility of family companies. The second contribution of this study is that social responsibility positively influences the performance of family businesses, being able to explain 45.8% of their varianceReferences
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