10.26180/5cb682edd426b SUMITRA DEVI A/P GOVINDA NAIR SUMITRA DEVI A/P GOVINDA NAIR Corporate Social Responsibility in Multinational Corporations: A Co-evolutionary Theory Perspective Monash University 2019 Corporate Social Responsibility co-evolutionary theory international management international business International Business Business and Management not elsewhere classified 2019-04-17 01:35:39 Thesis https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/Corporate_Social_Responsibility_in_Multinational_Corporations_A_Co-evolutionary_Theory_Perspective/8001890 The study looks at why and how strategic Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) approaches differ across subsidiaries of the same MNC, by employing the co-evolutionary theory perspective. Findings suggest that inconsistency in internal factors within an MNC – leadership commitment, social competency, absorptive capacity, level of CSR integration into business; varying external environments faced by each subsidiary; as well as the type of co-evolutionary dynamics model operating in each MNC result in variations. MNCs with the managed selection and holistic renewal CSR co-evolutionary models were found to have more cohesive and better CSR performance. The study covered four MNCs across eleven countries.