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Investigating the Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Firm's Short- and Long-Term Performance with Online Text Analytics

온라인 텍스트 분석을 통해 추정한 기업의 사회적책임 성과가 기업의 단기적 장기적 성과에 미치는 영향 분석

  • Lee, Heesung (Center for Advanced Information Technology, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Jin, Yunseon (Center for Advanced Information Technology, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Kwon, Ohbyung (School of Management, Kyung Hee University)
  • 이희승 (경희대학교차세대정보기술연구센터) ;
  • 진윤선 (경희대학교차세대정보기술연구센터) ;
  • 권오병 (경희대학교 경영대학)
  • Received : 2016.05.11
  • Accepted : 2016.05.19
  • Published : 2016.06.30
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Abstract

Despite expectations of short- or long-term positive effects of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on firm performance, the results of existing research into this relationship are inconsistent partly due to lack of clarity about subordinate CSR concepts. In this study, keywords related to CSR concepts are extracted from atypical sources, such as newspapers, using text mining techniques to examine the relationship between CSR and firm performance. The analysis is based on data from the New York Times, a major news publication, and Google Scholar. We used text analytics to process unstructured data collected from open online documents to explore the effects of CSR on short- and long-term firm performance. The results suggest that the CSR index computed using the proposed text - online media - analytics predicts long-term performance very well compared to short-term performance in the absence of any internal firm reports or CSR institute reports. Our study demonstrates the text analytics are useful for evaluating CSR performance with respect to convenience and cost effectiveness.

그동안 기업의 사회적 책임(CSR)관련 활동의 결과가 기업 성과에 미치는 단기적 및 장기적 영향에 대한 다양한 연구가 진행되었지만 그 결과는 일관되지 못한데 그 주된 원인은 기업의 사회적책임이라고 하는 개념의 불일치였다. 따라서 본 연구는 온라인 뉴스와 같은 비정형 공개 데이터로부터 기업의 사회적책임에 관련한 키워드를 텍스트 마이닝 기법을 사용하여 추출하고 그 개념에 대한 통계치와 기업 성과와의 관계성을 이해하려고 했다. 이를 위해 개념과 관련한 키워드는 뉴욕타임즈와 구글 스칼러에서 CSR이라고 하는 단어로 검색한 비정형 데이터로부터 인식하였다. 그런 다음 점검 대상이 되는 기업에 대한 글이 실려 있는 온라인 문서를 수집하여 기업의 사회적 책임과 기업 단기적 및 장기적 성과 사이의 인과관계를 분석하였다. 그 결과, 기업의 사회적 책임에 대한 전문적인 평가 보고서의 도움 없이도 본 연구에서 개발한 기업의 사회적 책임 인덱스만으로 기업의 단기적 성과에는 영향이 없지만 장기적 성과와는 통계적으로 유의하게 정비례관계가 있는 것이 밝혀졌다. 본 연구는 빅데이터 분석을 통해 효율적이고 의미 있는 기업의 사회적 책임 평가 방법을 개발한 첫 번째 시도라는 의미가 있다.

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