... auditable CSR standard: Social Accountability 8000 (SA8000). Design/methodology/approach First, an event study is performed on a dataset composed of 136 SA8000 decertified public listed companies to analyse the possible relationship between certification, decertification and firms’ operating performance...

...Chris Storey; Canan Kocabasoglu-Hillmer; Sinéad Roden; Ko de Ruyter Despite the emerging prevalence of certification and partner communities in business-to-business relationships, to date there is a paucity of research on their effects on partner relationships and performance. Organizations...