TY  - JOUR
T1  - Social Responsibility of SMES: A Systematic Review
AU - Novoa-Buitrago, Luis AU - Abad, Cristina 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 15
IS  - 9
SP  - 2108
EP  - 2111
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2020.2108.2111
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2020.2108.2111
KW  - Small and Medium size companies (SMEs)
KW  -systematic literature review
KW  -Corporate social responsibility
KW  -CSR reporting
AB  - This study seeks to establish the state of
the art concerning the relation between corporate social
responsibility, CSR and small and medium sized
enterprises, SMEs. Through a systematic literature review
of recent years, this study aims to identify the hypotheses,
objectives and methods used in previous research as
well as outline the possible research paths for upcoming
years. Following the systematic review technique
proposed in social sciences, recent studies from the
past decade (2008-2018) included in Web of Science
(WOS) were analyzed. Subsequently in order to illustrate
the concentration of references, an artificial intelligence
program was used to construct a reference tree (basis,
consolidated topics and latest research trends). This
review found methods, objectives and hypotheses that can
be used in future studies regarding the relation between
CSR and SMEs. It also reveals four pending issues to be
explored by the literature: identification of processes
and tools used, analysis of the influence of relational
and social capital strategies, CSR performance in SMEs
in developing countries and strategies of CSR
reporting in SMEs.
ER  -