The Impact of Beijing Olympic Sponsorship Program on Annual Report Social Disclosure of Local Sponsors
Document Type
Journal Article
Publisher
Curtin University of Technology
Faculty
Faculty of Business and Law
School
School of Accounting, Finance and Economics / Finance, Economics, Markets and Accounting Research Centre
RAS ID
10679
Abstract
The aim of this study is to utilise legitimacy theory to explain the impact of the Beijing Olympic Sponsorship Program on annual report social disclosures including event related disclosure of local sponsor companies for this legitimacy enhancing and maintaining positive event. The study is concerned with examining whether the arguments developed in relation to legitimacy repairing negative events explain corporate disclosure response to this legitimacy maintaining and enhancing positive events. The findings indicate that sponsors disclosed more social and event-related information but this was not the case for non-sponsors. Also, sponsors disclose more event-related disclosure than non-sponsors but not for the overall disclosure. This result provides support for legitimacy theory for this legitimacy maintaining and enhancing positive events but is not entirely identical to the findings for legitimacy repairing associated with negative events.
Comments
Christopher, T. , & Hu, J. (2010). The Impact of Beijing Olympic Sponsorship Program on Annual Report Social Disclosure of Local Sponsors. The Journal of Contemporary Issues in Business and Government, 16(2), 51-78.