Data on CSR, market share and profitability of manufacturing firms in Ghana
Description
The data set is sourced from the annual reports of ISO 90001 certified manufacturing companies in Ghana. The data set is generated purely for academic purposes on the study of Corporate Social Responsibility and its effect on market share and profitability of the companies involved. This will help in the policy making and contribute to the extant literature on the subject matter.
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Annual reports of ISO 90001 certified manufacturing companies in Ghana downloaded from their websites. The relevant figures were handpicked and set in panel format in Excel. CSR takes a value of 1 if expense is incurred on CSR and 0, if otherwise. Debt-equity ration is ration of long term debt to equity. Labour cost is the wages and benefits paid to employees. Capital employed is the difference between total assets and current liabilities. Firm age is the period of time within the founding of a company and the current. Profitability is measure of an organization's profit relative to its expenses. Market share, over time, the percentage of a company's sales compared to the entire share of sales in its industry.