Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on the financial performance of industrial companies in New Zealand

The purpose of this study is to discover the influence Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) disclosure has on the financial performance of industrial companies operational in New Zealand. The study implements a quantitative methodological approach. By means of a statistical analysis technique the study examines the hypothesis that CSR has a positive impact on financial performance of industries. The study makes use of content analysis in order to extract data about the independent variable (CSR Disclosure Index Rating) and dependent variable (Average Stock Price) of industrial companies. The sample comprises of 15 listed industrial companies in New Zealand. In this research it is observed that there is significance between CSR Disclosure and Financial Performance, apart from a few industries. This further reflects that there are several other factors which make CSR Disclosures affect financial performance, like industry risk and exposure and level of stakeholder engagement. The lower the rank of correlation, the better is the company. The analysis is being done with the help of correlation and regression method using MS-Excel and the data is being taken from New Zealand Stock Exchange and Bloomberg. With the help of all this data, the researcher will use it to make conclusions and offer suggestions

Isolation by distance in a population of a small land snail Trochoidea geyeri : evidence from direct and indirect methods

Population structure was estimated in a continuous population of a small land snail (Trochoidea geyeri). Mark-recapture experiments and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analyses indicate that the population structure can be described by the isolation by distance model of Wright (1946). Estimates of density and dispersal suggest a neighbourhood size of 70-208 individuals on an area of 13-21 m². A principal component analysis of the randomly amplified polymorphic DNA data reveals clinal variation of genetic composition across the population, as predicted by the neighbourhood concept. An analysis of molecular variance indicates substantial genetic structuring. Comparisons of the genetic distances, expressed as euclidean distances among individuals, versus the geographic distance between sampling sites yield a highly significant positive correlation (Mantel test: r = 0.567, p<0.0001). The revealed pattern of populational subdivision on a microgeographic scale seems to be one of the principal processes generating and maintaining genetic diversity within populations of small land gastropods