2017-03-142017-03-142015Sánchez-Hernández, M.I., Carvalho, L., Costa, T. y Gallardo-Vázquez, D. (2015). Social Responsibility and competitive success of firms in the Lisbon Metropolitan Region. En 2nd International Symposium on Partial Least Squares Path Modeling - The Conference for PLS Users (1-11), Sevilla: University of Twente.9789036540568http://hdl.handle.net/11441/55850Social Responsibility is considered a crucial issue to enhance a long-term competiveness in firms because it has been demonstrated the causal relationship with several strategic business variables. This paper develops a conceptual model and applies Structural Equations Modeling technique to a sample of 91 firms from the Lisbon Metropolitan Region in order to understand the link between Social Responsibility and competitive success. The model provides a simple guidance for upgrading competitive success in firms operating in Portugal. We consider this work as a starting point to develop a more accurate model for Portuguese economic reality in the near future.application/pdfengAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Social ResponsibilityInnovationPerformanceinfo:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObjectinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess10.3990/2.324