Place is omnipresent in corporate philanthropy, yet it is becoming paradoxically more and less salient at the same time. Viewing corporate philanthropy as a global yet localized phenomenon, current research is fraught with tension between sense of place and placelessness. To specify boundary conditions and add accuracy to our knowledge, we systematically review articles published in well-regarded business and management journals and unearth the important role of place in corporate philanthropy. We show that place is manifested in a variety of forms, including geographic units, critical events and virtual platforms, and these manifestations are associated with firms’ experience of place as a social enclosure, political constellation and peer community. We find that place has three primary roles in affecting corporate philanthropy: socializing, rationalizing and learning. Our findings have significant implications for new scholarly directions that can extend our understanding of the place–corporate philanthropy nexus.

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地方和企业慈善事业：系统评价

地方在企业慈善事业中无处不在，但同时它却越来越不重要。将企业慈善事业视为一种全球性但又局部化的现象，当前的研究充满了地方感和无地方感之间的紧张关系。为了指定边界条件并增加我们知识的准确性，我们系统地审查了发表在备受推崇的商业和管理期刊上的文章，并发掘了地方在企业慈善事业中的重要作用。我们展示了地方以多种形式表现出来，包括地理单元、关键事件和虚拟平台，这些表现形式与公司将地方作为社会圈地、政治星座和同龄人社区的体验相关联。我们发现这个地方在影响企业慈善事业方面具有三个主要作用：社交、合理化和学习。我们的发现对新的学术方向具有重要意义，可以扩展我们对地方-企业慈善关系的理解。