The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on the Firm's Financial Performance: the case of Publicly Listed Companies in the United Arab Emirates

CSR in UAE still acknowledged as a new topic, the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the firm's financial performance (FP) is important topic for researchers. The primary aim of the research is to develop a new conceptual framework that will address the underlying relationships between CSR and FP in the publicly listed companies in the UAE. The interaction effects between the CSR practices and FPof the UAE's firm will be studied by responding to the main research question by way of a triangulation of research data within a mixed-method research paradigm that integrates both quantitative and qualitative methodology. The result of analysis should confirm the association between CSR practices and firms FP in UAE. The results will also highlight whether a "Knowledge Gap" exists between the academic (theoretical) and the practical (applied) domains.