Second, the leading position of the academy's interest in corporate social responsibility, resided mainly in those locations. However, there have been also a small number of studies conducted in other locations, where social responsibility awareness existed, and social responsibility data had become available. The availability of social responsibility data is a critical enablers for such research, thus its availability has been a main reason to the absence of such research or the emergence of such research in recent years. This is also the case with regard to my research in Israel, as will be presented later on in chapter 5.