The aim of this paper is to provide clues to industry and academia on how best to approach the challenge of developing a sustainable supply chain. A case study was undertaken of the Westpac Banking Corporation – one of the world's most socially responsible banks – to examine how they...

Sustainable development and the Triple Bottom Line integrated sustainability concept focus on the choices between the imperatives of economic efficiency, social development and environmentalsustainability. Corporate governance is being imposed by stakeholders and corporate socialresponsibility...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a new model of corporate governance that is holistic – incorporating internal and macro perspectives across legal, regulatory, sociological, ethical, human resource management, behavioural and corporate strategic frameworks. Researchers have...

This study aimed to determine how the influence of Corporate Governance consisting of Institutional Ownership, Managerial Ownership, Independent Commissioner, Audit Committee Meetings as well as Dividend Policy on firm value and how Corporate Social Responsibility moderates this influence. This...

Die Arbeit untersucht die Performance von Familienunternehmen im Rahmen einer empirischen Studie anhand von 892 Datens?tzen aus den Jahren 2004 und 1999. Die heterogene Stichprobe besteht aus deutschen Unternehmen des verarbeitenden Gewerbes unabh?ngig von Rechtsform, B?rsennotierung und...

Aus dem Klappentext der Printversion im G?tersloher Verlag (2004)?Wohin f?hren die immer komplexer und un?berschaubar werdenden ?konomischen Vernetzungen? Entwickelt sich eine Art "ethischer Unzurechnungsf?higkeit", die Diffusion von Verantwortung, oder gibt es ein anderes Konzept: die...

Įmonių socialinės atsakomybės klausimas plačiai diskutuojamas spaudoje, įmonės praneša apie įvairias veiklas, skirtas gamtos apsaugai, apie paramą bendruomenei. Kita vertus, garsiai nuskamba pavyzdžiai, kai įmonės dėl vienokių ar kitokių priežasčių elgiasi neatsakingai...

The management of many our companies is mainly carried out through monitoring of measurable, quantitative properties of business phenomena and volume of achieved short term profits in time. Companies under-estimate the dynamics of production growth and sales, and do not pay sufficient attention...

Hintergrund der Untersuchung ist die zunehmende Bedeutung von Humankapital als wettbewerbsentscheidendem Produktionsfaktor in modernen humankapitalintensiven Unternehmungen. Es stellt sich die Frage nach den Auswirkungen der Bedeutungszunahme und der Regelung des „Primärhumankapitals“, also...

Corporate Governance has engaged the attention of academics and practitioners alike for some time now. It is sad to note, however, that most of the studies carried out in this area have been conducted in countries such as the USA and the UK. In recent times, interest in Corporate Governance on...