Why do certain firms handle the challenge presented by changes in the social, economic, and political environments better than others? In order to answer this question, a clearer understanding is needed of the process of institutionalizing responsiveness and the factors that influence the...

The Chinese authorities have launched a range of policies and incentives at the national and regional level to attract citizens who have studied and worked abroad to return in order to contribute to upgrading the competitiveness of the Chinese economy, particularly in light of China's entrance...

In diesem Beitrag wird eine Forschungsperspektive entwickelt, die Weltgipfel der Vereinten Nationen als organisierte Handlungszusammenhänge betrachtet in denen sich Lernprozesse auf supranationaler Ebene vollziehen. Damit wird ein neuer analytischer Blickwinkel auf die Einbeziehung...

How does a major international company learn? In particular, how does a successful international company even discover that it needs to learn to do things differently, and to do different things, rather than relying on its past recipes for success? According to the literature, success tends to...

In vielen Gesellschaftsbereichen hat die Frage nach Accountability an Bedetutung zugenommen; sogar von einem Age of Accountability ist die Rede. Allerdings verläuft die Diskussion in unterschiedlichen Forschungsfeldern parallel zueinander, ohne dass die jeweiligen Ansätze zu einer...

Rapid globalization has increased the need and opportunity for interactions between people from different cultural backgrounds. Experience is often considered the best teacher and experiences with cross-cultural interactions represent important opportunities to learn to deal with differences....

A great deal of intellectual entrepreneurship happens between institutions. Between institutions in the dual sense of the term: institutions as organizations and institutions as conventions. Ideas and the energy to take them forward are often born when people from different organizations come...

In an increasingly global business environment, managers must interact effectively with people who have different values, behavioral norms, and ways of perceiving reality. Many jobs now entail an international dimension, so the need to develop intercultural competences has taken on a greater...

Die gesellschaftliche Verantwortung von Unternehmen war in Deutschland lange Zeit kein öffentliches Thema; gleichwohl haben gesellschaftliche Normen, gesetzliche Regelungen und sozialpartnerschaftliche Konfliktregulierung auf eben diese Verantwortung Bezug genommen. In den letzten Jahren haben...

This contribution argues that it is time to move beyond corporate social responsibility (CSR) to global responsibility. As long as the field retains its old label, the learning agenda for organizations will be too narrow to address the full range of challenges for a sustainable world. It sets...