This essay argues that during and after the financial crisis of 2008/2009, fundamental questions about the purpose of financial institutions in society were left unanswered. The essay begins with clarifying its understanding of the financial crisis and the ignored issue of the societal role of...

This paper takes both a conceptual and an empirical approach to answer the question as to how Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) can be connected to the company's role as an agent of social value creation when it operates within an imperfect institutional framework of market competition. To...

This paper takes both a conceptual and an empirical approach to answer the question of how CSR can be connected to the company’s role as an agent of social value creation that operates within an imperfect institutional framework of market competition. To develop a functional design for an...