This article examines how the international business (IB) literature has addressed social responsibility issues in the past 50 years, highlighting key developments and implications from a historical perspective. Specific attention is paid to the Journal of World Business (JWB), which has covered...

The paper studies the relationship between social capital (SC) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by investigating the idea of a virtuous circle between the level of SC and the implementation of CSR standard of behaviour that favours the creation of cooperative networks between the firm...

Most Latin American countries bring the theme of regional integration into their respective Constitutions, keeping Simon Bolívar’s dream of Pátria Grande alive. This dream, considering the complex geopolitical and geoeconomic relations of today, results in a series of economic, social and...

Renewable Energy Development Cooperative (REDCO) Ltd was primarily involved in the production of electricity from a solar photovoltaic plant and its distribution to ten hamlets of Durbuk. Earlier, a diesel generator set was used for electricity production and was distributed by the state...

Renewable energy can become a fraction of the cost of burning carbon to generate electricity in communities that use money that has a usage charge described as "demurrage". As with Islamic banking, demurrage money eliminates discounting future values from the ability of earning interest today....

Worker cooperatives are the least well-known part of the cooperative movement. Part of the reason is that the idea of a business run by its employees sounds unrealistic to many people. Yet there are thousands of worker cooperatives and related businesses around the world, including some very...

The purpose of the current study is to explore various factors influencing managerial decision between cost reduction and product differentiation. A multiple logistic regression model is constructed to determine the likelihood of managerial tendency toward cost reduction or product...

In a highly competitive global economy the development of sustainable, innovative responses from Industry is now vital. Many industries globally need to respond rather than react to current economic climate through sustainable (economically and environmentally) development. The steel industry is...

This working paper is produced within the project framework of the Employment Regeneration Programme funded by the EAR, undertaken under the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, and contracted to IMC Consulting Ltd (EuropeAid/114770/D/SV/KOS). It is intended to promote greater discussion about...