Why do lawyers in some jurisdictions continue to ‘automatically’ exclude the 1980 UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) in their choices of law for international sales contracts? Why do lawyers in other jurisdictions approach the decision very differently? Why...

The living wage standard has emerged as a norm in global initiatives targeting supply chain labor practices. This is unexpected, because the living wage, if actually paid, could impose substantial new supply chain costs. There is also considerable disagreement on how to calculate a living wage...

We address the question of how the internal organization of partnerships can be affected by moral hazard behavior of their division(s)/agent(s). We explore cases where two entregreneurs, each employing one agent subject ot moral hazard, decide how to conduct a research project together. The...

Convergence and Persistence in Corporate Governance does not add groundbreaking new insights to the relevant debate or deliberate extensively on the most recent developments. Bringing together most of the trend-setting articles in a slightly revised form in a concise volume, however, serves an...

A core element of most analyses of how capitalism is failing us is the shareholder primacy doctrine that has taken hold of corporate law and corporate governance. The doctrine has been developed in theory (among others through the agency theory) and practice (e.g. executive remuneration and...

After Snap Inc. issued shares without voting rights, shareholders' potential monitoring function was put into spotlight once more. Being representative of powerful shareholders, institutional investors unsurprisingly objected to Snap's corporate governance structure. Therefore, this paper will...

This paper reviews literature as well as explores analytical findings on the theory of national competitive advantage to define the trend and pattern of international trade from an emerging market perspective. For this purpose, RMG sector of Bangladesh is taken as an example industry, as its...

Societal inequalities – mainly, economic – are a topical subject. Given the dominance of large business corporations in the US and Canada, an important question is about corporations’ role in shaping the socioeconomic trends, including inequality. "Beyond Shareholder Value - A Framework...

This Article examines the activities of various multinational enterprises (MNEs) involved in the Prestige oil spill of, 2002. The liability exposure of such enterprises is found to have been minimized by three legal phenomena which result from the current treatment of MNEs under national and...

This paper examines why organizations have adopted a wide range of responses when addressing the opportunities and threats posed by commoditization. Some may choose to focus on their cost base, whilst others may focus on innovation. Whatever strategy is adopted, it will be driven by a range of...