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Complex accountability and power in global governance: issues for global business

Keohane, Robert O. - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 8 (2008) 4, pp. 361-367

Purpose – Firms and their executives need to recognize the political complexity of accountability demands, so that they are prepared by training to recognize the signs of change, analyze the strength of the forces behind various and often competing demands, and devise a response that is not...

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The globally integrated enterprise and its role in global governance

Ulrich Maerki, Hans - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 8 (2008) 4, pp. 368-373

redundant and uncompetitive in the globalization era. It shares how moving to the new globally integrated enterprise model is … to globalization. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014695027

Global collaborative governance: there is no alternative

Zadek, Simon - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 8 (2008) 4, pp. 374-388

Purpose – Emerging collaborative arrangements between public and private institutions provide the potential for novel ways of enhancing the provision of public goods. This paper aims to explore the question whether formal mechanics rooted in complex institutional alliances are today's...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014695028

The changing role of governments and the emergence of the relational state

Mendoza, Xavier; Vernis, Alfred - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 8 (2008) 4, pp. 389-396

challenges of globalization and the crisis of the welfare state. Design/methodology/approach – The literature on public …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014695029

Partnered governance: aligning corporate responsibility and public policy in the global economy

Midttun, Atle - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 8 (2008) 4, pp. 406-418

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to note the remarkable expansion of corporate social responsibility (CSR) throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s. Taking this as point of departure, it aims to discuss the potential for aligning CSR‐oriented industrial self‐regulation with public...

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Assessing corporate responsibility as a contribution to global governance: the case of the UN Global Compact

Arevalo, Jorge A.; Fallon, Francis T. - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 8 (2008) 4, pp. 456-470

Purpose – The changing nature of the interaction between multilateral institutions and the private sector, such as the one extended by the United Nations (UN) through the Global Compact, has raised profound questions about authority and legitimacy in international relations. This paper seeks...

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Managing legitimacy issues in global supply chains: the case of the athletic footwear industry

Nijhof, André; Forterre, Dai; Jeurissen, Ronald - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 8 (2008) 4, pp. 506-517

Purpose – This paper aims to explore new forms of control that can address the legitimacy problems of globally‐integrated enterprises. Design/methodology/approach – In a conceptual analysis the characteristics of the globally‐integrated enterprise are used to put forward apt strategies...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014695039

Unintended consequences of CSR: protectionism and collateral damage in global supply chains: the case of Vietnam

Tencati, Antonio; Russo, Angeloantonio; Quaglia, Victoria - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 8 (2008) 4, pp. 518-531

Purpose – This paper seeks to investigate the influence of the increasingly sustainable sourcing policies of many multinational companies on suppliers located in developing countries such as Vietnam. The focus is the process through which corporate social responsibility (CSR) is reaching this...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014695040

Context, complexity and connectedness: dimensions of globalization revealed

Bevan, David; Gitsham, Matthew - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 9 (2009) 4, pp. 435-447

leaders in a time of contemporary crisis may be discerned to reflect strands of earlier globalization theories; to consider … management research the authors bring an epistemological subjectivism – the context of indicative globalization literature … globalization literature to reveal one strand as historically predictive of the insecurity and complexity we have recently …

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Making the global economy more sustainable

Löscher, Peter - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 10 (2010) 4, pp. 349-353

Purpose – This paper seeks to discuss the sustainability of the global economy. Design/methodology/approach – The approach takes the form of a discursive narrative based on practitioner experience. Findings – It was found that a sustainable economy can be encouraged by thinking in terms of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014695127