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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 …

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Governing a more global world

Aart Scholte, Jan - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 10 (2010) 4, pp. 459-474

Purpose – This paper aims to clarify the character of globalization, to identify the changes it brings to structures of …'s more global world. The first step in the analysis identifies globalization as a trend whereby people's lives become more …

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Globalization of Chinese Enterprises

Lamond, David - In: Chinese Management Studies 2 (2008) 3, pp. 229-231

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The internationalization of Chinese companies

Schüler‐Zhou, Yun; Schüller, Margot - In: Chinese Management Studies 3 (2009) 1, pp. 25-42

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to offer a critical perspective on China's official outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) data, commonly used in most research on the internationalization of Chinese companies. Owing to the deficiencies of China's statistical system, official OFDI data...

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