Transnational business regulation is increasingly implemented through private voluntary programs-like certification regimes and codes of conduct-that diffuse global standards. But little is known about the conditions under which companies adhere to these standards. We conduct one of the first...

Multinational corporations (MNCs) benefit from globalization, they have emerged as major actors of the global economy and expanded their activities worldwide. Meanwhile, international society has become increasingly concerned about environmental issues and, therefore, a considerable number of...

El comercio electrónico adolece de una importante sensación de desconfianza por parte de sus usuarios. Tal impresión se debe, en gran medida, a la deficiente seguridad que en tal medio existe. Sin embargo, para hacer frente a tal inconveniente, se han ideado los denominados códigos de...

The workplace activities of the multinational enterprises responsible for supplying consumers in the developed North with goods produced in the developing South have come under growing scrutiny in the past decade. In response, growing number of MNEs have embraced the concept of “corporate...

Purpose – The internationalisation of business and the process of globalisation raise many ethical issues about acceptable norms of conduct on the part of corporations. This article aims to evaluate whether there is progress in establishing standards for international business ethics....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of corporate governance structures in the UK and Germany addressing the extent to which corporate governance structures may have been a contributory factor to the recent banking crisis. Following a review of shareholder and...

Purpose Most workplace health promotion efforts have failed to consistently and sustainably encourage employees to take responsibility for their health. The purpose of this paper is to explore a potentially high-impact solution – Health Codes of Conduct – for engaging and motivating...

Late 19th century investors demanded compensation to invest in countries with poor institutional protection of property rights. Using the monthly stock returns of 1,808 firms located in 43 countries but traded in London between 1866 and 1907, we estimate the country-specific cost of capital. We...

We explore the nature of Business Groups, that is network-like forms of hierarchical organization between legally autonomous firms spanning both within and across national borders. Exploiting a unique dataset of 270,474 headquarters controlling more than 1,500,000 (domestic and foreign)...

This paper analyzes the importance of legal property documents in providing tenure security, enhancing agricultural investment incentives and easing access to credit. While theory predicts that better property rights on land can increase investment through increased security, enhanced trade...