Why do some business associations mobilize, engage in collective action, and take public stands against the populist right while others do not? This article examines business mobilization against the populist right in Germany, which is heavily export-oriented and reliant on the European and...

German Abstract: Die EU-Richtlinie zur Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) 2014/95/EU symbolisiert einen wichtigen Schritt in Richtung mehr Unternehmensverantwortung. Sie verlangt die Umsetzung von Sozial-, Menschenrechts- und Umweltstandards von großen Unternehmen sowie die Offenlegung von...

This article contributes to the debate on employer preferences. It challenges varieties of capitalism's argument that manufacturing employers in Coordinated Market Economies (CMEs) will tend to defend non-liberal institutions because of the comparative institutional advantage that they provide....

Do countries with high CSR performance support more stringent supranational regulation? Following this logic, existing scholarship claims that Nordic countries push for tougher regulations to sharpen their competitive advantage. On the basis of an examination of the negotiations over the EU...

This article challenges the notion that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is incompatible with neo-liberalism. It argues that CSR is not a countervailing force that follows neo-liberal market exposure. Instead of re-embedding global liberalism, CSR complements liberalization and substitutes...

What impact does authoritarian capitalism have on business? In this essay, I inquire into the relationship between authoritarian capitalism and business and set out to answer the following questions: what happens to the business environment under authoritarian leadership? Is there a trade-off...

This paper discusses the threats faced by today's democracies and the threat that business collusion with authoritarian forces provides to democracy's survival. Can businesspeople play a constructive role and help to protect democracy from authoritarian threats? Drawing on Levitsky and Ziblatt...

Right-wing populists present a difficult challenge for business associations. This chapter discusses business association responses to the populist right, beginning with the rationales for support and opposition. The interests of business associations and right-wing populists overlap in certain...