This short essay provides some explanation and context built around a simple statement regarding corporate (or entity) purpose and how to balance the shareholder wealth maximization norm with broad director discretion. That statement, using the model from the Edward R. Murrow radio show “This...

Previous research on sustainability and health-related product labels has sought to develop segmentation frameworks based on consumers' self-reports. However, consumers are likely to overstate the effect that these labels have on their purchasing behavior. Moreover, existing consumer...

Tools of social media are becoming the most prevalent venues for online content sharing and creation worldwide. Both the manner in which the online social interaction of individuals and groups is targeted through marketing based on Internet behavioral tracking, and the use of the resulting data...

This paper maintains that responsible tourism practices can be re-conceived strategically to confer competitive advantage. It looks at the extant literature surrounding the notions of “responsible tourism” and “shared value”. A qualitative research involved in-depth, semi-structured...

We examine the relationship of corporate social responsibility (CSR) with earnings management in the context of changing regulatory regimes. We find firms with higher CSR engagement are more likely to have higher discretionary accruals before the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) whereas...

In recent years, researchers and practitioners have increasingly paid attention to food waste, which is seen as highly unethical given its negative environmental and societal implications. Waste recovery is dependent on the creation of connections along the supply chain, so that actors with...

This review essay seeks to provide an overview of the state of the art of corporate governance (CG) in emerging markets (EMs). We focus mostly on the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) and adopt a systematic cross-national comparative focus. The chapter has four main sections. We...

China's growing consumption is a policy objective (CCCPC, 2016), and commercial success for online retailers, such as Alibaba (Lucas, 2017) that serve China's large number of netizens. Within China's thriving social media, WeChat is a world leading innovator (Yu, 2017). With innovation of its...

The European strategy is to promote new businesses as a real driver of economic growth, but also to support their growth and resilience. A typical kind of new business is the academic start-up they can play a strategical role on the local economy. Our paper investigates the academic start-ups...

Corporate sustainability has become an economic and strategic imperative with the potential to create opportunities and risks for businesses. The tension and possible link between economic sustainability performance (ESP) and non-financial environmental, social, and governance (ESG)...