Corporate Governance: Volume 11 Issue 4

What emerges when a market emerges?

What emerges when a market emerges? Does giving emphasis to the term emerging markets not represent a form of economic reductionism, neglecting the social context in which a…

In pursuit of a sustainable global market economy

Presented on behalf of the Evian Group @ IMD, this paper aims to expand upon points made in the keynote speech at the 9th Annual EABIS Colloquium on Corporate Responsibility and…

Stewardship: a new vision for the purpose of business

A new vision for the purpose of business is vitally and urgently needed for emerging and developed markets to replace the shareholder wealth maximization paradigm that has…

A new era of sustainability in emerging markets? Insights from a global CEO study by the United Nations Global Compact and Accenture

As a multi‐speed recovery from the downturn accelerates progress towards a multi‐polar world in which economic power is more widely dispersed, the emerging markets will play a…

Corporate social responsibility and corporate financial performance in China: an empirical research from Chinese firms

Although the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and financial performance has become a hot topic of the Western management community after several decades…

CSR priorities of emerging economy firms: is Russia a different shape of BRIC?

Against the backcloth of a growing geopolitical and economic importance of emerging economies, this paper seeks to ask whether emerging economy firms are willing to match their…

Dynamic capabilities, strategic stakeholder alliances and sustainable competitive advantage: evidence from China

With increasing research focus paid to dynamic capabilities, there is an increased need to explore how dynamic capabilities can help business firms to realize corporate…

Corporate social responsibility practices in India: approach, drivers, and barriers

The aim of this paper is to examine how corporations in India interpret corporate social responsibility (CSR). Focusing on four commonly known approaches: the ethical, the…

Measuring the impacts of NGO partnerships: the corporate and societal benefits of community involvement

This paper aims to address partnerships between corporations and non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) dedicated to corporate community involvement (CCI). It seeks to focus on how…

How relevant is corporate governance and corporate social responsibility in emerging markets?

The principal aim of this research is to provide an in‐depth analysis of existing practices of corporate governance in mature markets and to compare and contrast these approaches…

The strategic relevance of corporate community investments

This paper aims to understand which strategies a multinational can adopt in emerging countries where it operates towards local communities, in terms of sustainability.

Making the most of corporate social responsibility reporting: disclosure structure and its impact on performance

Examining a three‐year disclosure experience of a sample of Fortune 100 global companies, the paper aims to propose and test a model that relates the structure of CSR disclosure…

Sustainability assurance and internal auditing in emerging markets

Despite the increasing recognition that organizations should report on relevant sustainability matters, the importance and value to stakeholders of these reports being…

The four pillars of corporate responsibility: ethics, leadership, personal responsibility and trust

This paper aims to examine how to further embed CSR thinking and practice into corporations, particularly in emerging markets, by reviewing and drawing similarities between key…

CEO perspectives: management education in a changing context

This paper seeks to make a contribution to debate regarding the place of sustainability in the management education curriculum with data regarding the opinions on this question of…

Corporate responsibility and emerging markets