Corporate Governance: Volume 12 Issue 4

A new era of development: the changing role and responsibility of business in developing countries

Joris‐Johann Lenssen, Luk N. Van Wassenhove

A new era for development is needed and business needs to play a significant role in this era. This paper aims to provide insights into the necessary conditions for such a new era…

Business and development: making sense of business as a development agent

Michael Blowfield

The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework for understanding and analysing business's role as a development actor, and the distinction between development tool and…

Re‐thinking the role of the corporate sector in international development

Peter Davis

This paper explores the paradigm of international development that has persisted for the past five decades, and asks whether a fresh approach is needed – one that builds on the…

Institutional analysis to understand the growth of microfinance institutions in West African economic and monetary union

Arvind Ashta, Ndeye Salimata Fall

The extent to which microfinance succeeds varies greatly even among countries. The paper aims to look at why microfinance develops in some countries rather than others. It aims to…

Novel linkages for development: corporate social responsibility, law and governance: exploring the Nigerian Petroleum Industry Bill

Adaeze Okoye

This paper aims to explore the question of the role of business in development from a contextual point of view. The context is Nigeria and its development challenges contrasted…

CSR and inequality in the Niger Delta (Nigeria)

Cécile Renouard, Hervé Lado

The international awareness of corporate social responsibility (CSR) issues and the socio‐political context of emerging countries are increasing the pressure on businesses…

Value‐added reporting as a tool for sustainability: a Latin American experience

Luis Perera Aldama, Adrián Zicari

The purpose of this paper is to present a collection of ongoing experiences with a value‐added reporting model in Latin America, positing its pertinence with regards to CSR…

Creating shared value as a differentiation strategy – the example of BASF in Brazil

Heiko Spitzeck, Sonia Chapman

This paper aims to create empirical evidence regarding shared value strategies recently propagated by Michael Porter and Mark Kramer.

Enabling healthcare services for the rural and semi‐urban segments in India: when shared value meets the bottom of the pyramid

Mark Esposito, Amit Kapoor, Sandeep Goyal

The access to high quality, a reliable and affordable basic healthcare service is one of the key challenges facing the rural and semi‐urban population lying at base of the pyramid…

Corporate philanthropy in Russia: evidence from a national awards competition

Yury Blagov, Anastasia Petrova‐Savchenko

The aim of this paper is to examine how companies officially recognized in Russia as corporate philanthropy leaders actually introduce, implement, and evaluate philanthropic…

In search of viable business models for development: sustainable energy in developing countries

Ans Kolk, Daniel van den Buuse

Although the crucial role of business, and of business‐based approaches, in development is increasingly emphasised by academics and practitioners, insight is lacking into the…

CSR in industrial clusters: an overview of the literature

Peter Lund‐Thomsen, Renginee G. Pillay

The paper seeks to review the literature on CSR in industrial clusters in developing countries, identifying the main strengths, weaknesses, and gaps in this literature, pointing…

Sustainable globalization and implications for strategic corporate and national sustainability

Ravi Fernando

The purpose of the paper is to present a conceptual framework and a set of conditions within which nations and business can strive to embed sustainability in corporate/national…

Corporate responsibility and the role of business in development

Gilbert Lenssen, Luk Van Wassenhove, Simon Pickard, Joris-Johann Lenssen