Business and Development Studies: Issues and Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9781138059870 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 484 str.

Peter Lund-Thomsen; Michael Hansen; Adam Lindgreen

Opis

Business and Development Studies: Issues and Perspectives provides a comprehensive collection of cutting edge theoretical and empirical contributions to the emerging field of business and development studies.

Spis treści

Part 1 Introduction  1.1 Business and development studies—issues and perspectives  Part 2 Business, Governance, and Development  2.1 Governance, business, and development  2.2 State–business relations and development: toward a more complete research agenda  2.3 International business and economic development2.4 The financialization and responsibilization of development aid  Part 3 Global Value Chains, Business, and Development  3.1 Global value chains, development, and emerging economies  3.2 Corporate social responsibility in global value chains: Where are we now? Where are we going?  3.3 Critical reflections on the effectiveness of responsible business initiatives and systemic constraints for achieving a safe and just operating space for humanity  3.4 Multi-stakeholder initiatives in global value chains: Opportunities and challenges for women workers  Part 4 International Business, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Development  4.1 CSR in developing countries: Competing perspectives on businesses, their roles, and responsibilities  4.2 The state of international business, corporate social responsibility, and development: Key insights and an application to practice  4.3 Corporate social responsibility and development: The case of international business firms in emerging economies  4.4 Analysis of the MNEs’ social practices in Latin America: Implications for development studies research  4.5 Business, development, and human rights  4.6 Impacts of neoliberal wind energy investments on environmental justice and human rights in Mexico  Part 5 Local Firms, Organizations, and Development  5.1 When do businesses innovate in a developing country? An empirical investigation of determinants of innovative performance of Ugandan micro and small businesses  5.2 Microfinance programs and women’s empowerment: New evidence from rural middle hills of Nepal  5.3 Social entrepreneurship as vehicle for inclusive development: The case of Siya Sebenza in South Africa  5.4. Micro and small business clusters and local development policies: Insights from India–Italy cooperation project