Development, Poverty And Business Ethics,
2011
DePaul University
Development, Poverty And Business Ethics, Laura Hartman, P. Werhane, K. Clark
Laura Hartman
Proposals surrounding poverty alleviation are greatly affected by the ways in which we think about people living in conditions of extreme poverty. The success or failure of those proposals, when operationalized, depends upon our mental models and the ways in which we calibrate and then integrate the narratives we encounter. While others have envisioned a role for multinational enterprises (MNEs) in alleviating global poverty, these schemes lack the catalysts of moral imagination and systems thinking necessary to modify MNE mental models toward sustainable solutions that also create board-based stakeholder value. We will outline the parameters of the challenge, explain the …
‘Connecting The World Through Games’: Creating Shared Value In The Case Of Zynga’S Corporate Social Strategy,
2011
DePaul University
‘Connecting The World Through Games’: Creating Shared Value In The Case Of Zynga’S Corporate Social Strategy, Laura Hartman, E. Mead, D. Christman, P. Werhane
Laura Hartman
When using cases to teach corporate strategy and ethical decision-making, the aim is demonstrate to students that leadership decision-making is at its most effective when all affected stakeholders are considered, from shareholders and employees, to the local, national, and global societies in which the company operates. This paper challenges the obstructive perception of many Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) advocates that the interests of private organizations in the alleviation of social problems should not be vested, but instead should originate from charitable purposes. We evaluate an alternative approach to the role of business in contributing to social progress - Creating Shared …
When We Trust Too Much,
2011
University of Westminster
When We Trust Too Much, Martin Mathews
Martin Mathews
This paper examines questions concerning the creation of trust in mature industrial district in south-east France; notably the quality of intra-district exchanges when compared with extra-district exchanges. The consequences of trusting habits learnt and reinforced in a highly socialised environment are highlighted. Finally, a suspension mechanism, that of identity and role, that SME managers employ in order to reduce uncertainty will be discussed. Results demonstrate that managers have solid foundations on which they may base their local trust decisions. However, they frequently transfer their trusting attitudes to external partners in the absence of such solid foundations. The consequences of this …
Transnational Corporations, Vol. 20, No. 1,
2011
SelectedWorks
Transnational Corporations, Vol. 20, No. 1
Karl P. Sauvant
Karl P. Sauvant and Miles Killingsworth, Guest Editors, Transnational Corporations, vol. 20, no. 1 (April 2011).
Yearbook On International Investment Law And Policy, 2010-2011,
2011
SelectedWorks
Yearbook On International Investment Law And Policy, 2010-2011
Karl P. Sauvant
Today, international investment law consists of a network of multifaceted, multilayered international treaties that, in one way or another, involve virtually every country of the world. The evolution of this network continues, raising a host of issues regarding international investment law and policy, especially in the area of international investment disputes. The Yearbook on International Investment law & Policy 2010-2011 addresses current developments and salient trends in international investment law and policy. the current volume includes a Symposium on the new EU competency and chapters addressing such central issues as essential security clauses, climate change law, land acquisitions, State-controlled entities, …
Reports Of Overseas Private Investment Corporation Determinations,
2011
SelectedWorks
Reports Of Overseas Private Investment Corporation Determinations
Karl P. Sauvant
This comprehensive two-volume work is a collection of determinations from OPIC, the US governmental political risk insurance provider, in the form of its Memoranda of Determinations from 1966 to 2010. This reference work is the first to make the underlying primary material available to the investment law, political risk and academic communities. The authors have made the claims determinations more accessible with the inclusion of headnote summaries for all determinations. The determinations reflect the decisions of OPIC under US and international law and therefore have a significant impact on its future claims determinations. They reveal what types of claims have …
The Evolving International Investment Regime: Expectations, Realities, Options,
2011
SelectedWorks
The Evolving International Investment Regime: Expectations, Realities, Options
Karl P. Sauvant
The transboundary flow of capital directed at establishing businesses is the engine of the world economy. Approximately 3,000 bilateral and regional investment protection treaties worldwide govern this driver of economic globalization. As might be expected, the international investment regime now competes with the World Trade Organization for global praise and criticism. This volume looks at how these treaties and investor-state arbitrations that apply them accommodate the different expectations of various stockholders, including governments, foreign investors and civil society. The volume’s diverse authors focus especially on the views of developing countries and international civil society. They address the extent to which …
Fdi Perspectives: Issues In International Investment,
2011
SelectedWorks
Fdi Perspectives: Issues In International Investment
Karl P. Sauvant
The 30 chapters in this volume, written by diverse experts on international investment, cover a wide range of issues in this field. Their purpose is to inform readers in a concise manner about some of the important issues and trends in the contemporary debate on FDI and to promote a wide-ranging discussion about the policy implications of major trends and events.
International Investment Law In Transition,
2011
Columbia University
International Investment Law In Transition, Karl P. Sauvant, Jose E. Alvarez
Karl P. Sauvant
Karl P. Sauvant and Jose E. Alvarez, “International Investment Law in Transition,” in Jose E. Alvarez and Karl P. Sauvant, with Kamil Gerard Ahmed and Gabriela del P. Vizcaino, eds., The Evolving International Investment Regime: Expectations, Realities, Options (New York: Oxford University Press, 2011), pp. xxxi-xlii.
China, Inc. Goes Global,
2011
Columbia University
Mnes From Emerging Markets: New Players In The World Fdi Market,
2011
SelectedWorks
Mnes From Emerging Markets: New Players In The World Fdi Market
Karl P. Sauvant
Karl P. Sauvant, Vishwas P. Govitrikar and Ken Davies, eds., MNEs from Emerging Markets: New Players in the World FDI Market (New York: Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment, 2011), e-book, with a Preface by the editors.
Inward And Outward Fdi Country Profiles,
2011
SelectedWorks
Inward And Outward Fdi Country Profiles
Karl P. Sauvant
The key role MNEs play in the global economy through international investment, and the changing landscape of such investment as MNEs as well as host and home economies adjust to changing conditions and objectives, make it important to understand trends and developments with respect to FDI and the policy context in which they take place. This second edition of country profiles seeks to contribute to such an understanding by bringing together, in a single collection, the country profiles on inward and outward FDI prepared as part of the Columbia FDI Profiles series. Authored and peer-reviewed by scholars from around the …
Knowledge Management And Transfers Between North And South Korea At The Kaesong Industrial Complex,
2011
University at Buffalo - SUNY
Knowledge Management And Transfers Between North And South Korea At The Kaesong Industrial Complex, Jeffrey L. Gower
Jeffrey L Gower
The countries of North Korea and South Korea entered into an agreement in 2002 to develop a Special Economic Zone in the Kaesong Industrial Region of North Korea. The resultant Kaesong Industrial Complex, or KIC, was designed to attract South Korean investment and supply South Korean firms with inexpensive North Korean labor to be directed with South Korean management, in return for hard currency payment of land rents and employment for North Korean workers. Other KIC competitive advantages include proximity to the Seoul consumer market and a workforce that speaks a common language. However, North Korean labor had little experience …
Mexico Consensus Economic Forecast, Volume 14, Number 1,
2011
University of Texas at El Paso
Mexico Consensus Economic Forecast, Volume 14, Number 1, Thomas M. Fullerton Jr., Teodulo Soto
Departmental Papers (E & F)
No abstract provided.
Organizational Learning And Capabilities For Onshore And Offshore Business Process Outsourcing,
2011
University of Richmond
Organizational Learning And Capabilities For Onshore And Offshore Business Process Outsourcing, Jonathan W. Whitaker, Sunil Mithas, M. S. Krishnan
Management Faculty Publications
This paper identifies and analyzes firm-level characteristics that facilitate onshore and offshore business process outsourcing (BPO). We use organizational learning and capabilities to develop a conceptual model. We test the conceptual model with archival data on a broad cross section of U. S. firms. Our empirical findings indicate that firms with experience in onshore information technology (IT) outsourcing and capabilities related to IT coordination applications and process codification are more likely to engage in BPO, and firms with experience in internationalization are more likely to engage in offshore BPO. We also find that IT coordination applications have a greater impact …
Offshoring, Outsourcing, And Strategy In The Global Firm,
2011
University of Richmond
Offshoring, Outsourcing, And Strategy In The Global Firm, Stephen Tallman
Management Faculty Publications
Offshore outsourcing of many of the activities of the firm has become a major issue of concern in welfare economics, politics, business management, and international business scholarship. From both practical and scholarly perspectives, though, we must recognize that this is not a new phenomenon, and that neither outsourcing nor offshoring is necessarily the problem that has been represented in the popular and scholarly press (Contractor et al., 2010: Engardio, 2006). The production of goods in locations other than those in which they are sold has been an established strategy of multinational firms for decades--as has the subset of situations in …
Consumption Behavior Of Chinese Urban Residents During Economic Transition: Intermittent And Cyclical Fluctuations,
2011
Rollins College
Consumption Behavior Of Chinese Urban Residents During Economic Transition: Intermittent And Cyclical Fluctuations, Ilan Alon, Xiaotong Jin, Shengliang Deng
Faculty Publications
Although in recent years researchers have attempted to examine the consumption behavior of Chinese residents during economic transition, there still exists a clear gap in the literature to adequately explain the consumption behavior of Chinese urban residents during economic restructuring. This paper, attempting to shed some light on this relationship, proposes a hypothesis of Chinese urban resident consumption behavior during economic transition in China and examines the hypothesis using quantitative models. The conclusion suggests that the consumption of Chinese urban residents is guided by traditional Chinese civilization, and this results in intermittent and cyclical fluctuations in consumption behavior during systemic …
Internationalization, Market Forces, And Domestic Sectoral Institutionalization,
2011
Rollins College
Internationalization, Market Forces, And Domestic Sectoral Institutionalization, Ilan Alon, Demetris Vrontis, Murat Hakan Altintas, Hans Ruediger Kaufmann
Faculty Publications
This paper investigates the influence of micro environmental international entrepreneurship and the macro-environmental market forces on domestic institutionalization of the industrial sector. In doing so, the paper examines the moderating effect of the degree of internationalization on the relationship between domestic market forces and domestic sectoral institutionalization.
Functional Upgrading Through Research And Development In The Czech Automotive Industry,
2011
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Functional Upgrading Through Research And Development In The Czech Automotive Industry, Petr Pavlinek, Jan Ženka, Pavla Žížalová
Geography and Geology Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
Based on firm-level research and development (R&D) data, we evaluate the extent of functional upgrading in the Czech automotive industry between 1998 and 2008. The analysis draws on a unique database of 476 Czech-based automotive firms with 20 and more employees in the broadly defined automotive industry, a survey of 274 automotive firms and twenty-five in-depth company interviews. In addition to assessing changes in the extent of automotive R&D, we analyze the most important locational factors of automotive R&D in Czechia and its regional distribution in the country. We examine changes in the spatial concentration of automotive R&D between 1998 …
The Status Of Recognition And Enforcement Of Judgments In The European Union,
2011
Sacred Heart University
The Status Of Recognition And Enforcement Of Judgments In The European Union, Michael D. Larobina, Richard L. Pate
WCBT Working Papers
International trade and the free movement of people are inevitably followed by legal disputes. Such litigants require an efficient and predictable dispute resolution mechanism capable of handling cases between diverse nationals. An essential part of such mechanism is a clearly defined process of judgment enforcement across national boundaries. In the past several decades, the European Union (“EU”) has necessarily addressed judgment enforcement across the boundaries of its member nations (“Member States”). Citizens of the EU need to prosecute and defend their legal rights in their home and in other EU member states. Presently, the EU is, again, considering such issues …
