...Gilbert Lenssen; David Bevan; Joan Fontrodona; Peter Löscher Purpose This paper seeks to discuss the sustainability of the global economy. Design/methodology/approach The approach takes the form of a discursive narrative based on practitioner experience. Findings...

...Gilbert Lenssen; David Bevan; Joan Fontrodona; Jan Aart Scholte Purpose This paper aims to clarify the character of globalization, to identify the changes it brings to structures of governance, and to consider ways in which these arrangements could be made to serve a good (more global) society...

...G. Lenssen; S. Tyson; S. Pickard; D. Bevan; David Bevan; Matthew Gitsham Purpose This paper sets out to reveal the extent to which the experience of senior managers as organizational change leaders in a time of contemporary crisis may be discerned to reflect strands of earlier globalization...

...Gilbert Lenssen; Daniel Arenas; Peter Lacy; Simon Pickard; André Nijhof; Dai Forterre; Ronald Jeurissen Purpose This paper aims to explore new forms of control that can address the legitimacy problems of globally‐integrated enterprises. Design/methodology/approach In a conceptual...

... and South Africa, this combined with perceived high risks and opportunities associated with the global economy, including the need for inward investment, export growth, and currency stability. Both cases blend what would historically be seen as conservative macro‐economic policies with more radical...

... are required for that role to face the challenges of globalization and the crisis of the welfare state. Design/methodology/approach The literature on public management reform and modernization initiatives in developed countries over the last two decades, along with the growing body of literature...

... of protectionism. To avoid this, CSR must be supported, rather than imposed, through building innovative partnerships and through a demand‐driven educational agenda. Governance Corporate social responsibility Supply chain management Partnership Vietnam Globalization Our research encompassed...

... in global governance and discusses how firms could face the challenges of complex accountability demands. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Management accountability Corporate governance Governance Globalization The conference “Global governance, the role of business an its...

... starts off by explaining how enterprises transformed from the international corporation model of the nineteenth century, to the multinational corporation model of the twentieth century, to the globally integrated model of the twenty‐first century. It argues that, although the multinational model helped...

...Gilbert Lenssen; Daniel Arenas; Peter Lacy; Simon Pickard; Jorge A. Arevalo; Francis T. Fallon Purpose The changing nature of the interaction between multilateral institutions and the private sector, such as the one extended by the United Nations (UN) through the Global Compact, has raised...

... for aligning CSR‐oriented industrial self‐regulation with public governance to fill some of the governance gap in the global economy. Design/methodology/approach The paper provides a conceptual discussion, empirically underpinned by three case studies. Findings The paper finds...

.../methodology/approach The approach is based on developing a conceptualization of various CSR strategic options. The paper also incorporates key global considerations for moving home country CSR strategies to host country operations. Findings The analysis suggests that CSR can not be separated...

... protection to investors have attracted more capital in the process of globalization. As the demand for capital is growing in both the developed and the developing economies, the need to establish good governance practices has gained momentum. Governance practices however, are not uniform across nations...

...Peter Lorange This article is based on the author’s experience as head of a leading international business school, with strong embedded values in providing the highest level of quality business education within a global perspective. The scope of the article is one of focusing on a global business...

...Roland Pérez The concept of global responsibility (GR) was devised to extend the traditional set of references for management responsibility. In analytical terms, we are forced to take externalities into account in management behavior, in a way, to try and externalize them. Two reference models...

...Eric Cornuel; Pierre Kletz The notion of global responsibility is coming to light as it appears that the control of the economies by nation‐states has proved inefficient. Therefore, solutions are often sought by appealing to responsibility (for enterprises, individuals, interest groups...

... for the beings which are affected by its functioning. To meet its global responsibilities business should become sustainable, pro‐social and future‐enhancing. © MCB UP Limited 2003 In his book Jonas’s basic preoccupation is the impact of modern technology on the human condition. The major theses...

...Louise Gardiner; Catherine Rubbens; Elena Bonfiglioli Focuses on “big business” and what is seen as its growing influence on the state of the world and argues that increasing globalization is posing significant challenges that require new thinking about global governance, particularly with regard...

...Yvan Biefnot This article describes the views expressed about global responsibility by a variety of reputed individuals or groups: academics, political and religious authorities, NGO, private enterprises, etc. If there is, in the main, a rather common understanding of the word “global” (universal...

...Eleanor R.E. O’Higgins Much of the debate on the alleged evils and merits of globalization has been based on after‐the‐fact argument. Depending on the protagonist’s viewpoint, the delights or, more often, the miseries of civil society, especially in developing countries, have been attributed...