Corporate Social Responsibility in a Globalizing World

• Hardcover | Engels | Business and Public Policy
• Why do corporations increasingly engage in good deeds that do not immediately help their bottom line, and what are the consequences of these activitie... Lees meer

Incentives to Pander

Nathan M Jensen, Edmund J Malesky

• Paperback | Engels | Business and Public Policy
• Policies targeting individual companies for economic development incentives, such as tax holidays and abatements, are generally seen as inefficient, e... Lees meer

Globalizing India

Aseema Sinha

• Paperback | Engels | Business and Public Policy
• India's recent economic transformation has fascinated scholars, global leaders, and interested observers alike. In 1990, India was a closed economy an... Lees meer

Public Forces and Private Politics in American Big Business

Timothy Werner

• Paperback | Engels | Business and Public Policy
• What are the political motivations behind firms' decisions to adopt policies that self-regulate their behavior in a manner that is beyond compliance w... Lees meer

Beyond Politics

Michael P Vandenbergh, Jonathan M Gilligan

• Paperback | Engels | Business and Public Policy
• Private sector action provides one of the most promising opportunities to reduce the risks of climate change, buying time while governments move slowl... Lees meer

The Institutions Curse

Victor Menaldo

• Hardcover | Engels | Business and Public Policy
• The 'resource curse' is the view that countries with extensive natural resources tend to suffer from a host of undesirable outcomes, including the wea... Lees meer

Incentives to Pander

Nathan M Jensen, Edmund J Malesky

• Hardcover | Engels | Business and Public Policy
• Policies targeting individual companies for economic development incentives, such as tax holidays and abatements, are generally seen as inefficient, e... Lees meer

Globalizing Oil

Llewelyn Hughes

• Paperback | Engels | Business and Public Policy
• Oil is the world's most important commodity. It is also one of the most politicized, with national oil companies controlling most of the world's reser... Lees meer

The Profits of Distrust

Manuel P Teodoro, Samantha Zuhlke, David Switzer

• Paperback | Engels | Business and Public Policy
• The burgeoning bottled water industry presents a paradox: Why do people choose expensive, environmentally destructive bottled water, rather than cheap... Lees meer

Grassroots for Hire

Edward T Walker

• Hardcover | Engels | Business and Public Policy
• Although 'grassroots' conjures up images of independent citizen organizing, much mass participation today is sponsored by elite consultants working fo... Lees meer

Political Economies of Energy Transition

Kathryn Hochstetler

• Hardcover | Engels | Business and Public Policy
• Global climate solutions depend on low-carbon energy transitions in developing countries, but little is known about how those will unfold. Examining t... Lees meer

Governance Entrepreneurs

Liliana B Andonova

• Paperback | Engels | Business and Public Policy
• Global partnerships have transformed international institutions by creating platforms for direct collaboration with NGOs, foundations, companies and l... Lees meer

Globalizing Oil

Llewelyn Hughes

• Hardcover | Engels | Business and Public Policy
• Oil is the world's most important commodity. It is also one of the most politicized, with national oil companies controlling most of the world's reser... Lees meer

Power Grab

Paasha Mahdavi

• Paperback | Engels | Business and Public Policy
• For rulers whose territories are blessed with extractive resources - such as petroleum, metals, and minerals that will power the clean energy transiti... Lees meer

Private Governance and Public Authority

Stefan Renckens

• Paperback | Engels | Business and Public Policy
• At a time of significant concern about the sustainability of the global economy, businesses are eager to display responsible corporate practices. Whil... Lees meer

Authoritarian Capitalism

Richard W Carney

• Hardcover | Engels | Business and Public Policy
• Since 1945, the liberal-democratic model of capitalism spread across the globe, ultimately prevailing over communism. Over the past two decades, a new... Lees meer

Grassroots for Hire

Edward T Walker

• Paperback | Engels | Business and Public Policy
• Although 'grassroots' conjures up images of independent citizen organizing, much mass participation today is sponsored by elite consultants working fo... Lees meer

Merging Interests

Sarah Bauerle Danzman

• Hardcover | Engels | Business and Public Policy
• Why do governments open their economies to multinational enterprises (MNEs)? Some argue democratic forces promote this openness, but many citizen grou... Lees meer

Beyond Politics

Michael P Vandenbergh, Jonathan M Gilligan

• Hardcover | Engels | Business and Public Policy
• Private sector action provides one of the most promising opportunities to reduce the risks of climate change, buying time while governments move slowl... Lees meer

Corporate Social Responsibility in a Globalizing World

• Paperback | Engels | Business and Public Policy
• Why do corporations increasingly engage in good deeds that do not immediately help their bottom line, and what are the consequences of these activitie... Lees meer

The Managerial Sources of Corporate Social Responsibility

Christian R Thauer

• Paperback | Engels | Business and Public Policy
• Why and under which conditions do companies voluntarily adopt high social and environmental standards? Christian R. Thauer looks inside the firm to il... Lees meer

Public Forces and Private Politics in American Big Business

Timothy Werner

• Hardcover | Engels | Business and Public Policy
• What are the political motivations behind firms' decisions to adopt policies that self-regulate their behavior in a manner that is beyond compliance w... Lees meer

The Cost of Doing Politics

Jane L Sumner

• Hardcover | Engels | Business and Public Policy
• Using quantitative and qualitative evidence, Sumner shows how consumer boycotts can work to dissuade companies from donating money to politicians, but... Lees meer

The Rise of Global Corporate Social Responsibility

Hevina S Dashwood

• Hardcover | Engels | Business and Public Policy
• Combining insights from international relations theory with institutional approaches from organization theory and public policy, this book provides a ... Lees meer