BAWB Working Paper Series

BAWB Working Paper Series http://worldbenefit.case.edu/research/paperseries Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:27:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Introduction to Special Issue: The Global Forum David S. Bright and Lindsey Godwin We are pleased to feature papers from the 2006 BAWB Global Forum in this Special Issue of the BAWB Interactive Working Paper series. Convened by the Academy of Management, the United Nations Global Compact and Case Weatherhead School of Management, the Global Forum was held ... http://worldbenefit.case.edu/research/paperseries/?p=97 Beyond a Better Mousetrap: A Cultural Analysis of the Adoption of Bio-Fuels in Brazil Kathryn Aten and Luciara Nardon Download Aten and Nardon.pdf Abstract: Technology development has traditionally been viewed as an efficient, linear process. However, recent conceptions of technology development contradict this view, suggesting that a particular technology results from many possible paths, which are the object of political maneuverings and conflict. From this perspective, ... http://worldbenefit.case.edu/research/paperseries/?p=139 Community-Based Enterprise As An Strategy for Poverty Alleviation Ana Maria Peredo and James J. ChrismanAna Ana Maria Peredo is affiliated with the University of Victoria and James J. Chrisman is affiliated with the University of Alberta Please note that the latest version of this paper has been published in the Academy of Management Review. Link to this article in Academy of ... http://worldbenefit.case.edu/research/paperseries/?p=142 Conceptualising Organizations: Building Collaborative Network Organizations for Development Jonathan E. Sibley, Central Queensland University (New Zealand) Download Sibley.pdf Abstract: Using a case analysis of an innovative and successful collaboration between a multinational bank, a major development actor, a regulator, several local providers and local community leaders, we demonstrate that, by structuring relationships to create a collaborative network organization, the seemingly ... http://worldbenefit.case.edu/research/paperseries/?p=143 The Primacy of Fiduciary Duties and Their Implications for Corporate Governance, Management Values, and Allocation of Business-Developed Wealth among Stakeholders David E. Dudek, University of Massachusetts at Amherst Download Dudek.pdf Abstract: This paper develops an analysis-based, yet optimistic, view of the potential of corporate leadership to respond to the social issues as identified at this Global Forum. The paper accomplishes this be analyzing the major developments of fiduciary duty in the United States ... http://worldbenefit.case.edu/research/paperseries/?p=146 The Primacy of Fiduciary Duties and Their Implications for Corporate Governance, Management Values, and Allocation of Business-Developed Wealth Among Stakeholders Maureen A. Kilgour, Collège universitaire de St-Boniface (Canada) and Warwick Business School, Coventry (England) Download Kilgour.pdf Abstract: According to the World Bank, the achievement of women’s equality is a crucial component in addressing the broader challenges of poverty and development. In support of this goal, this paper attempts to bring together dialogues on ... http://worldbenefit.case.edu/research/paperseries/?p=149 Ignorance Management: Business and the Precautionary Principle Steve Maquire, McGill University Download Maguire.pdf Abstract: For business to be or to become an agent of world benefit, it must have knowledge of its impacts on the world – are these, overall, beneficial or not and are they improving or deteriorating? This appears straightforward yet is often highly problematic. Some problems ... http://worldbenefit.case.edu/research/paperseries/?p=151 Global Changes and Challenges For Firms in the Future: Can the Generation of Alternative Scenarios Be a Useful Coping Mechanism? Alfred Marcus, University of Minnesota Download Marcus.pdf Abstract: This paper analyzes the interaction among four daunting challenges that businesses face: terror, energy prices, population movements, and climate change. Focusing mostly on the former two, it assesses how these challenges may affect the global economy and examines the roles that governments and technological advances ... http://worldbenefit.case.edu/research/paperseries/?p=152 Institutional Transformation in an Emerging Economy: Mexican Business from 1995 through 1998 Sandra M. Martinez, U.S. Army War College Download Martinez.pdf Abstract: This study presents findings interpreting ethnographic and archival data gathered during the period of crisis, adjustment, and institutional transformation in Mexico extending from 1995 through 1998, following the peso devaluation of December 1994. During this time Mexican entrepreneurs and managers were forced ... http://worldbenefit.case.edu/research/paperseries/?p=155 CEO Profile of Bruce Borup, Cape Fox Corporation: The Expansion of an Indigenously Owned Business beyond Timber and Tourism Tracy M. Stewart and Kristina S. Lawton Tracy M. Stewart is an Associate Professor of Leadership and Strategy and the Director of the MBA Program at Alaska Pacific University in Anchorage, Alaska. Kristina S. Lawton is a Business Consultant, with offices in Sydney, Australia and New York City, New York. Download Steward ... http://worldbenefit.case.edu/research/paperseries/?p=156 Sustainable Business Policy and Practice in Gold Mining: A Case Study of Collaboration betweeen Newmont Mining and the Daniels College of Business Dennis Wittmer, Bruce Hutton, Darla Caudle, and Abby Curnow-Chavez Dennis Wittmer and Bruce Huttton are affiliated with the University of Denver Darla Caudle and Abby Curnow-Chavez are affiliated with Newmont Mining Download Wittmer et al.pdf Abstract: The Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver and Newmont Mining, one of the ... http://worldbenefit.case.edu/research/paperseries/?p=159