Investors finance business enterprises and can be critical players in the growth and strategic direction of a company. Financial institutions play the important role of facilitating investment and advising businesses on their strategic growth. This chapter provides teachers of business and human...

Gender has long been overlooked in CSR, but there is now a growing awareness of gender in both the corporate sphere and the academic literature. This chapter focuses on the application of CSR by multinational companies and retailers to protect the rights of workers in their global value chains....

This chapter will explain how a viable systems model developed from cybernetics, the science of communications and controls in machines and living things, can be adapted to the governance of initiatives delivered through projects and programs aimed to achieve the United Nations Sustainable...

This chapter sets out how a partnership with a training provider whose modus operandi is employer engagement can help a university’s international students secure more industry placements and graduate employment as a result of a placement. Results from a current pilot programme clearly...

The challenge and value of managing uncertainty, risk and stakeholders in complex projects is well recognised in both academic and practitioner literature. However, literature tends to look at these managerial processes separately rather than holistically. In this chapter we present causal...

Killing Eve (BBC 2018–2022) has been hailed as a feminist television show. Its cinematic production values call upon a history of espionage on screen, encompassing international intrigue and glamorised hyperviolent action sequences. Is this violent aesthetic a cathartic reference to newly...

The application of mixed methods research (MMR) across business and management fields has grown rapidly since 2000. We map this evolution by examining three key indicators: (1) the publication of books on MMR, (2) MMR academic associations, and (3) MMR journals. This is followed by an overview...

In this chapter, we explore ways of thinking about men’s position in contributing to the aims of feminist activism and theorizing. First, we explore how research topic and design frames men’s engagement with feminism. We share examples from our own research practice to illustrate how easily...

Organizational authenticity involves the rhetorical claim by an organization that its identity is true, genuine, real, etc. in reference to a standard of consistency, compliance, or connection that answers the question “the organization is an authentic what?” These claims can be employed to...

Health costs, mortality risk and the benefits of healthy choices are frequently misestimated and undervalued by individuals, resulting in too many health risks relative to the social (and sometimes individual) optimal and increasing pressure on the health system. Regulatory requirements and...