The literature on the convergence of corporate governance systems across different institutional contexts has often taken the role of ‘agents of convergence’ for granted. Against this background, we examine the influences of three major agents – international organisations, rating...

Purpose: This paper aims to examine two important issues in corporate social responsibility (CSR) scholarship. First, the study problematises CSR as a form of self-regulation. Second, the research explores how CSR strategies can enable firms to recognise and internalise their externalities...

Introduction -- Africapitalism : a management idea for business in Africa? -- Business elites to the rescue! Reframing capitalism and constructing an expert identity : implications for Africapitalism -- Africapitalism and corporate governance -- Rethinking human capital development in Africa :...

We present a critique of corporate governance research grounded in agency theory and propose that cross-national comparison of corporate governance should consider how the nature and extent of agency relationships differ across different institutional contexts. Building on prior governance...

There are few better examples of public policy being used to cut through what might to many seem to be sound legal reasoning than in the recent decision of the House of Lords in Re Supply of Ready‐mixed Concrete (No. 2), Director General of Fair Trading v Pioneer Concrete (UK) and Another ....

On announcing the debacle of Barings, the Bank of England emphasised that the circumstances were ‘unique to Barings’ in an attempt to calm its effect on the rest of the financial community. But those in charge of banking and securities operations around the world must know that what has...