Purpose – This paper aims to explore the effect of business strategy on socially responsible supply chain management (SR‐SCM). Design/methodology/approach – This study draws on data from 178 UK‐based companies, and 340 buyer‐supplier relationships. A novel data collection approach is...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a snapshot of environmental management practices in the UK and discuss managerial responses to environmental issues in comparison with earlier research. Design/methodology/approach – A telephone interview survey approach is adopted...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a snapshot of environmental management practices in the UK and discuss managerial responses to environmental issues in comparison with earlier research. Design/methodology/approach – A telephone interview survey approach is adopted...

The charitable giving of a large sample of publicly quoted UK firms is analysed within a model that explores the profit maximisation and managerial utility enhancement motives for giving. The empirical method draws a distinction between the decision to participate in giving and the determination...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate corporate social disclosure (CSD) assurance from a stakeholder perspective within a study which encompasses both stakeholder preferences and demand drivers of CSD assurance. Design/methodology/approach – Stakeholder perceptions of and...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to analyse the role of relational power/dependent asymmetries and symmetries in shaping socially responsible supply chain management, whilst also examining how these issues are moderated by geographical distance between buyer and supplier....

Purpose – This study aims to investigate the availability and performance of different types of supplier in China. Design/methodology/approach – The analysis is based on a survey of the purchasing behaviour of 75 western firms with manufacturing facilities in the eastern seaboard region of...

This article investigates the performance of EU-based transnational marketing joint ventures (MJVs) through a set of case studies. The results emphasise the instability inherent in MJVs, and in most cases instability reflected poor performance rather than the evolution of a successful venture in...