Purpose – To examine the leadership requirements and challenges that need to be considered for future organizational sustainability. Design/methodology/approach – The approach adopted focuses on the pool of talent available and required within the organization and how a philosophy of shared...

Although the current wave of globalization is the result of unprecedented scientific and technological advances, through history, movements of an international nature have been, to a large extent, about the spread of political and economic ideas across borders. “Geopolitical realism is based...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine how to further embed CSR thinking and practice into corporations, particularly in emerging markets, by reviewing and drawing similarities between key issues faced by all senior managers, namely ethics, leadership, personal responsibility and trust....

Purpose – This paper aims to examine current research trends into corporate governance and to propose a different dynamic, humanistic approach based on individual purpose, values and psychology. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews selected literature to analyse the assumptions...

Improved integration, centralized databases, access through Web browsers and application service providers (ASPs) are some of the current trends impacting on organizational decisions regarding IS/IT outsourcing. Web‐based technology liberated the client/server IT model from the limits of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to outline concepts that can build an ethical society. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines selected literature on citizenship through the lens of theory building‐blocks. It identifies the role of leadership in society and its importance...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the serious limitations of neo‐liberal capitalism and urge for a shift to socialized capital before further economic deterioration leads to a succession of global conflicts. Design/methodology/approach – This conceptual paper adopts a...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the critical assumptions lying behind the Anglo American model of corporate governance. Design/methodology/approach – Literature review examining the concept of a nexus of contracts underpinning agency theory which, it is argued, act as the...

Purpose This paper aims to present the outcomes from 40 one-to-one semi-structured interviews and 12 focus group sessions with company secretaries, chairmen, CEOs, chief financial officer (CFOs), senior independent director (SIDs) and NEDs, about the role of the company secretary....

Purpose – This paper seeks to provide a comprehensive review of the literature on the governance of international joint ventures (IJVs). Design/methodology/approach – Through focusing on IJV boards and top teams, examination of the current debate regarding IJV directors' contribution to...