The objective of this paper is to present different approaches that explain the corporate social responsibility. First, we describe two approaches based on economic (rational approach) and moral considerations (moral approach). Second, we propose an alternative approach that suggests that...

Crisis response is generally acknowledged as a crucial aspect of crisis management. Crisis response often requires a need to improvise because the circumstances demand spontaneous innovation that departs from established procedures. Although previous research has acknowledged improvisation as a...

Brazil's energy sector has undergone rapid changes over the last several years. A growing economy and increasing power demand has spurred a complete restructuring of the wholesale power market and government privatization, adding uncertainty to the market. After a severe crisis, Lula’s...

The aim of this work consists of a panoramic study of trading halts (trading reservations and suspensions) in the different world stock Exchanges. We draw up an inventory of the regulatory environments. We then compare the practices on the international financial markets. We show that the...

The development of the movement of social responsibility throughout the world encouraged the emergence of standards on corporate social responsibility to meet the needs for credibility and comparability of the behaviors of the companies. It is in this objective that the reference frame of social...