Strategic Leadership in Corporate Social Responsibility
We propose a strategic theory of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Shareholder maximizers commit to a mission statement that extends beyond firm...
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For Whom is the Corporation Managed in 2020?: The Debate over Corporate Purpose
A high profile public debate is taking place over one of the oldest questions in corporate law, namely, “For whom is the corporation managed?” In...
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The Future of the Corporation and the Economics of Purpose
This article examines the economic underpinnings of the concept of corporate purpose, which has gained increasing attention from business academics,...
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Corporate Purpose and Corporate Competition
The large American corporation faces ever-rising pressure to pursue a purpose beyond shareholder profit. This rising pressure interacts with changes...
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The Economics of Higher Purpose
We develop a theory of how the intersection of business goals and the pursuit of ?higher purpose?? something that produces a non-pecuniary social...
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Varieties of Shareholderism: Three Views of the Corporate Purpose Cathedral
This Chapter seeks to make three modest contributions by offering views of the corporate purpose cathedral that bear on the role of law in it. These views...
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Higher Purpose, Banking and Stability
This paper provides survey evidence on higher purpose for individuals and organizations and develops a theoretical model consistent with the...
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Personal and Organizational Higher Purpose, Corporate Governance and Shareholder Value: Survey Results
This paper reports the findings of a recent survey of 1019 individuals to learn about their commitment to and perceived value from personal and...
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The Governance of Corporate Purpose
This paper was written for a Festschrift in honour of Rolf Skog. Concepts of corporate purpose which have risen to the fore recently emphasize a point...
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Should Corporations Have a Purpose?
Corporate purpose is the hot topic in corporate governance. Critics are calling for corporations to shift their purpose away from shareholder value as a...
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Research Handbook on Comparative Corporate Governance: Introduction
This chapter introduces the Research Handbook on Comparative Corporate Governance and surveys several of the central themes addressed in the book....
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Is There a Role for Benefit Corporations in the New Sustainable Governance Framework?
In this paper, we ask whether benefit corporations have a role to play in the emerging EU sustainable governance framework. In sec. 2, we briefly...
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