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From Empire to Aid: Analysing Persistence of Colonial Legacies in Foreign Aid to Africa

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For decades now, Western development agencies and donors have been castigated for their colonial biases in providing aid to Africa. It is well established that donors provide considerably more foreign aid to their former colonies relative to other countries.
Swetha Ramachandran
wiley   +1 more source

“Unicorns and Hacks”: Revolving-Door Lobbyists and the Cultivation of Political Credibility

Socius
How do revolving-door lobbyists produce corporate political influence? The revolving door, or the circulation of personnel between government and lobbying, has garnered significant attention as an avenue for undue private influence over policymaking.
Wendy Y. Li
doaj   +1 more source

Toward Faster Recalls of Dangerous Medical Devices: Does Ownership by Large Institutional Investors Matter?

Journal of Operations Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recall delays expose consumers to prolonged risk and undermine a firm's long‐term performance and reputation. Building on agency theory's conceptualization of principal‐agent relationships, we theorize that large institutional investors play an important monitoring role wherein their ownership encourages faster recalls. We then build on agency
Jessica L. Darby, Kaitlin D. Wowak, David J. Ketchen Jr., Brian L. Connelly   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Corporations and Public Health: Overview and Case Study of GE Healthcare: Most Admired Company or Foe of Public Health?

Social Medicine, 2010
This article reviews the activities of GE Healthcare and its parent company, General Electric (ranked by Forbes Magazine in 2008 as the world's largest company), which have been antithetical to public health.
Martin Donohoe, Claire Robinson
doaj  

Defence Contractors and Nuclear Modernisation: Corporate Roles in Sustaining Nuclear Weapons Programs in the U.S., U.K. and France

Intergenerational Justice Review
Behind every modern nuclear arsenal lies a robust industrial ecosystem that quietly sustains it. While existing literature has primarily focused on the state’s strategic motivations behind nuclear development, far less attention has been paid to the ...
Susi Snyder
doaj   +1 more source

Corporate Psychopaths as Risk Factors: The Role of Managerial Control and Competition for Risk Governance

Strategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The increasing prevalence of corporate scandals and dysfunction linked to psychopathic leaders has prompted significant research into the drivers and effects of psychopathy in business. This paper examines corporate psychopathy, focusing on individuals with extreme selfishness, callousness, and manipulative behavior who often achieve ...
Florian Fuchs
wiley   +1 more source

Inside the Black Box: Understanding Organizational Decision Making Processes in VC Funds

Strategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Organizational decision making within venture capital (VC) funds remains an unexplored “black box” despite its critical role in navigating investment uncertainty. This paper develops a conceptual framework that integrates established theories of organizational decision making and adapts them to the VC context. By synthesizing Buying Center (BC)
Anna Khoroshylova, Norbert Linn, Carolin Bock   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unpacking Corporate Twin Transformation Through Configurational Analysis

Strategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study focuses on the interplay of factors that influence the leveraging of effective corporate Twin Transformation (TT) which enables organizations to address burgeoning regulations, evolving customer needs, and rising awareness on sustainability.
Rutuja Lanjewar Haindl, Julia Stefanie Roppelt, Martin Leipziger, Dominik K. Kanbach, Sascha Kraus   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Politics of Growth: Can Lobbying Raise Growth and Welfare? [PDF]

This paper aims at analyzing the eects of lobbying over economic growth and primarily welfare. We model explicitly the interaction be- tween policy-makers and rms in a setup where the latter undertakes political contributions to the former in exchange ...
Julio, Paulo
core  

Blockchain Technology as a Catalyst for Business Model Transformation and Organizational Change: Insights From Finnish Case Studies

Strategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Blockchain technology entails more than new operational tools; it is a strategic decision‐making challenge that reshapes how organizations create, deliver, and capture value. This research uses a multiple‐case study approach in the Finnish context, conducting 11 semi‐structured interviews.
Melisa Petra Benchis, Khuram Shahzad, Sorin Dan, Syed Hammad Ul Haq   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source