•Â	This study examines how country-level, industry-level, and firm-level factors affect the extent of corporate communications about CSR in Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC). In particular, using data from the 105 largest MNCs in BRIC, we investigate CSR motives, processes, and stakeholder issues discussed in corporate communications.
•Â	At the country level, based on a newly developed governance environment framework that differentiates between rule-based and relation-based governance, our study reveals that a country’s governance environment is the most important driving force behinds CSR communications intensity.
•Â	Our results show that firms communicating more CSR tend to be larger firms in the manufacturing industry in more rule-based societies. These firms also tend to have stronger corporate governance as measured by a high proportion of outside board directors and a separation of the roles of the chairman and the CEO.

• Content Type Journal Article
• DOI 10.1007/s11575-010-0049-9
• Authors
  • Shaomin Li, Department of Management, College of Business & Public Administration, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, USA
  • Marc Fetscherin, Department of International Business, Rollins College, Winter Park, USA
  • Ilan Alon, George D. and Harriet W. Cornell Chair of International Business, Rollins College, Winter Park, USA
  • Christoph Lattemann, Business Administration and Information Management, School of Humanities & Social Sciences—SHSS, Jacobs University Bremen, Bremen, Germany
  • Kuang Yeh, Department of Business Management, College of Management, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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  • Journal Management International Review
  • Online ISSN 1861-8901
  • Print ISSN 0938-8249
  • Journal Volume Volume 50
  • Journal Issue Volume 50, Number 5

Publication year: 2010
Source: Futures, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 24 September 2010

Mary, Lawhon , Panate, Manomaivibool , Hiromi, Inagaki

Transdisciplinarity has been accepted as a promising research approach to respond to complex real-world problems such as electronic waste (e-waste). Already one of the fastest growing waste streams, e-waste is a sustainability challenge that shadows the pervasive uses of electronic devices in contemporary society. Previous studies have not only shown the toxicity and risks inherent in the hazardous waste but also economic value generated from its reuse and recycling and the environment justice implications of the existing transboundary movement of e-waste to developing countries. Responding to this multifaceted issue requires a transdisciplinary attempt at synthesis understandings, if not solutions. This...

Publication year: 2010
Source: Futures, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 15 September 2010

Ian, Thomson

We seek to develop the conceptual and practical understanding of causal ambiguity. Specifically we extend current thinking by setting out three types of causal ambiguity, based on whether firm resources are perceived to display linkage and/or characteristic ambiguity, and by examining for each type the impact of causal ambiguity on the sustainability of competitive advantage and on rent appropriation. We highlight the difficulties decision-makers face when they perceive ambiguity and finally we explore some implications of ambiguity with respect to resource-creation processes.