The European Business Review

By Christopher Alden
Spurred on by the global financial crisis, leading emerging states such as China have taken an increasingly commanding role in global economic affairs in response to the trauma experienced by Western industrialised states. Nowhere is this trend more evident than in Africa, a continent traditionally regarded as sitting on the margins of the [...]

By Natalie Slawinski and Tima Bansal
No industry is as visible and active in the climate change debate as the energy industry. Almost every day, managers are addressing the short-term and long-term implications of their policies for dealing with this issue. The authors of this article interviewed over 50 managers in 8 firms in the oil [...]

By Mikkel Kallesoe
All of the Earth’s ecosystems have been changed by human actions in some way in the past 50 years. This was the troubling conclusion in 2005 of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, perhaps the most comprehensive audit ever of the world’s natural resources. All ecosystems, it said, had been severely compromised in their ability [...]

By Simon Groves
The 2010 FIFA World Cup demonstrates that patriatism is alive and well throughout the world, and the images of ecstatic – some would say fanatical – supporters urging their national teams to victory, not to mention the constant deafening barrage of the now world famous (or should that be infamous?) vuvuzelas, still resonate [...]

By Samantha Gorse and Simon Chadwick
The issue of corruption in sport is becoming ever more important and controversial, especially given the global reach sport has and the millions of dollars invested in sport by companies. The aim of this article is to define and conceptualise corruption in sport and begin to discuss the implications [...]

By Adam Turteltaub, The Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics

There is a tendency to believe that we can fully understand risk and fully manage it.  Or, can we?

Over the last few years embracing risk has been celebrated to an extraordinary degree.  Risk management, enterprise risk management, and GRC (Governance, Risk and [...]

By Adam Turteltaub, SCCE

It used to be companies were fairly comfortable with the idea that risk ended at the factory door.  Outsource a solution, and it was less likely to tarnish the company’s reputation or lead to fines and other penalties.
Not so today.  Melamine contamination showed the risks of outsourcing manufacturing, both vividly and tragically.
And, [...]

By Lloyd Timberlake, WBCSD

What would a world increasingly shaped by sustainable development issues look like? In fact, what would a “sustainable” world look like?

Try to imagine a world of 9+ billion people where all can meet their needs in ways that do not destroy planetary systems. Now try to imagine why a group of business [...]

With the right conditions in place — education, entrepreneurialism, and environmental awareness among them — a young, eager, educated workforce can be the key to prosperity.

In June 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama noted in a speech at a Wisconsin town hall meeting that the U.S. would have to take decisive steps to better educate its [...]

By Richard Morrish, MIG Investment SA

The credit crisis has placed the BRIC and particularly China and Russia to the forefront of global policy decisions. Things have changed with China and Russia both now holding large amounts of global currency reserves which is in direct contrast to the US, which is holding most of the global [...]