Description
Book SynopsisThe world has gone through profound change since 2019, which has impacted economies, organisations, societies, and ways of working. Now, more than ever, businesses need to be prepared and resilient to large-scale changes. Written by experts, the chapters collected here address various issues such as climate change and the pandemic, suggesting ways in which future crises can be managed successfully and sharing best practice from what we have learned from recent crises.
The globally diverse authorship in Corporate Resilience brings together a range of perspectives on corporate resilience and crisis management from varying industries to explore this topic in great depth. Areas studied range from building global resilience through sustainable development and social responsibility, to corporate resilience, environmental investment, internet financial reporting and reporting on human rights.
Developments in Corporate Governance and Responsibility offers the latest research on topical issues international experts and has practical relevance to business managers.
Table of ContentsPart 1. Building Global Resilience
Chapter 1. Resilience, Dynamism and Sustainable Development: Adaptive Organisational Capability through Learning in Recurrent Crises; Dianne Bolton, Mohshin Habib, and Terry Landells
Chapter 2. Social Aspects of Telework and Organisations during an Unforeseen Crisis; Ana Maria Davila Gomez and David Crowther
Chapter 3. Building Resilience for a Future Organisation; Elaine Conway and Parminder Johal
Chapter 4. Rethinking Sustainable Development Under Climate Change in Nigeria: A Strategic Analysis; Lukman Raimi and Fatimah Mayowa Lukman
Chapter 5. Socio Cultural and Religious Drivers of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in India; Amit Kumar Srivastava, Shailja Dixit, and AkanshaAbhi Srivastava
Part 2. Corporate Resilience
Chapter 6. A Paradigm for Examining the Interplay of Environmental Investment, Environmental Disclosure and Firm Performance in China; Ruopiao Zhang and Carlos Noronha
Chapter 7. Choice of Law and Jurisdiction Uncertainties in E-contract’s Commercial Governance: A Recommendation for Mauritius; Ambareen Beebeejaun and Rajendra Parsad Gunputh
Chapter 8. What Shapes Internet Financial Reporting in Africa? Exploring Firm v Country Factors; Dineshwar Ramdhony, Oren Mooneeapen, and Ajmal Bakerally
Chapter 9. Effectiveness of the Lean Service Principle in controlling the Civil Service Wage Bill: A Case Study of the Government of Eswatini; Sabelo G. Sifundza and Md. Humayun Kabir
Chapter 10. Towards Sustainable Prosperity for Host Communities: Appraisal of the Nigerian Petroleum Industry Act 2021; Victor Ediagbonya and Comfort Tioluwani
Chapter 11. Reporting on Human Rights by Large Corporates: Interplay between Comprehensiveness and Narrative Manipulation; Leana Esterhuyse and Elda du Toit
