GLOBALISATION, GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS: NEW MANAGERIAL AND ECONOMIC INSIGHTS -- GLOBALISATION, GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS: NEW MANAGERIAL AND ECONOMIC INSIGHTS -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: GLOBALISATION, GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS: THE MAIN ISSUES -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. AN OVERVIEW OF PART I: SUSTAINABILITY -- 3. AN OVERVIEW OF PART II: POWER AND COUNTERVAILING POWER -- 4. AN OVERVIEW OF PART III: PARTNERSHIPS -- 5. AN OVERVIEW OF PART IV: GLOCAL GOVERNANCE -- 6. AN OVERVIEW OF PART V:MODELLING -- 7. AN OVERVIEW OF PART VI: ETHICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PART I: SUSTAINABILITY -- Chapter 2: REFLECTIONS ON THE FUTURE OF CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY IN A GLOBALISING WORLD -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. INTERNATIONAL EVENTS -- 3. GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS APPLIED TO SUSTAINABILITY -- 4. REFLECTIONS ON THE THEME -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE,GLOBALISATION AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. CONSEQUENCES OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC SYSTEM ANDINCREASED GLOBALISATION FOR THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT -- 2.1. The Tendency of Modern Economic Systems to Reduce the Felt MoralResponsibility of Individuals for Environmental Damage Caused by theirEconomic Activity -- 2.2. Can Economic Globalisation by Stimulating Economic Growth ActuallyLead to Environmental Improvement in the Absence of Greater GovernmentRegulation of Economic Activity? -- 3. IMPORTANT GLOBAL AND TRANSBOUNDARY ENVIRONMENTALPROBLEMS IDENTIFIED -- 4. FAILURES IN THE GOVERNANCE OF GLOBALAND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS -- 4.1. Inadequacies of Environmental Governance by Market Systems -- 4.2. Political Inadequacies in the Governance of Global EnvironmentalProblems -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES.

Chapter 4: THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBALISATION AND GOVERNANCE IN COMPLEX TIMES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. GLOBALISATION AND PROMOTION OF GOOD GOVERNANCE -- 3. GOVERNANCE: A NEW MODEL OF MANAGEMENT -- TOWARDS A SYSTEM OF GLOBAL GOVERNANCE -- 5. CHALLENGES INVOLVED IN COMBININGTHE GLOBALISATION AND GOVERNANCE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PART II: POWER AND COUNTERVAILING POWER -- Chapter 5: THE CHALLENGES OF LEGAL PLURALISM IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC IN THE CONTEXT OF THE GLOBALISATION OF TRADE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. LEGAL PLURALISM AND THE PROCESS OF COLONISATIONIN THE PACIFIC -- 3. ADAPTATION OF LEGAL PLURALISM IN POST-COLONIALSOCIETIES IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC -- 4. THE ELEMENTS OF POST-COLONIAL LEGAL PLURALISM -- 5. IS LEGAL PLURALISM AN INDICATOR OF LEGALINSECURITY IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC? -- 6. THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY, STATE LAWAND CUSTOMARY LAW -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6: THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE NON-PROFIT SECTORTO A GLOBALIZED POST-CRISIS GOVERNANCE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE TRADITIONAL PLACE OF THE NON-PROFITSECTOR IN SOCIETY -- 3. SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE ADAPTATIONOF THE NON-PROFIT SECTOR TO THE GLOBAL ECONOMICMARKET SYSTEM -- 4. SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP, INSTITUTIONALENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE NEW-INSTITUTIONALIST THEORY -- 5. AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK ASINSTITUTIONAL ENTREPRENEUR -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7: DISSOCIATED GOVERNANCE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THEORETICAL APPROACH OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE -- 2.1. Agency Theory -- 2.2. Shareholder and Stakeholder Dimensions of Corporate Governance:Disciplinary Solutions -- 3. DISSOCIATED GOVERNANCE: AN APPROACH IN TERMSOF POWER AND COUNTER-POWER -- 3.1. Power: An Essential Concept of the Disciplinary Approach of theGovernance -- 3.2. From Power to Counter Power -- 4. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: A DYNAMIC RELATONSHIP FIELD.

4.1. Towards a Change of Paradigm -- 4.2. A Situation of Balance Sensitive to the Interactions -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PART III: PARTNERSHIPS -- Chapter 8: INTER-FIRM GOVERNANCE AND RELATIONSHIPPERFORMANCE:ASTUDY OF MARKET,HIERARCHY AND RELATIONALCOORDINATION MECHANISMS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. GOVERNANCE AND COORDINATION MECHANISMS -- 3. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK: RELATIONSIP PERFORMANCE ANDTHE THREE IDEAL COORDINATION MECHANISMS -- 4.METHOD -- 4.1. Empirical Study -- 4.2. Measurement -- 4.3. Results -- 4.4. Discussion -- 5. FUTURE RESEARCH -- 6.MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS -- APPENDIX A -- APPENDIX B -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9: GOVERNANCE AND SUBSIDIARITY IN FIRMS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. GOVERNANCE AND SUBSIDIARITY -- 3. DECISION MAKING IN ORGANIZATIONS -- 4. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND SUBSIDIARITY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10: HIERARCHICAL NETWORK GOVERNANCE: AN EXAMINATION OF KEIRETSU NETWORKS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. FIRM NETWORKS AND GOVERNANCE -- 2.1. Networks -- 2.2. Network Structure -- 2.3. Network Governance -- 3. HYPOTHESES -- 4. EMPIRICAL TEST -- 4.1. Keiretsu Network Organisation -- 4.2. Network Boundary -- 4.3. Data -- 4.4. Construct Measurement -- 5. DISCUSSION -- 6. LIMITATIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PART IV: GLOCAL GOVERNANCE -- Chapter 11: THE EFFECTS OF GOVERNANCE ON THE PERCEPTION OF PARTNER BRANDS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. CONSUMER PERCEPTIONS OF GOVERNANCE:THE CASE OF A PARTNERSHIP -- 2.1. Governance and Consumer Perceptions -- 2.2. Influence of the Affective Variable in Consumers' Perceptionsof Governance -- 2.3. Theoretical and Managerial Interests -- 3. EMPIRICAL STUDY -- 3.1. Experimental Framework -- 3.2. The Results -- 3.3. Interpretation of Results -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX 1 -- REFERENCES.

Chapter 12: INTERACTIONS BETWEEN GLOBALISATION ANDRETAIL PRODUCTIVITY: SOME GOVERNANCE ISSUES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE GLOBALISATION IN THE RETAIL SECTOR -- 3. PRODUCTIVITY IN RETAILING -- 4. POSSIBLE INTERACTIONS BETWEENRETAIL PRODUCTIVITY AND GLOBALISATION -- 5. SOME ISSUES FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF RETAIL FIRMS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 13: TRUST AS A SUBSTITUTE TO LEGAL GOVERNANCE ININTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND AND CONCEPTUALISATION -- 2.1. The Internet and its Lack of Governance -- 2.2. Online Trust -- 2.3. Risk and Trust -- 2.4. Defining Online Trust -- 3. PROPOSED MODEL AND HYPOTHESES -- 4. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY -- 4.1. Measurement Development -- 4.2. Survey Administration -- 5. DATA ANALYSIS AND RESULTS -- 5.1. Preliminary Analysis -- 5.2. Confirmatory Factor Analysis -- 6. DISCUSSION AND MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PART V: MODELLING -- Chapter 14: THE UNPREDICTABILITY OF FINANCIAL CRISES IN A GLOBALISED WORLD:IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC GOVERNANCE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. GLOBALISATION, VOLATILITY AND UNPREDICTABILITY -- 3. THE NEED OF A NEW GOVERNANCE MODEL -- 4. COUNTRY RISK INDEXES -- 5. EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS -- 5.1. Hypothesis -- 5.2. Data -- 5.4. Euromoney -- 5.5. ICRG -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 15: THE EFFECTS OF FIRMS' CORPORATE GOVERNANCEAND LEVEL OF GLOBALISATION ON FINANCIALPERFORMANCE IN THE CONTEXT OF WORLDECONOMIC CRISIS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND GLOBLIZATION -- 2. THE RULES OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE -- 3. ESTIMATING A FIRM'S GOODNESS OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE -- 4. THE PREDICTOR VARIABLES -- 5. THE DATA -- 6. ANALYSIS -- 7. COMMENTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.

Chapter 16: ANEW MODEL TO VALUE EMPLOYEE STOCKOPTIONS (ESO) AND THE EFFECTS OFESO PLAN ON ESO HOLDERS,STOCKHOLDERS AND BONDHOLDERS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. EMPIRICAL STUDIES AND EXISTING EVALUATION MODELS ONSTOCK OPTIONS -- 2.1. Empirical Studies -- 2.2. The Literature on ESO Valuation -- 3. BACKGROUND ABOUT A NEW MODEL TO VALUE EMPLOYEESTOCK OPTIONS AND THE EFFECTS OF ESO PLANS -- 3.1. The Contingent Claims Approach of a Firm Created by Black andScholes (1973) and Geske (1979) and its extEnSion for Employee StockOptions -- 3.2. Effects of an ESO Plan Illustrated by a Very Simple Example -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX: AN EXAMPLE OF A DYNAMIC PROGRAMMINGVALUATION OF AN ESO -- REFERENCES -- PART VI: ETHICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES -- Chapter 17: ETHICS AND GLOBALISATION -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 18: IMPLICATIONS FOR ORGANIZATION GOVERNANCE OF ADVANCES IN NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOLOGY -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. GOVERNANCE AND ITS FOUNDATIONS -- 3. A FIERCE RESISTANCE (BUT MASS CONVERSIONS TO COME?) -- 4. NEW THEORETICAL INSIGHTS AND PERSPECTIVES -- 4.1. GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY -- 4.2. EDUCATION SCIENCE -- 4.3. CHILD PSYCHIATRY -- 4.4. CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL LAW -- 4.5. SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY -- 4.6. POLITICAL SCIENCES -- 4.7. PHILOSOPHY AND ETHICS -- 4.8. CORPORATE AND HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT -- 4.9. NEUROMARKETING AND CONSUMER NEUROSCIENCE -- 5. INHERENT LIMITS IN ANY PARADIGMATIC REVOLUTION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 19: PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBALISATION, GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS: VIEWPOINTS PRESENTED IN A FORUM OF THE ROYAL SPANISH ACADEMY -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. GLOBAL CHALLENGE -- 3. GLOBALISATION, GOVERNANCE AND SCIENCE -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Governance should Support Science Education and Prepare Individualsfor the Modern Society.

3.3. Science Has no Country but Every Country Needs Science.