Business HorizonsPub Date : 2024-10-17DOI: 10.1016/S0007-6813(24)00130-7
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Business HorizonsPub Date : 2024-09-07DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2024.09.001
Timothy L. Fort , John Katsos , Jason Miklian
{"title":"Business and Peace, Part I: Insights from the first 20 years of B+P scholarship","authors":"Timothy L. Fort , John Katsos , Jason Miklian","doi":"10.1016/j.bushor.2024.09.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bushor.2024.09.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48347,"journal":{"name":"Business Horizons","volume":"67 6","pages":"Pages 663-669"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142249987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Business HorizonsPub Date : 2024-08-23DOI: 10.1016/S0007-6813(24)00097-1
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Business HorizonsPub Date : 2024-08-08DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2024.08.006
Anish Dave , Aditya Simha , Lazarina Topuzova
{"title":"Pursuit of peace by business leaders: Frontiers of international relations","authors":"Anish Dave , Aditya Simha , Lazarina Topuzova","doi":"10.1016/j.bushor.2024.08.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bushor.2024.08.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Peacemaking and peacebuilding are two major peace initiatives in the business-for-peace literature. In this article, we examine case studies involving two American businessmen, Elon Musk and Armand Hammer, who attempted peacemaking and peacebuilding, respectively. We selected the two cases to see how their peace initiatives fared against the boundaries of international relations, specifically the concepts of international law—in Musk’s case—and international society—in Hammer’s case. Our analysis shows that both businessmen were constrained in their peace goals by the realities of international relations. We also argue that peace initiatives by businesspersons require transforming leadership with a moral imagination, although moral leadership often poses difficult choices. Finally, our analysis supports the observation that businesspeople may be more effective in peacebuilding efforts than peacemaking, which is much more complex.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48347,"journal":{"name":"Business Horizons","volume":"67 6","pages":"Pages 769-782"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142182459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Business HorizonsPub Date : 2024-08-08DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2024.08.005
Christopher Williams
{"title":"Peacebuilding by MNE subsidiaries: The role of intangible capital and local initiative","authors":"Christopher Williams","doi":"10.1016/j.bushor.2024.08.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bushor.2024.08.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article discusses how intangible subsidiary capital in multinational enterprises (MNEs) influences peacebuilding activities by subsidiaries operating in conflict zones. Intangible subsidiary capital includes human, social, and organizational capital that resides in the foreign subsidiaries of MNEs. I argue that these forms of capital represent intangible assets that enable the subsidiary to contribute to peace in conflict zones. They do this by facilitating a process of peace-initiative creation and execution that unfolds over time. This process is similar to entrepreneurial initative that is widely observed in subsidiaries of MNEs. The process differs from that of subsidiary initiatives due to its humanitarian purpose, as documented in the literature. The approach developed in this article provides a new way to analyze MNE subsidiary peacebuilding while giving the subsidiary initiative literature a new purpose in a conflict-ridden world. Implications for MNE management include the need to both understand and develop the different types of intangible subsidiary capital in subsidiaries operating in conflict zones so that local opportunities for peacebuilding can be identified and pursued successfully.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48347,"journal":{"name":"Business Horizons","volume":"67 6","pages":"Pages 711-725"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142182456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Business HorizonsPub Date : 2024-08-05DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2024.07.009
Jay Joseph , François Maon , Marco Berti
{"title":"Organizing for peace: The organizational behaviors of business amid conflict","authors":"Jay Joseph , François Maon , Marco Berti","doi":"10.1016/j.bushor.2024.07.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bushor.2024.07.009","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Business-and-peace research has explored the avenues by which organizations can engage in peacebuilding activity, yet little is known about the types of organizations that create peace or about how these differ compared to those that either ignore peace or enhance conflict. Peacebuilding organizations require distinct operating logics and capabilities that promote concord among social groups, and they can take the form of hybrid organizations—those that pursue profit in a commercial logic while also addressing social objectives. But not all hybrid organizations with social objectives, such as poverty reduction or equality, are able to promote peace. In this article, we identify the organizational capacity to fuse intergroup sensitivity into operations as a crucial factor that distinguishes hybrid organizations capable of peacebuilding from other organizational forms. The discussion provides guidance for practitioners on fostering such organizations, while warning against the assumptions found in business-and-peace literature that describes how ethical conduct and unguided social agendas can promote peace.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48347,"journal":{"name":"Business Horizons","volume":"67 6","pages":"Pages 699-710"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141934320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Business HorizonsPub Date : 2024-08-05DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2024.07.008
Maria Teresa Uribe-Jaramillo , Pablo Zapata-Tamayo
{"title":"Peace polysemy in business and peace agendas","authors":"Maria Teresa Uribe-Jaramillo , Pablo Zapata-Tamayo","doi":"10.1016/j.bushor.2024.07.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bushor.2024.07.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article presents an empirical study that delves into the complex dynamics of business–society relationships in fragile postconflict contexts. It addresses a crucial question: How does the interpretation of peace shape business and peace agendas? Our qualitative case study of Colombia, involving 41 stakeholder interviews and document analysis, focuses on the department of Antioquia. This region is undergoing a transformative process through the Development Programs with a Territorial Approach, known as PDET. These instruments aim to stabilize and transform conflict-affected regions, thereby contributing to peacebuilding in the country. Our findings reveal three distinct types of business and peace agendas, each rooted in different interpretations of peace: those that are direct, indirect, or independent from the government peace agendas. We propose an approach for tracing peace polysemy and establishing a minimal convergence between peace agendas, offering practical implications for decision-makers. We contribute to business and peace studies and identify promising avenues for future research.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48347,"journal":{"name":"Business Horizons","volume":"67 6","pages":"Pages 671-683"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141934322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Business HorizonsPub Date : 2024-08-03DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2024.08.002
Sarah Cechvala
{"title":"Systems thinking for management practitioners and scholars: Strengthening the tools to analyze “wicked problems”","authors":"Sarah Cechvala","doi":"10.1016/j.bushor.2024.08.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bushor.2024.08.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Global fragility and conflict have challenged business to identify solutions to some of the world’s most “wicked problems.” Yet corporate practitioners struggle to analyze the relationship between the firm and society in conflict-affected and fragile spaces. Systems analysis, emergent in peacebuilding, offers a compelling approach for management practitioners and scholars to better understand the role of business in complex social environments. This participatory, qualitative approach applies collaborative inquiry and causal-loop diagraming to analyze the complex dynamics that create the operational conditions and trace the impact of the firm on those conditions. This article outlines the application of this approach and argues that it fills a gap in the current tools used to understand the private sector’s role and agency in contributing positively to society. What emerges is a pathway to enhance theoretical development and practical understanding of the risks and impacts of corporate operations in the most challenging of contexts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48347,"journal":{"name":"Business Horizons","volume":"67 6","pages":"Pages 783-795"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141934263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Business HorizonsPub Date : 2024-08-02DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2024.07.007
Juana García , Angelika Rettberg , Federico Dupont
{"title":"Unpacking the peace dividend: A subnational analysis of the relationship between business, peace, and economic growth in nine Colombian cities","authors":"Juana García , Angelika Rettberg , Federico Dupont","doi":"10.1016/j.bushor.2024.07.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bushor.2024.07.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>After the signing of a peace agreement in Colombia 7 years ago, expectations of a peace dividend for the private sector ran high. To what extent has this dividend materialized, and what have been the experiences of companies in different regions and cities of the economy? To evaluate the impact of the peace agreement on key indicators, we conducted a subnational analysis in post-agreement Colombia. We examined nine cities and created a model to determine the relationship between the conflict—represented by the Victimization Risk Index released by the Colombian national victim’s unit—and a business dynamic variable. We found that the cities presenting a higher VRI tend to have lower business dynamic scores. We paired the findings from our business dynamics model with the results of a survey conducted in 2018 by the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce (CCB). This comparison confirms that the majority of the regions most affected by the conflict had the largest peace dividend both in terms of perception and in reality. Peace will not lift all boats across the country evenly. Policymakers can leverage these insights to ground their expectations and devise more effective policies and interventions capable of navigating the challenges of peacemaking and the opportunities peace can offer the private sector.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48347,"journal":{"name":"Business Horizons","volume":"67 6","pages":"Pages 755-768"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141934266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}