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作者：Vasudeva, Gurneeta
作者单位：University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
摘要：Based on institutional theory, I extend research on the regulative role of national government in society and suggest that government exerts important influences on firms' actions through the diffusion of norms. I suggest that the Norwegian government, by instituting an ethical council that publicly censors and certifies the cross-border investments of the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund Government Pension Fund Global, contributes to the professionalization of responsible investment principles...
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作者：Zhang, Jianjun; Luo, Xiaowei Rose
作者单位：Peking University; INSEAD Business School
摘要：A significant gap exists in our understanding of what explains the varying responses of multinational corporations (MNCs) to social issues in emerging markets. Arguably, in a setting where both market institutions and regulations and norms of corporate social responsibility are underdeveloped, it is more difficult for corporations to take actions beyond those that serve their immediate economic interests. Proposing a social movement perspective on MNCs' responsiveness to social issues in emerg...
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作者：Jain, Amit
作者单位：National University of Singapore; National University of Singapore
摘要：Innovative capability, the knowledge a firm uses to innovate, is an input into and an output of the process of innovation. In this paper, I put forward the notion that innovative capability, similar to experience in production, accumulates by learning by doing and that innovation is characterized by a learning curve. Using patent data from 20,886 scientists working in 611 biotechnology firms in the U.S. and Canadian biotechnology industry from 1970 to 2007, I estimate a learning curve in innov...
