International Businesses And The Challenges Of Poverty In The Developing World: Case Studies On Global Responsibilities And Practices (case Studies On ... Responsibilities And Practices, V. 1) (vol 1)

We live in a globally interconnected but economically divided world where internationally linked businesses can play a significant role in helping and/or obstructing the development of impoverished countries. Through a series of case studies, this volume examines what can be learned, both positively and critically, from the experiences of selected internationally connected firms in Nigeria, Uganda, Ghana, Vietnam, Guyana, and the Nunavik region of northern Canada. This book begins with a set of reflections on the strategies firms might adopt so that they develop both their own assets as well as those of the areas in which they operate. A team of more than two dozen researchers from the developed and developing countries conducted the research on which the essays on this and subsequent volumes are based. Dr Frederick Bird from Concordia University in Montreal directed the overall research project. Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 8 Foreword......Page 12 Notes on the Contributors......Page 16 Introduction......Page 18 1 Ethical Reflections on the Challenges Facing International Businesses in Developing Areas......Page 31 2 Wealth and Poverty in the Niger Delta: A Study of the Experiences of Shell in Nigeria......Page 51 3 A Political and Economic History of Ghana, 1957–2003......Page 81 4 Capacity Building, Asset Development and Corporate Values: A Study of Three International Firms in Ghana......Page 92 5 A Political and Economic History of Uganda, 1962–2002......Page 115 6 From Seed to Leaf: British American Tobacco and Supplier Relations in Uganda......Page 128 7 Seeking a Better Connection: Mobile Telecommunications Network and Social Responsibility in Uganda......Page 141 8 A Short Economic History of Vietnam, 1945–1986......Page 156 9 Forming Social Capital from the Bottom Up: The Emergent Private Sector in Vietnam, 1986–2002......Page 169 10 Developing Social Capital through Human Resources: ‘Vietsani’ and the Future of Western Management......Page 181 11 Forestry, Gold Mining and Amerindians: The Troubling Example of Samling in Guyana......Page 198 12 The Raglan Mine and Nunavik Inuit......Page 223 13 International Trade as a Vehicle for Reducing Poverty: The Body Shop’s Community Trade Programme......Page 241 B......Page 255 C......Page 256 E......Page 257 G......Page 258 J......Page 259 M......Page 260 P......Page 261 S......Page 262 W......Page 263 Z......Page 264 "This book examines the practices of a number of internationally linked businesses, and asks to what extend these businesses have aided the economic growth and helped to reduce the poverty of developing areas. Each case-study is embedded in historical accounts that review the unique set of prospects and difficulties of each developing area. The book looks at both instructive examples and missed opportunities, cases in which these firms have added to the economic value of developing areas and cases with much more ambiguous outcomes. The book argues that whether international firms have a positive impact on these developing areas depends on the degree to which businesses view their operations as occasions to develop their assets over time or rather to minimize expenses." -- BOOK JACKET

Through a series of case studies, this volume examines what can be learned, both positively and critically, from the experiences of selected internationally connected firms in Nigeria, Uganda, Ghana, Vietnam, Guyana, and the Nunavik region of northern Canada. This book begins with a set of reflections on the strategies firms might adopt so that they develop both their own assets as well as those of the areas in which they operate. A team of more than two dozen researchers from the developed and developing countries conducted the research on which the essays on this and subsequent volumes are based.

This book examines the practices of a number of internationally linked businesses, some headquartered in the developing areas and others in developed countries, and asks to what extent these businesses have aided the economic growth and helped to reduce the poverty of developing areas. Each case-study is embedded in historical accounts that review the unique set of prospects and difficulties of each developing area. The book looks at both instructive examples and missed opportunities, cases in which these firms have added to the economic value of developing areas and cases with much more ambig