Keywords
stakeholder management
international research
effective management
business ethics
ethical decision making
How to Cite
Abstract
Objective – This article provides a brief overview of stakeholder theory,
clears up some widely held misconceptions, explains the importance
of examining stakeholder theory from a variety of international
perspectives and how this type of research will advance management
theory, and introduces the other articles in the special issue.
Design/methodology/approach – Some of the foundational ideas
of stakeholder theory are discussed, leading to arguments about the
importance of the theory to management research, especially in an
international context.
Findings – Stakeholder theory is found to be a particularly useful
perspective for addressing some of the important issues in business from
an international perspective. It offers an opportunity to reinterpret a variety
of concepts, models and phenomena across may different disciplines.
Practical implications – The concepts explored in this article may be
applied in many contexts, domestically and internationally, and across
business disciplines as diverse as economics, public administration,
finance, philosophy, marketing, law, and management.
Originality/value – Research on stakeholder theory in an international
context is both lacking and sorely needed. This article and the others
in this special issue aim to help fill that void.
If a paper is approved for publication, its copyright has to be transferred by the author(s) to the Review of Business Management – RBGN.
Accordingly, authors are REQUIRED to send RBGN a duly completed and signed Copyright Transfer Form. Please refer to the following template: [Copyright Transfer]
The conditions set out by the Copyright Transfer Form state that the Review of Business Management – RBGN owns, free of charge and permanently, the copyright of the papers it publishes. Although the authors are required to sign the Copyright Transfer Form, RBGN allows authors to hold and use their own copyright without restrictions.
The texts published by RBGN are the sole responsibility of their authors.
The review has adopted the CC-BY Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 allowing redistribution and reuse of papers on condition that the authorship is properly credited.