Globalization and NGOs Transforming Business, Government, and Society

Subjects:

• Business » International Business
• Business » Public Organizations

Reviews:

• Examines nongovernmental organizations as institutional players in the formation of public policy and the implementation of corporate strategy.
  —Business Horizons March/April 2004

• Endorsement From From the Foreword by Jone L. Pearce
  Professor of Organization and Strategy, University of California, Irvine
  President of the Academy of Management: The developing scope and tactics of NGOs are a genuinely new phenomenon in business and we need this systematic and extensive analysis of them. It is a timely, thoughtful treatment of a subject about which we know too little.
• Endorsement From Stefanie Lenway, Associate Dean for MBA Programs
  General Mills Professor of Strategic Management and Organization
  Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota: Both sides of the globalization debate need to understand the potential for NGOs to work with business and government to address some of the most pressing problems of our times. This book is essential reading for policy makers, managers, and scholars committed to ensuring the equitable distribution of the benefits of globalization.
• Endorsement From Terrence Guay
  Assistant Professor of International Relations and Political Science
  Director of Graduate Studies of the International Relations Program
  Maxwell School, Syracuse University: Rather than a starry-eyed volume glorifying NGOs, this is a serious academic work integrating the latest research in the fields of management, international relations, and public policy to explain the threats and opportunities that NGOs pose to corporations. Doh and Teegen's prescient selection of case studies provide overwhelming support for the view that NGOs are permanently transforming business-government relations in the US and abroad in a multitude of ways. Globalization and NGOs is essential reading for policymakers, business professionals, activists, academics, and a public seeking a realistic account of NGO influence in the global economy.
• Endorsement From Sushil Vachani, Associate Professor and Chair
  Department of Strategy & Policy, Boston University: A rich combination of insightful perspectives on the remarkable phenomenon of the rising impact of non-governmental organizations on business and government. For anyone who has ever been intrigued by images of activists disrupting meetings of powerful multilateral institutions, such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and has wondered what it was the activists were after and whether they were achieving anything useful, this book provides valuable explanations. The authors draw on diverse examples to explain what motivates NGOs, how they function, and the impact they're having on critical issues such as the environment, product safety and accountability of principal players shaping globalization.
• Endorsement From Sarah Newhall, President and CEO, Pact: This book demands that we reshape the boundaries between corporations, NGOs and the state in new and imaginative ways. Thoughtful leadership can change the course of corporate community engagement and bring valuable new resources and talent to the arena of social development!
• Endorsement From Ben Cashore Assistant Professor, Sustainable Forest Policy
  Chair, Program on Forest Certification
  Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry
  Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies: The early 21st century is witnessing a transformation in traditional public policy making approaches to problem solving as non-governmental organizations, business, and governmental officials experiment with a wide range of shared governance processes. Globalization and NGOs represents an important contribution to understanding the structure of these new public/private interactions, and whether they are able to address policy problems in ways that previous approaches have been unable. The book draws an array of key authors, from business management scholars to NGO and business practitioners, and addresses some of the most important policy problems facing our planet, including the use of genetically modified organisms and sustainable forestry management.

Table of Contents:

• Foreword by Jone L. Pearce
• Preface: Globalization and NGOs: Why Should We Care? by Jonathan P. Doh and Hildy Teegen
• Nongovernmental Organizations, Corporate Strategy, and Public Policy: NGOs as Agents of Change by Jonathan P. Doh
• Nongovernmental Organizations and Business-Government Relations: The Importance of Institutions by Gerald Keim
• After Seattle: How NGOs Are Transforming the Global Trade and Finance Agenda by Jacqueline Deslauriers and Barbara Kotschwar
• Coorperative Strategies in Environmental Nongovernmental Organizations by Jonathan P. Doh, William E. Newburry, and Hildy Teegen
• Prospects for NGO Collaboration with Multinational Enterprises by A. Rani Parker
• Business-Government-NGO Bargaining in International, Multilateral Clean Development Mechanism Projects in the Wake of Kyoto by Hildy Teegen
• Corporate Strategy, Government Regulatory Policy and NGO Activism: The Case of Genetically Modified Crops by Edward Soule
• From Boycotts to Global Partnership: NGOs, the Private Sector, and the Struggle to Protect the World's Forest by Joseph Domask
• Corporate Social Resposibility and NGOs: Observations from a Global Power Company by Gregory Adams
• Conclusion: Globalization and the Future of NGO Influence by Hildy Teegen and Jonathan P. Doh