60th Anniversary

Business & Society celebrates 6o years of delivering impactful research. Consequently, the blog highlights selected papers as part of the anniversary celebrations. 

Almost two decades ago, we found ourselves wondering about the huge variety in concepts, approaches and theories surrounding the omnipresent notions of CSR and CSP. In this post, we reflect on our experiences: we briefly describe the review article and then deliberate on its reception and uptake.
This foundational article, and the subsequent work that has cited this study, shows that not only do levels of development and economic metrics like GDP vary across countries, but legal systems also differ, as do cultural norms, industrial histories, and the types of economic activities that dominate. This variability thus leads to a range of different social, environmental or economic issues in each country.
What an amazing 60 years Business & Society has had! In the journal's 60th volume this year, we celebrate the success of the journal with several new initiatives. Some of these will be announced later in the year, but we’d like to reflect now on what has been established in the domain of business and society and what opportunities lie ahead of us.