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Business and climate change governance :South Africa in comparative perspective /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Business and climate change governance :edited by Tanja A. B�orzel and Ralph Hamann.
Reminder of title:	South Africa in comparative perspective /
other author:	B�orzel, Tanja A.,
Description:	1 online resource
Subject:	Business enterprisesEnvironmental aspectsSouth Africa.
Subject:	South AfricaEconomic policy.
Online resource:	https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781137317810
ISBN:	9781137317810 (electronic bk.)

Business and climate change governance :South Africa in comparative perspective /
Business and climate change governance :South Africa in comparative perspective /edited by Tanja A. B�orzel and Ralph Hamann. - 1 online resource

Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Business Contributions to Climate Change Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood: Introduction; Ralph Hamann and Tanja A. Br�ozel -- 2. Corporate Response to Climate Change in Areas of Limited Statehood: An Outline of the Organisational Configurations in Kenya and South Africa; Farai Kapfudzaruwa -- 3. Climate Change Policies in the Car Industry: Asset Specificity as a Driver of Internal Innovation; Christian R. Thauer -- 4. Renewable Energy Incentives Across Varying levels of Statehood; John Fay -- 5. Voluntary Collective Commitment: the Case of Business and Energy Efficiency in South Africa; Christopher Kaan and Stine Klapper -- 6. Business Contributions to Climate Change Adaptation -- From Coping to Transformation? Insights from South Africa and Germany; Nicole Kranz -- 7. Adaptation to Climate Change: An Investigation into Woolworths' Water Management Measures; Nadine Methner -- 8. Insurance, Climate-risk and the Barriers to Change; Tom Herbstein, Jan Froestad, Deon Nel and Clifford Shearing -- 9. Of Culture and Religion: Insurance Regulation and the Informal Economy in a South African City; Moliehi Shale -- 10. Business and Climate Change Governance: Conclusions; Tanja B�orzel, Ralph Hamann and Nicole Kranz.

Under which conditions do companies engage in the provision of collective goods and services if the state lacks the capacity to do so? To what extent do multinational firms engage in a 'race to the top' fostering rather than undermining regulation? The empirical analyses in the individual chapters look at business responses to some of South Africa's most pertinent governance challenges, HIV/AIDS and environmental pollution. The contributors look at firms in four industry sectors: the automotive industry, the mining industry, the food and beverage industry and the textile industry. These four sectors comprise a significant number of foreign as well as local companies, with or without brand name, which cater to different market segments within South Africa, differ in size and are exposed to varying pressure from NGOs and foreign competitors.

ISBN: 9781137317810 (electronic bk.)

Source: 531112Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

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Business enterprises
--Environmental aspects--South Africa.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

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South Africa
--Economic policy.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HD30.255 / .B8696 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 363.738/7457650968

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