Min forskning fokuserer på udvikling af virksomheder i udviklingslande. Det er særligt underbelyste områder og spørgsmål om ulandsvirksomhedernes egne strategier, der er i fokus. Jeg arbejder med spørgsmål ang. de lokale faktorer der påvirker ulandsvirksomhedernes udviklingsmuligheder (eller mangel på samme). Det er især virksomhedsinterne forhold, men også industri- og brancheforhold, markedssituationen og de institutionelle (politisk, økonomiske og socio-kulturelle) faktorer. Jeg fokuserer også på forhold ang. små virksomheder (SMEs), socialt ansvar og miljø (CSR) og hvilke drivkræfter (eller mangel på samme), der påvirker strategierne for små virksomheder i u-lande ift at engagere sig i CSR og miljøforhold – eller undlade at gøre det. Større projekter handler om a) Unge, iværksætteri og beskæftigelse i Ghana, Uganda og Zambia i samarbejde med KU-Geografi, CBDS kollegaer, afrikanske partnere fra University of Legon, Accra, Makerere University Business School, Kampala og University of Zambia, Lusaka samt Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) - se http://geo.ku.dk/yemp og b) sydafrikanske tøj- og tekstilvirksomheders strategier, herunder betydningen af Codes of Conduct for arbejdsforholdene i tøj- og tekstilindustrien i det sydlige Afrika (Sydafrika, Lesotho, Swaziland og Namibia). Hvad angår lande er det især Sydafrika og det sydlige Afrika (Swaziland, Lesotho og Zambia), plus Uganda som jeg beskæftiger mig med.

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1. Making Industrial Policy work in an era of globalisation. The case of South Africa and the textiles and clothing industry. Chapter 9. Co-authored with Justin Barnes, University of Kwazulu-natal & B&M Analysts, South Africa. In: Rugraff, E. and Hansen, M.W. (eds.), Multinationals and Local Firms in emerging Markets, Amsterdam University Press, the Netherlands. 2011.

2. Special Issue on "New Perspectives on Business, Development and Society", Co-authored with Peter Lund-Thomsen, Editorial, pp. 139-142, Journal of Business Ethics, Volume 93, supplement 2 (online as: DOI 10.1007/s10551-010-0557-3). 2010.

3.  Taking Stock of CSR and SMEs in Development . Working Paper, no. 9. The International Research Network on Business, Development and Society, Copenhagen Business School: Copenhagen. www.bdsnetwork.cbs.dk. 2009.

4. Is the impact of FDI similar in all developing countries? South Africa and Mali compared. Co-authored with Assoc. Prof. Claire Mainguy, University of Strasbourg, France. Pp. 176-201 (Chapter 8). In: Rugraff, Eric, Diego Sanchez-Ancochea & Andrew Sumner (eds.): ‘Transnational Corporations and Development Policy. Critical Perspectives.’ Palgrave MacMillan publishers, Hampshire, UK. 2009.

5. (In Danish): Corporate Social Responsibility i ulandsbistanden – gammel vin på nye flasker? In: Politik, vol. 11(4): 59-69.2008.

6. Strengthening Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibilities in SMEs –Strengthening Developing Countries? Pp. 89-112, In: Pedersen, E. R. & Huniche, M. (eds.), Corporate Citizenship in Developing Countries. New Partnership Perspectives, Copenhagen Business School Press, Copenhagen, 2006.

7. Development strategy, industrial policy and cross-border inter-firm linkages. Pp. 311-338, Co-authored with Peter Wad. In: Hansen, Michael W. & Henrik Schaumburg-Müller (eds.), Transnational corporations and local firms in Developing Countries. Copenhagen, Copenhagen Business School Press. 2006.

8. Enhancing competitiveness and securing equitable development: can small, micro and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) do the trick? Development in Practice, vol. 15, no. 3-4, pp. 463-474, June 2005.

9. Environmental Practices and Greening Strategies in Small Manufacturing Enterprises in South Africa. A Critical Realist Approach.PhD Afhandling. PhD Series 11-2004. Department of Intercultural Communication and Management, Copenhagen Business School.

10. Environmental upgrading of third world enterprises through linkages to transnational corporations. Theoretical perspectives and preliminary evidence. Co-authored with Michael W. Hansen. In: Business Strategy and the Environment, vol. 13, pp. 261-274, 2004.