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Business and Global Governance for Peace
Research Guide
What is Business and Global Governance for Peace?
"Business and Global Governance for Peace" examines corporate roles in multi-stakeholder peace frameworks involving multinational enterprises, international organizations, and governments.
Research analyzes business contributions to peacebuilding through risk management and partnerships. Key studies include Oetzel and Miklian (2017) with 102 citations on MNE risk in conflict areas, and Schouten and Miklian (2018) with 53 citations on the business-peace nexus. Over 10 papers from 2010-2019 explore these interactions (Oetzel et al., 2017; Miklian, 2019).
Why It Matters
Corporate involvement influences UN peace agendas via multi-stakeholder partnerships, as seen in Heineken's collaborations detailed by Miklian (2019). Oetzel and Miklian (2017) show MNEs reducing risks in fragile states, impacting policy on private sector diplomacy. Schouten and Miklian (2018) highlight reconfiguration of public-private divides, affecting global governance structures. Ahen (2019) addresses globalisolationism's effects on TNC responsibilities.
Key Research Challenges
Measuring Peace Impacts
Quantifying business contributions to peace remains difficult due to indirect effects and long timelines. Oetzel and Miklian (2017) note challenges in risk management metrics for MNEs in conflict zones. Miklian (2019) observes interaction effects in partnerships like Heineken's requiring better evaluation frameworks.
Navigating Public-Private Divides
Reconfiguring boundaries between business and governance creates accountability gaps. Schouten and Miklian (2018) analyze how the business-peace nexus blurs these lines. Regulatory influences demand clearer roles for corporations in peacebuilding.
Addressing Globalisolationism Risks
Deglobalization threatens TNC peace roles amid rising isolationism. Ahen (2019) explores implications for global responsibility. Businesses face challenges adapting ethics to fragmented international environments.
Essential Papers
Multinational enterprises, risk management, and the business and economics of peace
Jennifer Oetzel, Jason Miklian · 2017 · Multinational Business Review · 102 citations
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to reconceptualize how managers of multinational enterprises (MNEs) manage risk, particularly in fragile and/or conflict-affected areas of operation. The author...
The business–peace nexus: ‘business for peace’ and the reconfiguration of the public/private divide in global governance
Peer Schouten, Jason Miklian · 2018 · Journal of International Relations and Development · 53 citations
The role of business in sustainable development and peacebuilding: Observing interaction effects
Jason Miklian · 2019 · Business and Politics · 19 citations
Abstract How can we better understand the complex interaction effects that are triggered when businesses and international government agencies become partners in social development? To answer, this...
Globalisolationism and its Implications for TNCs’ Global Responsibility
Frederick Ahen · 2019 · Humanistic Management Journal · 8 citations
Abstract The complex structure of the tragic aspects of globalization has been accounted for in extant literature. What remains unclear is how deglobalization, isolationism and all the radically di...
Transparencia, paz y sostenibilidad. Una aproximación latinoamericana
Enoc Eliseo Mojica - Sauza, Florina Guadalupe Arredondo Trapero, José Carlos Vázquez Parra · 2019 · Revista Perspectiva Empresarial · 0 citations
El presente artículo se enfoca en la relevancia que tienen las empresas para el desarrollo de entornos que procuren la transparencia, la sostenibilidad y la paz, considerando todos sus grupos de in...
Business ethics and Global Age Cosmopolitanism
Isaías Rivera · 2010 · Loyola eCommons (Loyola University of Chicago) · 0 citations
This dissertation is a study of business ethics and business education. It is particularly focused on the Business Administration degree and the business ethics literature, while also considering u...
Reading Guide
Foundational Papers
Start with Rivera (2010) on business ethics and cosmopolitanism for ethical grounding, then Oetzel and Miklian (2017) for MNE risk frameworks as highest-cited baseline.
Recent Advances
Study Miklian (2019) for interaction effects in sustainable peacebuilding, and Ahen (2019) for deglobalization implications.
Core Methods
Core techniques: case studies of firm partnerships (Miklian, 2019), nexus reconfiguration analysis (Schouten and Miklian, 2018), and ethical cosmopolitan frameworks (Rivera, 2010).
How PapersFlow Helps You Research Business and Global Governance for Peace
Discover & Search
Research Agent uses searchPapers and citationGraph to map high-cite works like Oetzel and Miklian (2017, 102 citations), then findSimilarPapers reveals related studies such as Schouten and Miklian (2018). exaSearch uncovers niche Latin American perspectives like Mojica-Sauza et al. (2019).
Analyze & Verify
Analysis Agent applies readPaperContent to extract Heineken case details from Miklian (2019), verifies claims with verifyResponse (CoVe) against Oetzel and Miklian (2017), and runs PythonAnalysis for citation trend stats using pandas on OpenAlex data. GRADE grading scores evidence strength in business-peace claims.
Synthesize & Write
Synthesis Agent detects gaps in public-private divide coverage post-Schouten and Miklian (2018), flags contradictions between Ahen (2019) and Rivera (2010). Writing Agent uses latexEditText, latexSyncCitations for Oetzel et al., and latexCompile policy briefs; exportMermaid visualizes stakeholder networks.
Use Cases
"Analyze citation trends in business-peace papers using Python."
Research Agent → searchPapers (Oetzel 2017) → Analysis Agent → runPythonAnalysis (pandas plot citations over time) → matplotlib graph of 102-cite peak in MNE risk management.
"Draft LaTeX review on MNE peace roles citing Miklian papers."
Synthesis Agent → gap detection → Writing Agent → latexEditText (intro section) → latexSyncCitations (add Miklian 2019) → latexCompile → PDF with formatted references.
"Find code for peace impact models from related repos."
Research Agent → paperExtractUrls (Miklian 2019) → Code Discovery → paperFindGithubRepo → githubRepoInspect → CSV of risk simulation scripts linked to Oetzel frameworks.
Automated Workflows
Deep Research workflow conducts systematic review of 50+ OpenAlex papers on business-peace nexus, chaining searchPapers → citationGraph → structured report with Oetzel (2017) centrality. DeepScan applies 7-step analysis to Schouten and Miklian (2018), including CoVe checkpoints on public-private claims. Theorizer generates theory on TNC isolationism from Ahen (2019) and Rivera (2010).
Frequently Asked Questions
What defines Business and Global Governance for Peace?
It covers corporate interactions with governments and organizations in peace frameworks, focusing on MNE risk management (Oetzel and Miklian, 2017).
What are key methods in this subtopic?
Methods include case studies of partnerships like Heineken (Miklian, 2019) and nexus analysis of public-private reconfiguration (Schouten and Miklian, 2018).
What are major papers?
Top papers: Oetzel and Miklian (2017, 102 citations), Schouten and Miklian (2018, 53 citations), Miklian (2019, 19 citations).
What open problems exist?
Challenges include measuring indirect peace impacts and adapting to globalisolationism (Ahen, 2019), with gaps in quantitative models.
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