December 2016

Corporate social responsibility and family business: An overview

This paper aims to examine the main Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) dimensions in order to provide a preliminary representation of the several perspectives of study dealt by the literature. Subsequently, for each CSR dimension, a proposition is suggested, which highlights the most critical issues emerging from the literature. Such propositions summarize the main characteristics of CSR dimensions and could be...

Author(s): Carlo Caserio and Francesco Napoli

December 2016

Analysis of transport logistics challenges affecting freight forwarding operations in Malawi

Malawi is one of the landlocked countries within sub-Saharan Africa which faces serious challenges in managing her transport logistics. The provision of predictable, reliable and cost effective transport logistics is constrained due to deficiencies in road and rail infrastructure, inefficient port and transit border operations that contribute to very high transport cost. This study was undertaken to analyse the...

Author(s): Rabiya Hanif and Edward Kaluwa