Journal of Business Anthropology

The Editor's Two Cents

Nancy Ameen — 2021-11-19

The Editor's Two Cents

Introduction

Heung Wah Wong — 2021-11-06

How The Chinese Think about the Family: The ‘Family’ in Chinese Family Firms

Heung Wah Wong — 2021-11-07

How The Chinese Think about the Family: The ‘Family’ in Chinese Family Firms

No Family Company Without Family: The Professionalization of a Chinese Family Business in Hong Kong

Karin Ling-Fung Chau — 2021-11-07

No Family Company Without Family: The Professionalization of a Chinese Family Business in Hong Kong

Tongju Gongcai: A Case in Hong Kong’s Caacaanteng

Samuel Dic Sum Lai — 2021-11-07

Tongju Gongcai: A Case in Hong Kong’s Caacaanteng

Taking the Notion of Family in Different Cultures Seriously: How Does the Cultural Context Affect Family Business Succession?

Hoi-yan Yau — 2021-11-07

Taking the Notion of Family in Different Cultures Seriously: How Does the Cultural Context Affect Family Business Succession?

Corporate Sustainability through Stakeholders’ Engagement in Mining: Experiences from Shared Practices of Corporate Social Responsibility

Percy Arrosquipa — 2021-11-07

The shared practices of corporate social responsibility with local stakeholders is one of the few relevant experiences that are undertaken to contribute to sustainable development in a mining context of high social complexity. This study characterises the relationships with local stakeholders that allow them to carry out shared practices of Corporate Social Responsibility in the district of Pataz, La Libertad Region, in the north of Peru, through two case studies and data collection that included 23 local stakeholders working with the Mining Company. This applied research included interviews and participatory observation. The findings indicated that 80% of local entrepreneurs have shown their interest in carrying out shared practices of corporate social responsibility in education, environment, health, water and sanitation, respectively. The study describes the contribution of artisanal mining enterprises and local supplier enterprises in shared practices of social responsibility, within the locations where they carry out their business activities. This research enriches knowledge of experiences that promote a shared culture of corporate social responsibility and how attending to the social demands from the perspective of the local community and business risks from the perspective of the mining company. These two sometimes conflicting perspectives coexist and complement one another for corporate sustainability after overcoming certain local and corporate paradigms which facilitates contributing to the sustainable development of the surrounding communities.

Witches, Business & Culture: Anthropologists as Professional Strangers in the Boardroom

Michael Schönhuth — 2021-11-07

This article collates personal insights from 30 years of research and consultancy in organisational anthropology. It has two target groups in mind: on the one hand, students who, after completing a degree in anthropology with a more classical focus, are wondering what they can do with and how they could ‘sell’ their professional skills outside the academy, in the field of organizational consulting or organizational development. On the other hand, it wants to open the black box of anthropological methods and procedures for decision makers in organizations, enabling them to decide whether and when the use of anthropological expertise in their own company is worthwhile, especially in times of global flows of people, goods and communication. Here, the free-flying witch stands as a metaphor for the anthropological position as a professional stranger at the interface of the corporate world.

Fieldwork in a Foreign Culture: Business

Elisabeth Powell — 2021-11-07

Fieldwork in a Foreign Culture: Business