Søren Jeppesen
Associate professor
Department of Management, Society and Communication
Copenhagen Business Academy
Denmark
Biography
My research concerns the development of firms in developing countries. I work on issues regarding local factors which influence the development and growth potential of developing country firms (or lack of same). I focus on SMEs, CSR and driving forces (or lack of same) for strategies of SMEs in developing countries in engaging in CSR (or not engaging). Major research projects concern Successful African Firms and Institutional Change,Youth, Entrepreneurship and Employment in Ghana, Uganda and Zambia, and the importance of Codes of Conduct for working conditions in the textiles and clothing industry in Southern Africa.
Research Interest
"Development of developing country firms and institutional influence Developing Country Firms (DCFs) and strategies (Small) Developing Country Firms and CSR Youth, Employment and Entrepreneurship Codes of Conduct in the textiles and clothing industry in Southern Africa"
Publications
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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.
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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.
