Pengaruh Corporate Governance, Sustainability Committee, dan Degree of Multinational Activity Terhadap CSR Disclosure

This study aims to analyze corporate governance, sustainability committee, and degree of multinational activity (DMA) on CSR disclosure. The sample used is 40 companies listed on Jakarta Islam Index (JII) and FTSE Bursa Malaysia Hijrah Shariah Index (FBHMI) for period 2015-2019. The methodology used panel data regression. The results showed that board meetings, size audit committee, women on board and the degree of multinational activity (DMA) affect have a positive effect on CSR disclosure. Meanwhile, board age, CEO duality, CSR training, board independence and sustainability committee have no positive effect on CSR disclosure. Key words : Corporate governance, sustainability committee, degree of multinational activity, CSR disclosure

Investing in a Wealthy Resource-Based Colonial Economy: International Business in Australia before World War I

The article is a rare investigation into multinational activity in a wealthy resource-based colonial economy toward the end of the first wave of globalization. It challenges the conventional wisdom that multinationals had a limited presence in pre-1914 Australia, where government loans and portfolio investment from Britain into infrastructural and primary industries dominated. Our new database of nearly five hundred foreign firms, from various nations and spread across the host economy, shows a thriving and diverse international business community whose agency mattered for economic development in Australia. Colonial ties, natural resources, stable institutions, and high incomes all attracted foreign firms.

“The Nature of the Firm”—and the Eternal Life of the Brand

Explanations of why firms exist and evolve and how intellectual property—including trademarks—contributes to their growth, survival, and impact on globalization and deglobalization have been widely studied in business history and in other fields. Drawing on the study of firms with multinational activity, this article argues that ownership of strong brands can have multiple impacts on the nature of the firm, on the dynamics of industries, on processes of globalization and deglobalization, and on shifts of power and wealth. In the process of doing so, this paper also argues that business history has great potential to have an impact beyond the field, serving as a “hub” for dialogue between disciplines. To achieve that, business historians need to remain truthful to their core competences, which include conducting well-grounded archival-based research, taking into account the uniqueness of the firm and the complexity of the environment, and conducting research that is comparative and international. This article is based my presidential address presented at the Business History Conference on March 16, 2019, in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.