Finance Reconsidered: New Perspectives for a Responsible and Sustainable Finance Vol: 10

William Sun
Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

Bernard Paranque
KEDGE Business School, France

Roland Pérez
Academic Research Partnership, France


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Hardback
ISBN:
9781785609800
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Publisher:
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Dimensions:
440 pages - 152 x 229 x 16mm
Series:
Critical Studies on Corporate Responsibility, Governance and Sustainability
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As a response to ongoing economic, social and environmental crises, many private actors have enlarged their definition of 'value' to include environmental and social elements. Such practices, however, appear incompatible with the current epistemological structure of academic financial discourse. This paradox challenges us to reconsider the foundations of modern finance, particularly the dominant role of shareholders.The volume argues there is a need to turn the established order upside down. Studies in economics and finance have to be embedded in environmental and social welfare to answer the challenges we face, and there is a need for a radical break with the methodological individualism that dominates economics, management and (especially) finance. It is our responsibility to question social welfare when it is defined only as maximising shareholder value. Should we instead promote a substitute to the shareholder? How should we (re)define the concept of value? This volume serves as a stepping stone for rethinking academic finance, and attempts to carve out innovative paths for financial research in the 21st century.

PART I: INTRODUCTIONFinance Reconsidered: New Perspectives for a Responsible and Sustainable Finance - Bernard Paranque and Roland PerezPART II: CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DOMINANT FINANCIAL PARADIGMAn Alternative to Shareholder Value Creation: Subverting the Domination of Capitalist Exchanges Through the Production of Uses and Common Pool Resources Management - Bernard ParanqueProlegomena to an Alternative Study of Finance - Thomas Lagoarde-SegotAnalysis of the Financial Crisis, or Crisis in Financial Analysis? - Roland PerezPART III: SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT, MICRO-CREDIT, AND ALTERNATIVE MANAGEMENTA Critical Analysis of Socially Responsible Investment (SRI): Meta-Debate and Development Perspectives - Christophe RevelliSRI 2.0: More Than a Makeover – a Fundamental Reformulation - Jacques NinetWhy Has Microcredit Had Such a Limited Impact on the Reduction of Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa? - Jean-Michel ServetLocal Systems of Exchange in Kabylia: Economy of Reciprocity and Constraint of Traditions - Bela?d Abrika, Bernard Paranque and Cecile PerretBrand Value Creation Versus Destruction: The Relationship Between Consumers, Marketers, and Financiers - Bernard Paranque and Bernard CovaCooperatives - An Alternative to Capitalism? The Case of the John Lewis Partnership - Bernard Paranque and Hugh WillmottPART IV: FINANCE, ETHICS, AND SOCIETYApplying Mindfulness and Compassion in Finance - Christophe FaugereFrom Financial to Economic Intermediation: Islamic Banking’s Unheard Message - Abdel-Maoula ChaarIslamic Investment Versus Socially Responsible Investment: Lessons from Comparison - Bernard Paranque and Elias ErragraguiPART V: CONCLUSIONA Provisional Conclusion: A Shift Towards Finance as a Commons? - Bernard ParanquePostface: Let a Thousand Flowers BloomAppendix A: Presentation of the Finance and Sustainability Programme (FAS)Appendix B: Post Crisis Finance Association - from Crisis to Viability: Finance Reconsidered - for a Manifesto
Edited by Bernard Paranque, Kedge Business School, AG2R LA MONDIALE “Finance Reconsidered”, Marseille, FranceRoland Perez, Universite De Montpellier, Montpellier, France

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