Towards collective business action and cross-sector collaboration in responsible competitiveness clusters in southern Africa

References

• Accountability . 2004 . Responsible competitiveness: corporate responsibility and the competitiveness of nations and communities , London : AccountAbility .
   Google Scholar
• African Institute Of Corporate Citizenship . 2004 . A preliminary audit of tri-sector partnerships in South Africa , Report prepared for the South African Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
   Google Scholar
• Anglo Platinum . 2006 . Anglo Platinum Sustainability Report 2006 , Johannesburg : Anglo Platinum .
   Google Scholar
• Axelrod and R . 1997 . The complexity of cooperation: agent-based models of competition and collaboration , Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Bruno , K. and Karliner , J. 2002 . earthsummit.biz: the corporate takeover of sustainable development , Oakland, CA : Food First Books .
   Google Scholar
• Business For Social Responsibility . 2004 . Managing the transition to a responsible global textiles and garment industry , San Francisco : Business for Social Responsibility .
   Google Scholar
• Business Partners For Development . 2002 . “ Putting partnering to work: Tri-sector partnership results and recommendations (1998-2001) ” . London : Business Partners for Development .
   Google Scholar
• Commark Trust . 2005 . Catalyst: a newsletter for the ComMark Trust , Pretoria : Conmark Trust .
   Google Scholar
• Copenhagen Centre & Accountability . 2002 . Corporate responsibility clustering: leveraging corporate responsibility for national competitive advantage , Copenhagen : Copenhagen Centre .
   Google Scholar
• De Haan , E. and Phillips , G. 2002 . Made in South Africa – Clean Clothes Campaign , http://www.cleanclothes.org/ftp/Africa-report.pdf Accessed 3 May 2007
   Google Scholar
• Development Bank Of Southern Africa . 2006 . Special edition on corporate citizenship in Africa . Development Southern Africa , 23 ( 2 ) : 173 – 320 .
   Google Scholar
• Donahue , JD. 2004 . On collaborative governance , Cambridge, MA : Harvard University .
   Google Scholar
• Dorward , A and Kydd , J . 2004 . The Malawi 2002 food crisis: the rural development challenge . The Journal of Modern African Studies , 42 : 343 – 61 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ethical Trading Initiative . 1998–2007 . Home page , http://www.ethicaltrade.org Accessed 3 May 2007
   Google Scholar
• Ferrand , D , Gibson , A , Scott and H . 2004 . ‘Making markets work for the poor’: an objective and an approach for governments and development agencies , Johannesburg : The ComMark Trust .
   Google Scholar
• Fisher , R and Ury , W . 1981 . Getting to yes: negotiating agreement without giving in , Boston : Houghton Mifflin .
   Google Scholar
• Fitzgerald , O , Ngombe and J . Paper presented at the International Symposium ‘Is Corporate Citizenship Making a Difference?’ . November 20–2 2006 , Accra, Ghana. Case study of the Business Action Against Corruption initiative in Malawi ,
   Google Scholar
• Flick and U . 2002 . An introduction to qualitative research, , 2nd , London : Sage .
   Google Scholar
• Griffin , J , Mahon and JF . 1997 . The corporate social performance and corporate financial performance debate: twenty-five years of incomparable research . Business and Society , 36 ( 1 ) : 5 – 31 .
   Google Scholar
• Hamann and R . 2004 . Corporate social responsibility, partnerships, and institutional change: The case of mining companies in South Africa . Natural Resources Forum , 28 ( 4 ) : 278 – 90 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hamann , R , Sonnenberg , D , Mackenzie , A , Kapelus , P and Hollesen , P . 2005 . Local governance as complex system: lessons from mining in South Africa, Mali, and Zambia . Journal of Corporate Citizenship , 18 : 61 – 73 .
   Google Scholar
• Hanisch , D and Chen , J . The Apparel Lesotho Alliance to Fight Aids (ALAFA) Project . Presentation to the conference ‘Destination Lesotho: Towards Responsible Competitiveness’ 16–7 , Maseru, Lesotho. May .
   Google Scholar
• Hardin and G . 1968 . The tragedy of the commons . Science , 162 : 1243 – 8 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• IFC (International Finance Corporation) & World Bank . 2006 . A FIAS Project Proposal: Competitiveness and Corporate Social Responsibility in Lesotho's Apparel Industry . http: //www.mfa-forum.net/docs/Project_Proposal_CSR_Lesotho.pdf Accessed 5 August 2007
   Google Scholar
• Jackson , R . 2006 . Responsible sourcing: do corporate initiatives make a difference? . Ethical Corporation , 11 September 2006. http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID = 4499 Accessed 12 March 2007
   Google Scholar
• Lesotho National Development Corporation . Augus . tPresentation to the Multi-Fibre Agreement Forum meeting , Maseru. Lesotho
   Google Scholar
• Mccormick and D . 1999 . African enterprise clusters and industrialisation: theory and reality . World Development , 27 ( 9 ) : 1531 – 51 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Marais and L . 2006 . Making markets work for the poor: the case of emerging wool enterprises in South Africa . Small Enterprise Development , 17 ( 4 ) : 33 – 42 .
   Google Scholar
• Margolis , JD and Walsh , JP . 2003 . Misery loves companies: rethinking social initiatives by business . Administrative Science Quarterly , 48 : 268 – 305 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Multi-Fibre Agreement Forum . 2005 . A collaborative framework for guiding post-MFA actions , http://www.bsr.org/Meta/BSR MFAFramework.pdf Accessed 3 February 2007
   Google Scholar
• North , DC . 1994 . Economic performance through time . The American Economic Review , 84 ( 3 ) : 359 – 68 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Otanez , MG , Muggli , ME , Hurt , RD and Glantz , SA . 2006 . Eliminating child labour in Malawi: a British American Tobacco corporate responsibility project to sidestep tobacco labour exploitation . Tobacco Control , 11 : 224 – 30 .
   Google Scholar
• Pedersen , PO . 1997 . “ Clusters of enterprises within systems of production and distribution: collective efficiency and transaction costs ” . In Enterprise clusters and networks in developing countries , Edited by: Van Dijk , MP and Rabellotti , R . London : Frank Cass .
   Google Scholar
• Porter , ME . 1998 . Clusters and the new economics of competition . Harvard Business Review , 76 ( 6 ) : 77 – 90 . November/December
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Raines and P . 2002 . The challenge of evaluating cluster behaviour in economic development policy , Strathclyde : University of Strathclyde .
   Google Scholar
• Reason , P , Bradbury and H . 2000 . Handbook of action research: participative inquiry and practice , Edited by: Reason , P , Bradbury and H . Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage .
   Google Scholar
• Salm , A . Competitiveness in the Lesotho textile industry. Presentation to ComMark Trust conference on Competitiveness in the Lesotho Textile Industry . ctMaseru .
   Google Scholar
• Salm , A , Grant , W , Green , T , Haycock , J and Raimondo , J . 2002 . Lesotho garment industry subsector study for the Government of Lesotho , Maseru : Department for International Development .
   Google Scholar
• Schmitz , H and Nadvi , K . 1999 . Clustering and industrialization: introduction . World Development , 27 ( 9 ) : 1503 – 14 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• The Whitaker Group . 2006 . Lesotho update: pioneering a new strategy. A Whitaker Group Publication , http://www.thewhitakergroup.us Accessed 3 February 2007
   Google Scholar
• Torres , L . 2000 . The smoking business: tobacco workers in Malawi , Oslo : FAFO Institute for Applied Social Science .
   Google Scholar
• Wood , A and Valler , D . 2001 . Turn again? Rethinking institutions and the governance of local and regional economies . Environment and Planning A , 33 ( 7 ) : 1139 – 44 .
   Google Scholar
• World Bank . 2007 . World Development Report, 2007: development and the next generation , Washington, DC : World Bank .
   Google Scholar
• World Economic Forum . 2005 . Partnering for success: business perspectives on multistakeholder partnerships , Geneva : World Economic Forum .
   Google Scholar
• Zadek and S . 2006 . Responsible competitiveness: reshaping global markets through responsible business practices . Corporate Governance , 6 ( 4 ) : 334 – 48 .
   Google Scholar