Most cited papers in Corporate Law and Human Rights

Corporate Law and Human Rights

What are the most cited papers in Corporate Law and Human Rights?

The most cited paper in Corporate Law and Human Rights is "The Stakeholder Theory of the Corporation: Concepts, Evidence, and Implications" (Thomas J. Donaldson, Lee E. Preston, 1995), with 9,229 citations. Next come "The New Political Role of Business in a Globalized World: A Review of a New Perspective on CSR and its Implications for the Firm, Governance, and Democracy" (2,123) and "Managerial Power and Rent Extraction in the Design of Executive Compensation" (1,488).

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Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 163 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#	Paper
1	The Stakeholder Theory of the Corporation: Concepts, Evidence, and Implications Thomas J. Donaldson, Lee E. Preston · Academy of Management Review	1995	9,229
2	The New Political Role of Business in a Globalized World: A Review of a New Perspective on CSR and its Implications for the Firm, Governance, and Democracy Andreas Georg Scherer, Guido Palazzo · Journal of Management Studies Open access	May 2010	2,123
3	Managerial Power and Rent Extraction in the Design of Executive Compensation Lucian A. Bebchuk, Jesse M. Fried, David I. Walker · The University of Chicago Law Review	2002	1,488
4	The Emergence of Global Administrative Law Benedict Kingsbury, Nico Krisch, Richard B. Stewart · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access	2005	1,088
5	The End of History for Corporate Law Henry B. Hansmann, Reinier H. Kraakman · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access	2000	745
6	The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power Joel C. Bakan · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access	2004	710
7	Private Global Business Regulation David J. Vogel · Annual Review of Political Science Review	9 Jan 2008	641
8	Outsourcing Regulation: Analyzing Nongovernmental Systems of Labor Standards and Monitoring Dara O’Rourke · Policy Studies Journal Open access	Mar 2003	586
9	The Private Regulation of Global Corporate Conduct David J. Vogel · Business & Society Open access	17 Aug 2009	585
10	Global Rules and Private Actors: Toward a New Role of the Transnational Corporation in Global Governance Andreas Georg Scherer, Guido Palazzo, Dorothée Baumann · Business Ethics Quarterly Open access	Oct 2006	574
11	Regime-Collisions: The Vain Search for Legal Unity in the Fragmentation of Global Law Günther Teubner, Andreas Fischer-Lescano · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access	10 Jan 2006	536
12	Input and Output Legitimacy of Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives Sébastien Mena, Guido Palazzo · Business Ethics Quarterly	21 Jun 2012	533
13	The Constitutional Structure of International Society and the Nature of Fundamental Institutions Christian Reus‐Smit · International Organization	1997	515
14	Commercial Common Law, the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods, and the Inertia of Habit David H. Frisch · Tulane law review	1999	467
15	Fairness and Utility in Tort Theory George P. Fletcher · Harvard Law Review Open access	1972	421
16	Toward Unlimited Shareholder Liability for Corporate Torts Henry B. Hansmann, Reinier H. Kraakman · The Yale Law Journal Open access	May 1991	416
17	Protect, Respect and Remedy: A Framework for Business and Human Rights John Gerard Ruggie · Innovations Technology Governance Globalization	Apr 2008	405
18	Regulation and Economic Globalization: Prospects and Limits of Private Governance Frederick W. Mayer, Gary Gereffi · Business and Politics Open access	Oct 2010	394
19	Private Commercial Law in the Cotton Industry: Creating Cooperation through Rules, Norms, and Institutions Lisa Bernstein · Michigan Law Review	Jun 2001	393
20	Corporate social responsibility – a PR invention? Peter Frankental · Corporate Communications An International Journal	Mar 2001	393
21	A Propos the 1980 Vienna Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods Gyula Eörsi · The American Journal of Comparative Law	1983	367
22	THE MOUNTAINS ARE HIGH AND THE EMPEROR IS FAR AWAY: SANCTITY OF CONTRACT IN CHINA Patricia Pattison, Daniel Herren · American Business Law Journal Open access	Mar 2003	367
23	Consequential Damages in the International Sale of Goods: Analysis of Two Decisions Eric C. Schneider · Penn Carey Law Legal Scholarship Repository (University of Pennsylvania) Open access	1995	364
24	Current issues in European financial and insolvency law : perspectives from France and the UK Wolf-Georg Ringe, Louise Gullifer, Philippe Théry · Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research Open access	2009	362
25	Complicity: Ethics and Law for a Collective Age Larry A. May, Christopher L. Kutz · The Philosophical Review	Jul 2002	357
26	The Genius of American Corporate Law Martin von Haller Groenbaek, Roberta Romano · The American Journal of Comparative Law	1994	352
27	A Law for International Sale of Goods: A Reply to Michael Bridge Lachmi Singh, Benjamin Leisinger · Pace international law review Open access	Apr 2008	350
28	Through the Looking-Glass: International Trade in the Wonderland of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods Michael Kabik · bepress Legal Repository Open access	1992	346
29	Disclaimers of Implied Warranties: The 1980 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods Laura E. Longobardi · FLASH - Fordham Law Archive of Scholarship & History (Fordham University) Open access	1985	345
30	Awarding Interest in International Arbitration John Y. Gotanda · American Journal of International Law	1996	341
31	Citizenship, accountability and community: the limits of the CSR agenda Peter J. Newell · International Affairs Open access	May 2005	340
32	The Social License to Operate Geert Demuijnck, Björn H. Fasterling · Journal of Business Ethics	15 Jan 2016	336
33	The Benefit Corporation and Corporate Social Responsibility Janine S. Hiller · Journal of Business Ethics	5 Dec 2012	327
34	The Legitimacy Crisis in Investment Treaty Arbitration: Privatizing Public International Law Through Inconsistent Decisions Susan D. Franck · FLASH - Fordham Law Archive of Scholarship & History (Fordham University) Open access	2005	325
35	The Open Corporation: Effective Self-regulation and Democracy Christine Parker	5 Aug 2002	321
36	Review of the Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the Issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises, Professor John Ruggie to the United Nations Human Rights Council, Protect, Respect and Remedy: A Framework for Business and Human Rights Ah/Hrc/8/5, 7 April 2008 Olufemi O. Amao · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access	2008	309
37	Awarding Costs and Attorneys' Fees in International Commercial Arbitrations John Y. Gotanda · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access	2000	295
38	Globalizing Corporate Governance: Convergence of Form or Function Ronald J. Gilson · The American Journal of Comparative Law	2001	291
39	The Concept of 'Law' in Global Administrative Law Benedict Kingsbury · European Journal of International Law Open access	Feb 2009	290
40	CSR and the Debate on Business and Human Rights: Bridging the Great Divide Florian Wettstein · Business Ethics Quarterly	6 Sep 2012	290
41	Corporate responsibility and the movement of business Peter Utting · Development in Practice	Jun 2005	288
42	The Governance of Global Value Chains: Unresolved Human Rights, Environmental and Ethical Dilemmas in the Apple Supply Chain Thomas Clarke, Martijn Boersma · Journal of Business Ethics	29 Jul 2015	283
43	Constitutionalism as Mindset: Reflections on Kantian Themes About International Law and Globalization Martti Koskenniemi · Theoretical Inquiries in Law Open access	10 Dec 2006	281
44	The Hidden Virtues of Chapter 11: An Overview of the Law and Economics of Financially Distressed Firms Douglas G. Baird · bepress Legal Repository Open access	1997	281
45	Business and Human Rights: The Evolving International Agenda John Gerard Ruggie · American Journal of International Law	Oct 2007	278
46	Manufacturing Consent: Changes in the Labor Process under Monopoly Capitalism. Allen W. Imershein, Michael Burawoy · Social Forces	Sep 1982	268
47	Tratado de responsabilidad extracontractual Íñigo de la Maza Gazmuri · Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja)	23 Sep 2007	268
48	Using Non‐Governmental Resources to Foster Regulatory Compliance Peter Nils Grabosky · Governance	Oct 1995	267
49	Private Power and Global Authority: Transnational Merchant Law in the Global Political Economy A. Claire Cutler	14 Aug 2003	261
50	State Responsibility: The General Part James Crawford	18 Jul 2013	252

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