Hugues Bouthinon-Dumas – författare

Law and management is an emerging approach that refers to research that seeks to explain how companies can use law to their benefit and turn it into a competitive advantage. Unlike economic analyses of law, which aim to evaluate the performance of norms, law and management consider the differences in performance of companies operating within the same legal environment. All companies can optimize their management with respect to the law provided they can see the opportunities and threats that law creates and then take advantage of those opportunities or to manage those risks.In The Oxford Handbook of Law and Management, editors Antoine Masson, Hugues Bouthinon-Dumas, Jean-Michel Do Carmo Silva, and W. Gregory Voss have gathered experts in law, business, and social sciences to present a comprehensive exploration of the intersection of law and business strategy. The volume explores how companies can leverage legal tools--contracts, compliance, litigation, and more--to gain a competitive edge. Further, it offers practical techniques and theoretical insights on a broad range of topics, such as risk management, corporate governance, and legal innovation. The chapters cover how the law could be understood by management and attendant ethical questions, different views on the legal performance of companies, the different drivers of legal performance, the ways a company can modify its institutional or competitive environment to its advantage, the practice of law & management, and several emerging issues. An essential resource for scholars and students of management and business law, the Handbook provides a better understanding of how legal strategies can drive business success and offers a fresh perspective on the strategic role of law in business.

The transition towards sustainability is now a major issue that has taken centre stage in public debate, policy circles, scientific forums, and business roundtables. Higher education institutions focusing on educating tomorrow’s managers and leaders and on business practices are doubly challenged by this development. On the one hand, they must be accountable to their internal stakeholders who strongly identify with the new “environmental awakening”. On the other hand, because of their status as research institutions, they must provide answers and propose solutions to face this challenge which is shaping up to be the most crucial issue that humanity has had to face in the modern era.In this book, faculty and researchers from École Supérieure de Sciences Économiques et Commerciales (ESSEC Business School), a recognized leader among European schools of business and management, provide a multi-faceted perspective on the different areas that need to be considered to understand the new market dynamics during this environmental and social transition. The book identifies the obstacles that come in the way of the transformation of dominant business models, and how to overcome them in order to move away from “business as usual”. The various chapters in this work offer a vast diversity of approaches that address the paradigm shift towards sustainability, providing insights for both business and higher education. The book includes chapters from seven different departments at ESSEC: Management; Accounting and Management Control; Economics; Information Systems; Decision Sciences and Statistics; Marketing; Operations Management; and Public and Private Policy.Research-based and combining theory with practice, this thought-provoking book will be welcomed by academics, institutions, and professionals alike, wishing to gain perspectives on the challenges of the transition towards a sustainable society.