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Department of Management, Society and Communication
- Centre for Business and Development Studies (CBDS)
- Centre for Sustainability
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My research investigates the economic, social, and environmental consequences of international trade between the Global North and the Global South. In particular, my research seeks to answer three questions:
- Why do global value chains arise between the Global North and the Global South?
- How do multinational companies organize this trade, particularly through their corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability requirements?
- What are the economic, social, and environmental implications of this trade for local firms, farmers, workers, and communities in the Global South?
With an interdisciplinary background in development studies (i.e., North-South relations), environmental management, and labor studies, I am to develop global value chain analysis as a heuristic tool for empirical analysis, in ways that incorporate insights from CSR and corporate sustainability, political ecology, and worker-driven regulation theories. I have conducted detailed empirical studies of the formulation, implementation, monitoring and impact of CSR and sustainability policies in global garment, textile, leather, and bamboo value chains linking Europe and South Asia for more than 20 years. This research involves an epistemic commitment to giving voice to marginalized and suppressed stakeholders in South Asia, whose views and concerns are often ignored or sidelined in CSR and sustainability research, policy, and practice in Europe and North America.
This work has been been published in top-tier journals such as Work, Employment and Society, Environment and Planning A, Journal of Economic Geography, Journal of Business Ethics, Development and Change, Ecological Economics, and Global Networks. Additionally, I have authored and edited five books in the last five years, including my recent monograph, Rethinking Global Value Chains and CSR (Edward Elgar, 2022), and coauthored titles, Sustainable Garment Value Chains (Cambridge University Press, 2023), and two forthcoming books, Global Value Chains and Climate Change (Edward Elgar, 2025) and Nation-branding, Global Value Chains, and Sustainability (Cambridge University Press, 2025).
- Corporate responsibility in the Global South
- Global value and recycling chains
- MSME industry clusters
- Industry focus: garments, textiles, leather and bamboo
- Area focus: Europe-South Asia
I represent the CBS in Ethical Trade Denmark, a multi-stakeholder initiative which seeks to promote sustainable and ethical trade.
Responsible value chains: A path to sustainable development? Core course at M.Sc. in Business and Development Studies, Course coordinator and main teacher.
Supervision of PhD, master-level and bachelor students in the broad fields of corporate responsibility and sustainability in developing country contexts.
Developing a working paper/teaching resource on sustainable value chain entrepreneurship with support from the Danish Entrepreneurship Foundation.
Rachel Alexander; Peter Lund-Thomsen / Sustainable Value Chains in the Global Garment Industry, Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2023, 75 p. (Elements in Business Strategy)
Peter Lund-Thomsen / Rethinking Global Value Chains and Corporate Social Responsibility, Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing 2022, 124 p. (Rethinking Business and Management)
Peter Lund-Thomsen; Lone Riisgaard; Sukhpal Singh; Shakil Ghori; Neil M. Coe / Global Value Chains and Intermediaries in Multi‐stakeholder Initiatives in Pakistan and India, In: Development and Change, Vol. 52, No. 3, 5.2021, p. 504-532
Peter Lund-Thomsen / Corporate Social Responsibility : A Supplier-centered Perspective, In: Environment and Planning A, Vol. 52, No. 8, 11.2020, p. 1700-1709
Peter Lund-Thomsen; Neil M. Coe / Corporate Social Responsibility and Labour Agency : The Case of Nike in Pakistan. In: Journal of Economic Geography, Vol. 15, No. 2, 3.2015, p. 275-296
In: Work, Employment and Society, 28.4.2024
In: Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, Vol. 44, No. 2, 2023, p. 360-362
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2023, 75 p. (Elements in Business Strategy)
In: Ecological Economics, Vol. 193, 3.2022
Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing 2022, 124 p. (Rethinking Business and Management)
In: Development and Change, Vol. 52, No. 3, 5.2021, p. 504-532
In: Global Networks, Vol. 21, No. 4, 10.2021, p. 653-680
In: Baltic Rim Economies, No. 3, 6.2021, p. 14
In: Competition & Change, Vol. 25, No. 1, 1.2021, p. 127-130
Frederiksberg : Centre for Business and Development Studies 2021, 118 p.
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School [wp] 2021, 37 p. (CBDS Working Paper, No. 2021/3)
Frederiksberg : Centre for Business and Development Studies 2020, 23 p. (CBDS Working Paper, No. 2020/4)
Abingdon : Routledge 2020, 484 p. (Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology)
In: Business and Development Studies: Issues and Perspectives. . ed. /Peter Lund-Thomsen; Michael Wendelboe Hansen; Adam Lindgreen. Abingdon : Routledge 2020, p. 3-14 (Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology)
In: Environment and Planning A, Vol. 52, No. 8, 11.2020, p. 1700-1709
In: Business and Development Studies: Issues and Perspectives. . ed. /Peter Lund-Thomsen; Michael Wendelboe Hansen; Adam Lindgreen. Abingdon : Routledge 2020, p. 159-179 (Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology)
Abstract from SASE 32nd Annual Conference 2020 - Virtual, 2020
In: Global Networks, Vol. 20, No. 2, 4.2020, p. 211-236
In: Environment and Planning A, Vol. 52, No. 4, 6.2020, p. 766-789
In: Handbook on Global Value Chains. ed. /Stefano Ponte; Gary Gereffi; Gale Raj-Reichert. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing 2019, p. 285–295
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School [wp] 2018, 34 p. (CBDS Working Paper, No. 1, 2018)
In: Research Handbook on Small Business Social Responsibility. ed. /Laura J. Spence; Jedrzej G. Frynas; Judy N. Muthuri; Jyoti Navare. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing 2018, p. 77–100 (Research Handbooks in Business and Management)
In: Geoforum, Vol. 90, 3.2018, p. 84-90
In: Business & Society, Vol. 56, No. 3, 3.2017, p. 454-486
In: Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 146, No. 3, 12.2017, p. 619–637
In: Comparative Perspectives on Global Corporate Social Responsibility. ed. /Dima Jamali. Hersley, PA : IGI global 2017, p. 241-257 (Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage)
In: Competition & Change, Vol. 21, No. 1, 2017, 7 p., p. 3-9
In: Business & Society, Vol. 56, No. 1, 1.2017, p. 11-22
In: The Business Student's Guide to Sustainable Management: Principles and Practice. . ed. /Petra Molthan-Hill. Abingdon : Routledge 2017, p. 378-408
In: South Asian Journal of Global Business Research, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2016, 2 p., p. 158-164
In: The Journal of Sustainable Mobility, Vol. 3, No. 2, 12.2016, p. 3-13
In: Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 133, No. 1, 2016, p. 9-24
In: Competition and Change, Vol. 20, No. 1, 2016, p. 53-68
In: Development-Oriented Corporate Social Responsibility. Volume 1: Multinational Corporations and the Global Context. . ed. /Dima Jamali; Charlotte Karam; Michael Blowfield. Sheffield : Greenleaf Publishing 2015, p. 189-202
In: Journal of Economic Geography, Vol. 15, No. 2, 3.2015, p. 275-296
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School [wp] 2015, 30 p. (Working Paper, No. 1 / 2015)
In: Chinese Workers in Comparative Perspective. ed. /Anita Chan. Ithaca : Cornell University Press 2015, p. 132-156
In: The Business Student's Guide to Sustainable Management: Principles and Practice . . ed. /Petra Molthan-Hill. Sheffield : Greenleaf Publishing 2015, p. 218-238
In: Social Responsibility Journal, Vol. 10, No. 4, 2014, p. 602-619
In: Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 123, No. 1, 2014, p. 11-22
In: Competition and Change, Vol. 18, No. 4, 2014, p. 281-290
In: Contemporary South Asia, Vol. 22, No. 4, 12.2014, p. 377-388
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School [wp] 2013, 29 p. (Working Paper, No. 2)
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School [wp] 2013, 21 p. (Working Paper, No. 3)
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School [wp] 2013, 26 p. (Working Paper, No. 1)
In: Geoforum, Vol. 44, 2013, p. 71-81
In: Sustainable Value Chain Management: A Research Anthology. . ed. /Adam Lindgreen; François Maon; Joëlle Vanhamme; Sankar Sen. Farnham : Gower Publishing 2013, p. 257-270
In: Business Regulation and Non-State Actors: Whose Standards? Whose Development?. . ed. /Darryl Reed; Peter Utting; Ananya Mukherjee-Reed. Abingdon : Routledge 2012, p. 189-200
In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of business in society, Vol. 12, No. 4, 2012, p. 568-578
In: Development and Change, Vol. 43, No. 6, 2012, p. 1211-1237
In: Competition and Change, Vol. 16, No. 4, 2012, p. 261-280
In: Journal of Change Management, Vol. 11, No. 1, 3.2011, p. 73-90
Frederiksberg : Center for Corporate Social Responsibility, CBS 2011, 28 p. (CSR and Business in Society: CBS Working Paper Series, No. 01-2011)
Frederiksberg : Center for Corporate Social Responsibility, CBS 2011, 50 p. (CSR and Business in Society: CBS Working Paper Series, No. 02-2011)
In: Global Networks: A Journal of Transnational Affairs, Vol. 11, No. 3, 2011, p. 334-354
In: Journal of Corporate Citizenship, No. 42, 2011, p. 55-72
In: Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 93, No. Supplement 2, 2010, p. 201-222
In: Business Strategy and the Environment, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2010, p. 1-13
In: Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 93, No. 2, 2010, 4 p., p. 139-142
In: Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 90, No. 1, 2009, p. 57-78
Wien : United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 2009, 97 p. (Technical Paper Series: Industrial Policy and Private Sector Development Branch, No. 17)
In: Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 90, No. 1, Supplement, 2009, p. 1-2
In: Development and Change, Vol. 39, No. 6, 2008, p. 1005-1018
2007, 31 p.
In: Social learning: Towards a sustainable world. Principles, perspectives, and praxis. Wageningen : Wageningen Academic Publishers 2007, p. 297-311
Frederiksberg : Centre for Corporate Responsibility, Copenhagen Business School 2007, 4 p.
In: Corporate Citizenship in Developing Countries: New partnership perspectives. . ed. /Mahad Huniche; Esben Rahbek Pedersen. Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School Press 2006, p. 113-137
In: International Affairs (London, 1944), Vol. 82, No. 5, 2006, p. 977-987
København : Samfundslitteratur 2005, 242 p. (Ph.D.serie, No. 2005-17)
In: International Affairs (London, 1944), Vol. 81, No. 3, 2005, p. 619-633
In: Sustainable development and the university. ed. /Robert Fincham; Susse Georg; Eskild Holm Nielsen. 2005, p. 75-91
In: Development : Journal of the Society for International Development, Vol. 47, No. 3, 2004, p. 106-113
Frderiksberg : Centre for Business and Development Studies 2023
New Delhi : Foundation for MSME Clusters (FMC) 2021, 13 p. (Enterprising Bamboo Case Study Series, No. 1)
Undersøgelse fra Ghana hævder, at langt mere tøjaffald bliver genbrugt
Dine gamle jeans ligger og dør på en strand i Ghana. Men nu vil EU give tøjet længere liv
Nyt lovforslag skal få tøjproducenter til at dække omkostninger for tekstilaffald
Dine gamle jeans dør på en strand i Ghana, men nu vil EU give tøjet længere liv
Skraldet flytter ud af landet: Vores gamle tøj ender i fattige lande
Miljøkatastrofe lurer fra enorm mængde europæisk tøjaffald
BGMEA delegation meets Copenhagen Business School (CBS) in Denmark
Grøn omstilling: Klimaforandring og tekstilbranchen
Efter mistanke om tvangsarbejde: Ekspert skyder regioners mundbindskontrol ned
Regionerne strammer nu kontrol med indkøb af mundbind og håndsprit
Mundbind produceret af tvangsarbejdere
Danske hospitaler har købt tusindvis af mundbind fra en kinesisk fabrik mistænkt for tvangsarbejde
Tusindvis af mundbind til danske patienter er købt fra fabrik mistænkt for tvangsarbejde Spasiba! Danmark slår Rusland og er klar til EM-semifinalen
Vulnerable workers in global supply chains
Massebesvimelser i Cambodja fortsætter: 150 besvimet på Nike-fabrik
CBS creates ethical guidelines for future partnerships
Det lysner for østens mode produktion
Dialog er vigtig i kampen mod børnearbejde
Etisk handel: Soja belaster også miljøet
Forsker tvivler på bæredygtig soja uden kontrol
Tøjfirmaer slutter op om aftale om Bangladesh
Bedre arbejdsvilkår i Bangladesh
CBS'ere får 20 millioner kroner til forskerkarrieren
CSR handler om at undgå de rådne historier
Store forandringer på det kinesiske arbejdsmarked
Virksomhedsetik kan gøre mere skade end gavn
Vi risikerer at gøre meget mere skade end gavn
- The rise of the BRIC countries and the Future of Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility
- Multi-stakeholder initiatives in the cotton value chains of South Asia (and Africa)
- Public-Private Partnerships for Developement
- Rethinking global value chains and sustainability
- Climate change and global value chains in Bangladesh
Name of contractual partner |
Duration of activity |
Type of activity |
Asiahouse |
April-May 2018 |
Consultancy Report – Final Evaluation of the Project |
Foundation for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises New Delhi |
2019 – 2022 |
Research – Study of Women’s Entrepreneurship in the Bamboo Value Chains of India (States of Assam, Meghalya, Madya Pradesh and Odisha) |