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Discussion and Conclusion

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In this concluding chapter, we start by discussing how the chapters on management and governance inform the literature on governance, corporate giving, and foundations. Second, we summarize the overlapping themes in the regional and country chapters, including the presence and strength of a tradition in (corporate) foundations or (corporate) giving, which institutional framework is present, how (theoretically) autonomous corporate foundations are able to act within that particular context, what their main focus is, and how corporate foundations are funded. Finally, we discuss how different stakeholders, such as employees and beneficiaries, might have different perspectives on corporate foundations. We end this final chapter with a short overall discussion and a conclusion in which we start to shape a potential research agenda based on the key findings and discussions in this book.

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  1. Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Lonneke Roza & Lucas Meijs

  2. Center for Philanthropy Studies (CEPS), University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

    Steffen Bethmann & Georg von Schnurbein

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Roza, L., Bethmann, S., Meijs, L., von Schnurbein, G. (2020). Discussion and Conclusion. In: Roza, L., Bethmann, S., Meijs, L., von Schnurbein, G. (eds) Handbook on Corporate Foundations. Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25759-0_15

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