Business in War and Peace

Abstract

Research on corporate behaviour in conflict zones is a new research field that has only recently witnessed a surge of interest (Fort and Schipani 2004). A review of existing research related to corporate governance contributions in conflict zones finds a lack of theoretical framework and systematic empirical analyses.¹ In order to position my research and provide background to the conceptual deliberations and analytical framework in the next chapters, this chapter therefore discusses existing research related to the two main research questions, without attempting to give a comprehensive review of all relevant literature.