How can we better understand the complex interaction effects that are triggered when businesses and international government agencies become partners in social development? To answer, this article presents field experiences of Heineken in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ethnic cleansing in Myanmar, and the United Nations Global Compact in Dubai, to show the impact of key multi-stakeholder business-development policies as experienced by millions of people. These cases help us understand business and sustainable development interactions by exploring existing research gaps regarding issues of discourse, guidance, and legitimacy. This article has four aims: (1) to show that business-development interactions are much more complex than most case studies are able to encapsulate; (2) to explore how unintended ripple effects of even the most promising “win-win” business-development policies can carry catastrophic consequences; (3) to illustrate the potential benefits of a novel methodology for future research on business, global governance, and sustainable development; and (4) to show how business and development concerns interconnect across and through the macro- and meso-levels of analysis down to local livelihood interactions and impacts. I contextualize these experiences to emerging scholarship, opening avenues for building theory and improving policy on business, development, and peace.

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企业在可持续发展和建设和平中的作用：观察互动效应

当企业和国际政府机构成为社会发展的合作伙伴时，我们如何才能更好地理解复杂的互动效应？为了回答这个问题，本文介绍了喜力在刚果民主共和国、缅甸的种族清洗和迪拜的联合国全球契约的实地经验，以展示数百万人所经历的关键的多利益相关者商业发展政策的影响. 这些案例通过探索有关话语、指导和合法性问题的现有研究空白，帮助我们了解业务和可持续发展的相互作用。本文有四个目的：（1）表明业务与开发的交互比大多数案例研究所能概括的要复杂得多；(2) 探索即使是最有希望的“双赢”商业发展政策的意外连锁反应如何带来灾难性后果；(3) 说明一种新方法对未来商业、全球治理和可持续发展研究的潜在好处；(4) 展示商业和发展问题如何在宏观和中观层面的分析中相互关联，直至地方生计相互作用和影响。我将这些经验与新兴学术联系起来，为建立理论和改进商业、发展与和平政策开辟了道路。(4) 展示商业和发展问题如何在宏观和中观层面的分析中相互关联，直至地方生计相互作用和影响。我将这些经验与新兴学术联系起来，为建立理论和改进商业、发展与和平政策开辟了道路。(4) 展示商业和发展问题如何在宏观和中观层面的分析中相互关联，直至地方生计相互作用和影响。我将这些经验与新兴学术联系起来，为建立理论和改进商业、发展与和平政策开辟了道路。