THIs chapter discusses some approaches to globalization that contribute to a critical management studies (CMS) agenda. The vast majority of the literature in management and organization theory takes an inveterately mainstream approach to globalization and lacks a critical perspective. Articles...

Purpose - This paper addresses the reasons why Chinese businesses have long been identified assubordinate to world-class brand owners; why "global" own brand developments are considered to bebeyond their competence.Design/methodology/approach - In this paper, we use an institutional perspective...

The concept of governmentality was developed by Michel Foucault to address thespecificity of contemporary neo-liberal forms of governance - premised on theactive consent and subjugation of subjects, rather than their oppression, dominationor external control. These nco-liberal forms of...