Research on the multinational corporation (MNC) is increasingly concerned with the alleged evolution of companies towards a more standardized and rationalized global organization. Only recently, this field has been informed by alternative approaches which generate a more differentiated picture...

This article investigates corporate social responsibility (CSR) as an institution within UK multinational corporations (MNCs). In the context of the literature on the institutionalization of CSR and on critical CSR, it presents two main findings. First, it contributes to the CSR mainstream...

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become a pervasive topic in the business literature, but has largely neglected the role of institutions. This introductory article to the Special Issue of Socio-Economic Review examines the potential contributions of institutional theory to understanding...

This paper is based on an Anglo-German Research project of two research groups in both countries. It is based on data collected by qualitative research in the three largest MNCs in the lift and escalator industry. The headquarters of the three corporations are based in the United States, Finland...