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Multinationals, International Business and Poverty : A Cross-Disciplinary Research Overview and Conceptual Framework
Kolk, Ans - 2018
This paper examines the role of multinationals and international business in poverty alleviation, based on an analysis … that maps and disentangles the impact of different types of international business activities on five dimensions of poverty … poverty is still unclear overall, we contribute to research and policy debates by identifying key insights from and main gaps …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012921355
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The Social Responsibility of International Business : From Ethics and the Environment to CSR and Sustainable Development
Kolk, Ans - 2017
three subthemes: the (green) environment; ethics, rights and responsibilities; poverty and (sustainable) development. These …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014134056
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'Think Glocal, Act Glocal' : The Praxis of Social Justice Lawyering in the Global Era
Carasik, Lauren - 2017
highlighted the failure of international development policies to "lift all boats." The complex and globalized context of poverty … theories of global interconnectedness that integrate progressive lawyering, social change theory and anti-poverty work in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014221047
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Distributional consequences of globalization : is organization of the Islamic Conference Countries different?
Majeed, Muhammad Tariq - In: The International trade journal 29 (2015) 3, pp. 171-190
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011338776
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Institutions, Location, and Networks of Multinational Enterprises in China : A Case Study of Hangzhou
Wei, Yehua Dennis; Leung, Chi Kin; Li, Wangming; Pan, Rong - 2010
Based on interviews with local government officials and a survey of 44 foreigninvested enterprises (FIEs), this article examines the significance of local formal institutions for intramunicipal location decisions of multinational enterprises (MNEs) and for network properties of their investments...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014197510
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Do civil and political repression really boost foreign direct investments?
Harms, Philipp; Ursprung, Heinrich W. - 2001
Multinational enterprises are often accused to have a preference for investing in countries in which the working populations' civil and political rights are largely disregarded. This paper presents an empirical investigation of the popular political repression boosts FDI hypothesis and arrives...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011397998
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Explaining the Internationalization Process of Malaysian Service Firms
Asgari, Mohammadreza - 2013
International business literature has paid special attention to the study of internationalisation and entry mode strategies of firms from the manufacturing sector. Very few studies have been conducted that examine the international expansion of firms from the service industry. Today, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013073837
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Internationalization of Regional Clusters : Theoretical and Empirical Issues
Islankina, Ekaterina - 2015
Today regions are becoming independent actors able to compete globally as globalization of competition is consistent with the localization of competitive advantage. In many ways regional competitiveness is based on the clustering concept. Changes in the global economic environment are making...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013020310
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The Politics of Meta-Governance in Transnational Private Sustainability Governance
Fransen, Luc - 2015
In order to address challenges resulting from interactions between transnational private sustainability standard organizations, initiatives emerge that meta-govern these standards. Contrary to prevailing understandings in public policy literature, such meta-governance initiatives are mostly run...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013021091
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Transnational Business as a Manifestation of the Integration of the Global Economy and a Driving Force of its Development
Morkovina, Svetlana S. - 2018
The purpose of this article is to determine the significance of transnational business in the development of the global economic system, to present perspectives on its further functioning and distribution in the global economy, and to develop recommendations for state regulation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012919695