In response to a changing global regulatory environment the Korean government is opening the domestic agro-food market to international players. While opportunities in Korea are increasing for New Zealand agro-food exporters, trade reflects New Zealand's traditional export base of beef and dairy...

This paper advances a focus on emotions as a key dimension of the actualisation of workplace exploitation experienced by temporary migrants. In doing so, we extend understandings of forced labour, unfreedom and migration and their concern for the operation of coercion in employment relations....

Is modern slavery in the Thai fishing industry effectively suppressed through multilevel supply chain governance? This paper elaborates on existing theory concerning governance synergies, then analyzes how labor governance, exerted at multiple levels within and across the supply chain, affects...

Modern slavery exists in developed and developing countries and in both labor‐intensive and high‐end sectors. While the business literature has paid attention to the role public, private, and social actors play in combating modern slavery business practices, the contribution science can make...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the relationship between economic upgrading (implementing higher value-added activities) and social upgrading (improvements in workers’ rights and employment) of supplier firms in global value chains (GVCs) governed by multinational enterprises (MNEs)....

Research Question/IssueThis study examines the phenomenon of principal–principal conflicts in privatized companies in Vietnam. Since different types of shareholders may have competing interests, our study aims to address the following question: “How do different types of shareholders affect...

PurposeThis paper provides an overview of the Aztec 13 – the top 13 multinational enterprises in Mexico. Different from research that groups countries and regions, the purpose of the paper is to deliver a nuanced picture of these multinationals in terms of their key characteristics and the...

According to Amnesty International and African Research Watch (Afrewatch) in their 2016 report entitled "This is What We Die For" none of the MNCs could fully verify where the cobalt in their products comes from because of the complex nature of the supply chain. Old institutionalism emphasizes...