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Logics of local actors and global agents: divergent values, divergent world views

Molz, Rick; Ratiu, Catalin - In: Critical perspectives on international business 8 (2012) 3, pp. 225-240

Purpose – This paper seeks to develop a theoretical explanation of conflicts and incompatible interpretations of events between agents of multinational corporations (MNCs) and actors present in certain host countries. It aims to situate the argument in comparative economic systems as a part of...

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Transnational corporations and global capitalism: reflections on the last 40 years

Radice, Hugo - In: critical perspectives on international business 10 (2014) 1/2, pp. 21-34

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the author's research and teaching on transnational corporations and global capitalism over the last 40 years. Design/methodology/approach – A chronological account of the changing nature of TNCs and their impacts, and the evolution of...

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Global value chains, rising power firms and economic and social upgrading

Lee, Joonkoo; Gereffi, Gary - In: critical perspectives on international business 11 (2015) 3/4, pp. 319-339

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce the global value chain (GVC) approach to understand the relationship between multinational enterprises (MNEs) and the changing patterns of global trade, investment and production, and its impact on economic and social upgrading. It aims to...

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Transnational corporations in twenty-first century capitalism

Sprague, Jeb; Ietto-Gillies, Grazia - In: critical perspectives on international business 10 (2014) 1/2, pp. 35-50

strategies of TNCs, to globalization and transnationalization, to internationalization indices, to linkages between innovation …

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The structural violence of globalization

Srikantia, Jessica - In: critical perspectives on international business 12 (2016) 3, pp. 222-258

Purpose This paper aims to expose the violence intrinsic to globalization and to suggest a conceptual and practical … domain focused on arresting and preventing the structural violence of globalization. Design/methodology/approach The paper … communities around the globe is an inherent component of globalization; current notions of “development” and “poverty” provide …

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Being and becoming a professional accountant in Canada

Thomson, Kelly; Jones, Joanne - In: critical perspectives on international business 11 (2015) 2, pp. 156-172

Purpose – The purpose of this study was to explore how the migration experiences of international accounting professionals were shaped by colonial structures and how, through their interactions with other professionals, migrants hybridize their professional identities and the profession in...

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Critical perspectives on the globally mobile professional and managerial class

McKenna, Steve; Ravishankar, M.N.; Weir, David - In: critical perspectives on international business 11 (2015) 2, pp. 118-121

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce the papers in the special issue. Design/methodology/approach – A general description of each paper in the special issue is provided. The introduction highlights the need for more research into the broad topic of the global elite. Findings...

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Wall Street women: professional saviors of the global economy

Fisher, Melissa - In: critical perspectives on international business 11 (2015) 2, pp. 137-155

Purpose – This paper aims to, by drawing on two decades of field work on Wall Street, explore the recent evolution in the gendering of Wall Street, as well as the potential effects – including the reproduction of financiers’ power – of that evolution. The 2008 financial crisis was...

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Pushing the frontiers of critical international business studies

Boussebaa, Mehdi; Morgan, Glenn - In: critical perspectives on international business 10 (2014) 1/2, pp. 96-106

Purpose – This paper aims to discuss the context- and power-sensitive approach to the study of multinationals that has emerged in the last decade, argues for the need to supplement it by a clearer focus on the wider geopolitical context in which multinationals operate and outlines the...

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Australian companies using globalization to disrupt the ancient wine industry

Cox, Juliet; Bridwell, Larry - In: Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal 17 (2007) 4, pp. 209-221

Purpose – This paper aims to provide a strategic analysis of how globalization has enabled Australian companies to … on the success of the Australian Yellow Tail brand. Findings – The forces of globalization have caused significant … can be applied to different industries and shows that dynamic forces of globalization can emerge from any corner of the …

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