International business and sustainable development

Sustainable development is arguably one of the prime issues in the world. It has social, ecological and economic dimensions, which makes it also a multi-faceted and complex problem. International Business scholars have stressed that the Multinational Enterprise should be considered the most importa...

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Other Authors Verbeke, Alain, Strange, Roger
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2013.
SeriesProgress in international business research ; v. 8.
Subjects
Sustainable development.
International business enterprises.
Tulder, Rob van.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781781909904
ISSN1745-8862 ;
DOI10.1108/S1745-8862(2013)8
Physical Description1 online resource (xi, 446 p.)

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Table of Contents:
  • Taking stock of complexity : in search of new pathways to sustainable development / Rob van Tulder, Alain Verbeke, Roger Strange
  • Limits to growth in the 21st century / Martin Wolf
  • Foreign direct investment as a driver of industrial development : why is there so little evidence? / Rajneesh Narula
  • An internalization theory perspective on the bottom of the pyramid / Jenny Hillemann, Alain Verbeke
  • Internalisation theory, global value chain theory and sustainability standards / John Humphrey
  • Multinational enterprises and sustainability standards : using a partnering-intensity continuum to classify their interactions / Greetje Schouten, Sietze Vellema, Jeroen van Wijk
  • The social irresponsibility of international business : a novel conceptualization / Elisa Giuliani, Chiara Macchi, Davide Fiaschi
  • Do multinational enterprises contribute to sustainable development by engaging in lobbying? The automotive industry and environmental regulations / Sigrun M. Wagner, Stephanos Anastasiadis
  • Multinationals and small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) : a linkages perspective on inclusive development strategies / Rob van Tulder, Andrea da Rosa
  • A retrospective on : infrastructure or foreign direct investment? / Mo Yamin, Rudolf R. Sinkovics
  • Stakeholder dynamics as determinants of substantive versus symbolic CSR practices : a macro/micro perspective / Luis A. Perez-Batres, Jonathan P. Doh
  • Taming a wicked problem? Unilevers interpretations of corporate social responsibility 20002012 / Jacqueline Mees-Buss, Catherine Welch
  • MNE and multiple embeddedness : a case study of MNENGO collaboration in saving the Baltic sea / Tiina Ritvala, Per Andersson, Asta Salmi
  • Shudder : the challenges to industrial policies in the early 21st century in low- and middle-income economies / Raphael Kaplinsky
  • The clean development mechanism and technology transfer to China / Daniela Marconi, Francesca Sanna-Randaccio
  • The rise of enterprise regionalisation in ASEAN / Hafiz Mirza, Kee Hwee Wee
  • Multistakeholder regulation of business : assessing the pros and cons / Peter Utting.

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