International business and sustainable development

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Verbeke, Alain, Strange, Roger
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2013.
• Σειρά: Progress in international business research ; v. 8.
• Θέματα: Business & Economics > International > General.; Business & Economics > Development > Sustainable Development.; International business.; Sustainable development.; International business enterprises.; Tulder, Rob van.

 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 important vehicle through which sustainable development occurs in developing countries. However, actual study of the topic remains fraught with theoretical and empirical caveats. This eighth volume in the Progress in international business research series includes new texts from a number of leading scholars and opinion leaders in the area. Contributors develop new levels of analysis (in particular global value chains or the partnership strategies of firms) that present promising areas for new theoretical and empirical insights. Whilst authors from leading international institutes are brought together in this volume, younger scholars with innovative ideas are also given room. The volume covers four dimensions of sustainable development, combining different scientific disciplines, levels of analysis and actor perspectives: 1. New trends and concepts in international business and sustainable development; 2. New corporate strategies for sustainable development; 3. New forms and levels of cooperation for sustainable development and 4. New public policies for sustainable development. 

 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.