Critical Perspectives on International Business
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Role of multinational buyers in ensuring worker voice through social dialogue: an exploratory study of the export oriented garment industry
Anisur R. Faroque, Imranul Hoque, Mohammad Osman GaniThis study aims to explore how multinational lead buyers can play an active role in ensuring worker voices in garment supplier factories where workers have limited space to raise…
A systems thinking approach to international business education
Viviana Pilato, Hinrich VossInternational business (IB) education typically focuses on the multinational enterprise (MNE) and how it navigates varying institutional setups for its own benefit. This…
Emerging market multinationals’ embeddedness in Global South countries: an empirical study of Chinese MNEs in Peru
Dominique Mazé, Jorge Alcaraz, Ricardo E. Buitrago R.This paper aims to investigate how emerging market multinational enterprises (EMNEs) are integrating and expanding into other emerging market host countries, focusing on Chinese…
Intersectionality as a conceptual lens for advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in international business studies: newer developments from critical cross-cultural management studies and their insights for the business case
Henriett Primecz, Jasmin MahadevanUsing intersectionality and introducing newer developments from critical cross-cultural management studies, this paper aims to discuss how diversity is applicable to changing…
Deliberative ideals and hegemonic practices – political CSR in extractive industries
Sara PerssonPolitical Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), based on ideas about deliberative democracy, have been criticised for increasing corporate power and democratic deficits. Yet…
Vulnerability, resilience and empowerment: the tripartite typology for addressing modern slavery in global value chains
Krzysztof Kubacki, Natalia Szablewska, Dariusz Siemieniako, Linda BrennanModern slavery in global value chains is an emerging topic of interest across various fields, including in international business, but is often fragmented in its approach. This…
Not gone away: how domestic terrorism impacts multinationals in foreign markets
Martin David Owens, Elizabeth JohnsonThe paper aims to understand how state and non-state domestic terrorism impacts MNEs in foreign markets. Despite the burgeoning literature on terrorism within international…
Critical perspectives on GVC theory: uncovering GVC resilience through non-lead power
Gabriele Suder, Bo Meng, Gao YuningIn international business (IB), the discussion of COVID-19-related global value chain (GVC) models driving resilience has taken momentum since May 2020. The purpose of this study…
Building synergistic mindsets in international business education: the unmet demands of a VUCA marketplace
Dina M. Abdelzaher, Muna OnumonuThe COVID-19 pandemic was an eye-opening experience that put to the test our crisis management competencies across many institutions, including those offered by institutions of…
The Olympus scandal – the dark side of social networks and corporate culture
Maria IlievaThis study aims to build on the well-documented case of the Olympus scandal to dissect how social networks and corporate culture enabled corporate elites to commit fraud across…
Stepping stones across a fast-flowing river: supporting emerging scholars from emerging markets
Helena BarnardInternational business as a field values perspectives from various contexts, but scholars from emerging markets face a number of often-unseen challenges preventing them from fully…
Hegemon or South-South partner? The ambiguity of Chinese foreign direct investment in Peru
Francisca Da Gama, Kim BuiThe purpose of this paper is to propose a framework for evaluating the relationship between China and Peru, drawing on dependency theory, against the backdrop of China’s explicit…
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hybridEditors:
- Professor Rudolf Sinkovics
- Professor Mehdi Boussebaa