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Unreachable, Inescapable: Sustainable Development as Normative Camouflage in EU–MERCOSUR Trade

open access: yesJCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how sustainable development functions as a mechanism of stabilising asymmetry in North–South trade governance, using the European Union (EU)–Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) agreement as a case study. Whilst sustainability is often framed as a normative good or institutional advance, the article shows instead how it ...
Asha Herten‐Crabb
wiley   +1 more source

Eurocrats Wanted: Why Some Member States Lag in European Commission Recruitment

open access: yesJCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract The article investigates the underrepresentation of certain member states within the European Commission (EC) and explores the broader challenges of achieving geographical balance in European Union (EU) recruitment. Drawing on the theory of representative bureaucracy, the study systematises factors that shape the attractiveness of EU careers ...
Jarolím Antal   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fundamental Rights in Austrian Civil Law

open access: yes, 2010
It could be shown that fundamental rights play a vital role in private law. Generally, they are not applied directly, but they have to be taken into account when it comes to the interpretation of provisions governing the private law relations between two
Schauer, Martin
core  

Explaining Differentiated Policy Implementation of EU Animal Welfare Regulations

open access: yesJCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Farm animal welfare has emerged as a growing policy subsystem within the European Union's (EU) Common Agricultural Policy. However, despite a harmonized EU framework, member states differ substantially in how they implement EU directives on farm animal welfare.
Ilana Schröder   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

When Great Powers Struggle: How Geopolitical Alignments of Small States Are Influenced by Their MNEs

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Comparing two distinct deglobalization periods, this study shows how Finnish multinational enterprises (MNEs) used corporate diplomatic activities (CDA) to influence Finland's alignment with a struggling great power. Drawing from hegemonic stability theory and new institutional economics, we argue that the power's collapsing global networks ...
Saara Matala, Christian Stutz
wiley   +1 more source

When Newspapers Fail to Deter Corporate Illegality: The Constraining Effects of Economic Institutions

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Social control agents aim to restrict corporate illegality, yet its prevalence highlights inconsistencies in enforcement mechanisms. To explore this issue, we examine how newspapers reduce corporate illegality by imposing ethical norms on firms.
Tony Jaehyun Choi, Kam Phung
wiley   +1 more source

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