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Digital platforms in the agricultural sector: Dynamics of oligopolistic platformisation
Big Data & SocietyThis paper introduces the concept of ‘oligopolistic platformisation’ to capture the specific dynamics of collaboration and competition between multinational upstream agribusinesses and Big Tech companies in the agricultural (ag) sector.
Monja Sauvagerd +2 more
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Capital Structure with Risky Foreign Investment [PDF]
American multinational firms respond to politically risky environments by adjusting their capital structures abroad and at home. Foreign subsidiaries located in politically risky countries have significantly more debt than do other foreign affiliates of ...
C. Fritz Foley +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT SMEs receive increasing institutional support to embed sustainability, yet they vary widely in their ability to translate such support into practice. This study addresses this gap by examining the internal cognitive and strategic mechanism (sustainability orientation) through which managers interpret institutional support and the contextual ...
Michael Zisuh Ngoasong +3 more
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Sustainability in multinational companies
, 2020 This study aims to analyze the real capacity to implement sustainability in multinational companies. First we analyze the key concepts, and then we present a background check of multinational companies. The central part of the document is intended to analyze the relationship of companies with the environment and sustainability, what steps companies can
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CONFLICT OF INTEREST: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF FRANCHISING BUSINESS [PDF]
There are many multinational companies engaging with the franchising mechanisms in order to expand the business opportunity, to explore new opportunities, and to develop businesses domestically and internationally.
Hassanudin Bin Mohd Thas Thaker
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Corporate Decarbonization via Technology and Management
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study provides a comprehensive overview of key findings on decarbonization, advanced technologies, and management strategies, highlighting emerging themes shaping the field. Advanced technologies enhance carbon reduction through efficiency, real‐time monitoring, and optimizing resource optimization.
Heidy Montero‐Teran +2 more
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Multinational Companies, Backward Linkages and Labour Demand Elasticities [PDF]
This paper investigates the link between nationality of ownership and wage elasticities of labour demand at the level of the plant. In particular, we examine whether labour demand in multinationals becomes less elastic with respect to the wage if the ...
Eric Strobl +3 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Circular supply chain management (CSCM) practices are seen as a solution for addressing society's many significant environmental challenges. Although existing studies recognise the importance of reverse engineering in combating poverty, there is limited knowledge about its effectiveness in shaping CSCM practices to address climate change and ...
Yaw Agyabeng‐Mensah +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Implementing digital technologies is touted as the next big step for the firms aiming to improve sustainability in their supply chains. These technologies are often credited with the potential to improve transparency and achieve sustainability.
Amna Farrukh, Aqeel Ahmed, Sadaat Yawar
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Old and new Italian multinational firms [PDF]
After a quick profile of Italian foreign direct investments since 1900 and a short review of the main explanations of the lagged multinational growth by Italian manufacturing companies, a quick glimpse of business histories is given to the only two still
Fabrizio Onida, Giuseppe Berta
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