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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS: A WINNING COMBINATION Generating a World’s View based on Buckley and Casson and Hirschman’s Books [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Much of the discussion in economics is concerned with growth. Economic growth can be discussed and measured in terms of a national state. It can be also discussed and measured in terms of a corporation, (often using the term value rather than growth ...
Agmon, Tamir
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Reporting What Matters, or Reporting What Looks Good? Materiality and Balance in Post–Rana Plaza Apparel Sustainability Disclosure

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability reports (SRs) are widely criticized for vague disclosures and selective emphasis on positive outcomes, yet systematic research on two core SR challenges remains limited: materiality (whether disclosed content is relevant) and balance (whether both achievements and challenges are reported).
Mahsa Mohammadrezaei   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Dutch Banking Sector Agreement on Human Rights: An Exercise in Regulation, Experimentation or Advocacy?

open access: yesUtrecht Law Review, 2018
The role of banks in projects which result in adverse human rights impacts has been brought to the fore in recent years. However, there are serious obstacles to regulate the (often extraterritorial) financing activities of banks under national law.
Benjamin Thompson
doaj   +1 more source

Shared Responsibility and Multinational Enterprises [PDF]

open access: yesNetherlands International Law Review, 2015
The relationship between public international law and multinational enterprises (MNEs) has over the last decades emerged as one of the most hotly debated topics in theory and practice. Arguments have often been voiced for the creation of international law obligations binding on MNEs.
openaire   +5 more sources

International Cooperation and Intra-Industrial Transactions [PDF]

open access: yes
The paper examines theoretically the empirical observation or increasing levels of intra-industrial trade flows. The relationship between intra-industrial trade and consumer preferences in addition to product differentiation advanced by internationally ...
Broll, Udo, Gilroy, Bernard Michael
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Connecting Thoughts and Actions: A Managerial Process Model on Circular Business Model Innovation

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Addressing environmental grand challenges such as resource scarcity requires circular business model innovation (CBMI) that enables firms to efficiently close and slow resource cycles through novel activity systems. Drawing on a grounded theory approach based on 59 in‐depth interviews with top managers from Swiss SMEs, we developed a process ...
Fabian Takacs, Karolin Frankenberger
wiley   +1 more source

Structure and Strategies of Multinational Enterprises in Nigeria

open access: yesEmerging Markets Journal, 2019
This study sought to examine the effect of organization structure on organization strategy. Survey research design was employed through the administration of structured questionnaire to staff of Nestle Nigeria PLC, Unilever Nigeria PLC and PZ (Cussons ...
Moruff Sanjo Oladimeji   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Firm-Specific Advantages Intra-Regional Sales and Performance of Multinational Enterprises [PDF]

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This paper is an extension of recent work that has examined the intra-regional sales of large multinational enterprises (MNEs). First, we examine the interaction between the performance of MNEs and four proxies for their firm-specific advantages (FSAs ...
Alan M. Rugman, Nessara Sukpanich
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Sustainable Development Goals' Discourse in the Accounting and Business Literature: A Rhetorical Lens

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The role of academia in shaping the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) remains insufficiently understood. This study examines how SDG discourse is constructed within accounting and business research by integrating bibliometric analysis with a systematic review of 731 peer‐reviewed articles published between 2020 and 2024.
Silvia Panfilo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spillovers, Foreign Investment, and Export Behavior [PDF]

open access: yes
Case studies of export behavior suggest that firms who penetrate foreign markets reduce entry costs for other potential exporters, either through learning by doing or through establishing buyer- supplier linkages.
Ann E. Harrison   +2 more
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