... ( Milios, 2018 ). This implies profound strategic, organizational, and operational shifts for MNE s embedded in complex GVC s. Introduction Circular economy policies global value chains multinational enterprises circular business models French textile industry international business regulation...

...This introductory paper advocates for a revitalized examination of multinational enterprises (MNEs) through the lens of transnational social spaces (TSSs), arguing that the TSS perspective offers critical insights into how MNEs engage with societal challenges, such as climate change, inequality...

...This paper unveils a new way of theorizing the multinational enterprise (MNE) to explain why it may engage in “anti-societal” behavior – that is, behavior that may systematically lead to negative societal outcomes, such as environmental degradation, poor working conditions, or antitrust...

... the nation-state and can create innovative processes for solving challenges. Within these spaces and, as a transnational social space itself, multinational enterprises (MNEs) operate, making them part of the decision-making apparatus of particular spaces but also a potential contributor to a polycentric form...

...By virtue of their multinationality, multinational enterprises (MNEs) are inserted in a multiplicity of economic and social relations across an extended spatial area. Moreover, they are not only embedded in social and economic networks in their country of origin and domicile but also...

... social space (TSS) provides an ideal lens through which to understand how such efforts can be developed. Prior literature has considered the central role of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in developing a TSS. MNEs can move ideas and practices from their home country across geographic boundaries...

... geopolitical risks and vulnerability, which are likely to affect firms’ advantages, behaviour and strategies. By drawing on the Multinational Enterprises’ (MNEs) technological accumulation theory developed by John Cantwell, introducing the notion of material-based technological regime underlying innovation...

... and globally, and the ways in which these changes affect the global strategies of multinational enterprises with a focus on European firms. Globalization industrial policy global business strategy geopolitics multinational enterprises Introduction Paradoxically, it is necessary for managers...

... knowledge, skills, abilities, and characteristics into unit-level human capital resources for performance parity and strategic resources for competitive advantage in multinational enterprises. Global leadership strategic human capital competitive advantage synergies multinational enterprises The recent...

.... Make use of big data by deploying advanced analytics and cognitive computing. Multinational enterprise (MNE) energy giant The refinery is part of a process complex containing a refinery, terminal and power plant. The scope of MOM was limited to the implementation within the refinery only...

...Abstract Multinational enterprises (MNEs) own and control technological resources and capabilities that make them critical actors in accelerating the transition toward net zero. Even beyond the energy sector, stakeholders are putting increasing pressure on MNEs to reduce the carbon intensity...

...Abstract We discuss how multinational enterprises (MNEs) can play a leading role and take more responsibility towards reducing inequalities by developing a global sustainability regime. We especially focus on how this may contribute towards the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (UN...

... to advancing the creation of economic, environmental and social value. We conclude using an overarching conceptual framework that depicts the complexity of the new perspective. Waste innovation sustainability competitive advantage multinational enterprises UN SDGs Introduction Even before the creation...

...Abstract This qualitative study explores how multinational enterprises (MNEs) approach sustainable innovation through the lens of innovation theory and doughnut economics. The study proposes a conceptual framework to evaluate the practices of businesses and the findings illustrate how sustainable...

...Abstract A growing number of multinational enterprises (MNEs) are engaging with the United Nation’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) and trying to link the SDGs to their foreign direct investments (FDI). They are searching for ways in which they can contribute to the economic, social...

... development goals (SDGs) and targets. At the same time, synergies may also materialize and reinforce firm’s contribution. This chapter analyzes the effects of multinational enterprises (MNEs) and other foreign investors on two different targets of SDG 7, namely access of population to modern energy systems...

... of multinational enterprises (MNEs) over domestic firms has been their ability to source talent beyond national borders ( Collings & Isichei, 2018 ). Businesses operating internationally have had the choice of employing not only their parent-country nationals expatriated to host markets, but also host-country...

... to prevent or at least dampen future oscillations. Crisis de-globalization international business multinational enterprises politics institutions Introduction Not all crises are alike. A useful distinction is between fast-burning and slow-burning crises ( ’t Hart & Boin, 2001 ; Seabrooke...

... agency problems. Internationalization state-owned enterprises varieties of capitalism relational ownership multinational enterprises institutional theory 1. Introduction State-owned enterprises (SOEs) account for roughly 10% of the world economy ( Bernier, Florio, & Bance, 2020...

...Abstract This study examines the contingent impact of corporate anti-corruption policies on multinational enterprises’ foreign investment strategy. The authors propose that the differences in foreign investment motives will moderate the assumed deterrent effect of anti-corruption policies. Our...