... of Global South firms in reshaping trade patterns. Research limitations/implications Reliance on secondary data captures publicly stated rationales rather than confidential decision-making processes. Future research should use primary methods to deepen understanding of firm-level strategic reasoning...

... 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Brazil Global South Actor-centred institutionalism Sub-imperialism Multinational corporation This article examines a series of strategic moves made by tobacco corporations over time to combat the FCTC in Brazil. We explore...

...Dhammika Jayawardena Purpose This paper aims to accomplish two purposes: firstly, it revisits the “positional identity” – the ambivalent-hybrid disposition – of human resource management (HRM) in the (postcolonial) Global South. Secondly, it seeks to reframe the role of Southern agents...

...Farzad Haider Alvi Purpose This paper examines social impact investing (SII), a growing source of investment from the Global North to the Global South celebrated as a new way of doing good in low-income countries, but bearing elements of neoliberalism that can reify post-colonial contexts...