... global economic governance. Design/methodology/approach The methodology of this paper uses trade and GDP data from EORA-United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Bank, applying K-means clustering. This unsupervised machine learning technique groups data points...

... purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at Link to the terms of the CC BY 4.0 licence Paradoxical tensions Sustainable transitions Circular economy Globalization Action design research The dynamic role...

.... Multinationals should “tap (their) subsidiaries for global reach” (Bartlett and Ghoshal, 1986), facilitate knowledge creation and transfer (Kogut and Zander, 1993) and subsidiaries should be given autonomy to engage in the host-country’s innovation system (Cantwell, 1989 , 1995 ; O'Donnell and Blumentritt...

...Solomon Nborkan Nakouwo; Daniel Ofori-Sasu; Baah Aye Kusi Purpose This paper aims to examine the effect of natural resources on the national productivity of high and low globalized economies in Africa. Design/methodology/approach This study uses two-step generalized method of moments dynamic...

... are the continuation of the past three decades’ transformations, are contributing to the rising concentration of power and wealth and are leading to a new type of globalization marked by high connectivity and low tangibility. Originality/value The originality of this paper resides in adopting a multidisciplinary...

... of inquiry focussed on corporate-driven cultural globalization. This paper also proposes a theoretical approach informed by international political economy (IPE) and postcolonial theory and outlines a research agenda for future work on cultural globalization. Design/methodology/approach The paper...

... on global grand challenges. Design/methodology/approach The author’s approach is a reflexive review of two papers in the Critical Perspectives on International Business special issue “social value creation of MNEs.” The underpinning tenet is that by shifting the domain of international business...

...Jessica Srikantia Purpose This paper aims to expose the violence intrinsic to globalization and to suggest a conceptual and practical domain focused on arresting and preventing the structural violence of globalization. Design/methodology/approach The paper integrates theory, scholarly...

...Dr Mo Yamin, Prof Rudolf R Sinkovics; Joonkoo Lee; Gary Gereffi Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce the global value chain (GVC) approach to understand the relationship between multinational enterprises (MNEs) and the changing patterns of global trade, investment and production...

... “consummate mimics”, while others discuss their transition in ways that highlight resistance (“reluctant mimics”) and the demands that systematically frustrate and exclude many non-Western professionals from full participation in the “global” profession in Canada (“frustrated mimics”). Research...

.... The introduction highlights the need for more research into the broad topic of the global elite. Findings – Research in the social sciences uses a very broad definition of the global elite. It would be helpful in critical management and organization studies and critical international business research...

... Street women from the 1970s up until 2013. Findings – In this article, it is argued that the preoccupation in feminine styles of leadership in finance primarily reproduces the power of white global financial elites rather than changes the culture of Wall Street or breaks down existent structures...

..., to globalization and transnationalization, to internationalization indices, to linkages between innovation and internationalization, to uneven development, and, finally, to issues related to the economics profession and the dissemination of research in the twenty-first century. Design/methodology/approach...

.... There is no doubt that it will be developed further through both deeper empirical studies and more refined conceptualizations (e.g. see the effort by Kristensen and Morgan (2012b) to integrate the analysis of MNCs with changes in the nature of global capitalism and national forms of capitalism...

...Hugo Radice Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the author's research and teaching on transnational corporations and global capitalism over the last 40 years. Design/methodology/approach – A chronological account of the changing nature of TNCs and their impacts...

... in and have grown to be global players within the advanced market economies. Emerging country MNCs are growing, but they still make up only a fraction of the global economic activity (Gammeltoft et al., 2010). Second, MNCs are increasingly drawn to traditional economies because the MNC home markets...

... initiatives in the geopolitical reality and conflictuality of the global business environment. Design/methodology/approach The article offers a unique interdisciplinary take on relevant research in international CSR, political science, international relations and philosophy. Its methodology is based...

...Joanne Roberts Peter   Dicken . Global Shift: Mapping the Changing Contours of the World Economy, 6th Edition . Los Angeles, CA, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC : Sage Publications   2011 . 606 pp. , ISBN: IBSN: 978‐1‐84920‐767‐6 (pbk)   £36.99 © Emerald...

...Gabriele Wagner; Uwe Vormbusch Purpose Multinational companies are considered “driving forces” of globalization and “prime movers” of global sociation. Yet the problems, conflicts, and contradictions in the implementation of global strategies at the micro level – as well as the real possibility...

... of knowledge production around complex/diachronic issues reconceptualising research projects as co‐operative ventures of multiple voices and orientations from multiple places. This has led to the increasing importance of fostering and criticising the “global perspective” in mainstream IM literature from...