| List of Figures | viii |
| List of Tables | x |
| About the Contributors | xii |
| Part I: General Challenges for IB Scholarship |
| Chapter 1: Introduction: International Business Scholarship and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Seizing Opportunities, While Tackling Challenges | |
| Rob van Tulder, Isabel Álvarez and Elisa Giuliani | 3 |
| Chapter 2: International Business and the SDGs: Current Issues and Future Directions | |
| Pervez Ghauri, Faith Hatani, Yingying Zhang-Zhang, Sylvia Rohlfer and Maoliang Bu | 17 |
| Chapter 3: Measuring and Managing the Impact of Business on the SDGs | |
| Jan Anton van Zanten | 31 |
| Part II: Strategic Challenges for MNEs |
| Chapter 4: Walking the Talk: Making the SDGs Core Business – An Integrated Framework | |
| Filipa Pires de Almeida, Rob van Tulder and Suzana B. Rodrigues | 49 |
| Chapter 5: Catalyzing Progress Toward the UNs’ SDGs: Building Systemic Partnerships Across Organizations Using the I-RES Methodology | |
| Larissa Marchiori Pacheco, Elizabeth M. Moore, Elizabeth Allen, Robin K. White and Luis Alfonso Dau | 83 |
| Chapter 6: Addressing the Complexities in Implementing SDGs in International Business | |
| Simone Carmine and Valentina De Marchi | 101 |
| Chapter 7: SDGs and strategic priorities of MNEs for sustainability transformation: Lessons from IKEA | |
| Bo Enquist and Samuel Petros Sebhatu | 111 |
| Part III: The Nexus Challenge |
| Chapter 8: Balancing Purpose and Profit in Foreign Direct Investment: How Development Finance Institutions Promote the SDGs While Being Profitable | |
| Suhyon Oh and Michael Wendelboe Hansen | 135 |
| Chapter 9: The Nexus Between Cultural and Creative Sectors and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Network Perspective | |
| Yang Gao, Ekaterina Turkina and Ari Van Assche | 151 |
| Chapter 10: Trade-offs in FDI Effects on SDGs in Sub-Saharan Africa Countries | |
| Paola Garrone, Lucia Piscitello, Matilde d’Amelio and Emanuela Colombo | 177 |
| Part IV: Contextualizing the SDGs |
| Chapter 11: Tax Impact of Multinationals in Central and Eastern Europe on Sustainable Development Goals | |
| Petr Procházka | 203 |
| Chapter 12: Climate Change Disclosures of Companies in Selected Developed and Emerging Countries with Impression Management Perspective | |
| Nazlı Ece Bulgur, Emel Esen and Selin Karaca Varinlioglu | 225 |
| Chapter 13: Multinational Corporations in Sustainable Cities: The Case of a Sustainable Headquarters Building | |
| Tiina Ritvala, Ella Ahmas and Rebecca Piekkari | 241 |
| Chapter 14: Ports and the Sustainable Development Goals: An Ecosystems Approach | |
| Maurice Jansen | 263 |
| Chapter 15: Possibilities for Upgrading High-tech GVCs Toward Stronger SDG Performance | |
| Antonio Biurrun and Isabel Álvarez | 285 |
| Chapter 16: Tensions on the Road Toward Just Transitions in the Latin American Coffee Value Chain | |
| Katie Andrews, Noemi Sinkovics and Rudolf R. Sinkovics | 309 |
| Part V: SDG-Washing Challenges |
| Chapter 17: Corporate Misbehavior in the Banking Industry: What Role Does the State Play? | |
| Federica Nieri | 327 |
| Chapter 18: Saving the Planet is not for Everybody: A Model of CEOs’ Reactions to Human Rights Defenders | |
| Verdiana Morreale and Elisa Giuliani | 345 |
| Index | 367 |