Multinational Enterprises and the Challenge of Sustainable Development

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

AvJohn R. McIntyre,Silvester Ivanaj,Vera Ivanaj

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Transnational corporations play a role in the design, diffusion, and consolidation of sustainable development in the context of globalization and multinational firms. In this timely book European and American contributors analyze this role and explore the complex and dynamic phenomena of economic, political, cultural and legal interactions involved. In order to understand this interplay, the authors examine the practices and organizational behaviors used by multinationals in sustainable development. They also discuss the evolving concepts that multinationals hold about sustainable development and corporate social responsibility and how companies reaffirm these philosophies through their strategy and organizational practices such as human resource development, marketing, supply chain, information technology, law, and communications. The authors outline an approach to help identify the key details and motivating factors in decision making.Scholars, students and policy analysts in the fields of business, ecology, economic development and developmental economics and consultants focusing in corporate planning and strategic analysis will find this original collection of great value.

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Utgivningsdatum2009-10-30
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781848444133

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Contents: IntroductionPART I: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORKS1. Multinational Enterprises and Sustainable Development: A Review of Strategy Process ResearchVera Ivanaj and John R. McIntyre 2. The UN Galaxy, Transnational Corporations and Sustainable DevelopmentTagi Sagafi-nejad 3. Are Multinational Corporations Compatible with Sustainable Development? The Experience of Developing CountriesAbdulai Abdul-Gafaru4. Sustainable Development and Resource-based Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Economies: Models of Corporate Production BehaviorKofi Afriyie 5. Of Butterflies and Hummingbirds: Industrial Ecology ‘On the Wing’Van V. Miller and Charles T. Crespy 6. Multinationals and the Challenge of Sustainable Development: Knowledge in Cooperative NetworksMohamed Bayad, Michaël Bénédic, Malek Bourguiba and Christophe Schmitt7. The Future of Sustainable Development and MNEs: A Diffusion FrameworkJonathan Lefevre and Gabriele SuderPART II: STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS AND ASSESSMENT8. Multinationals’ Sustainable Supply Chains and Influence on Suppliers Inside and Outside the USA: A Comparative ApproachBernd Philipp9. Sustainability Metrics for Multinational Corporations – Greater Profits and a More Sustainable WorldSalwa M. Beheiry 10. Assessing the Sustainable Development Commitment of European MNEsSilvester Ivanaj, Jacky Koehl, Sandrine Peney and E. Günter SchumacherPART III: DISCOURSE AND BEST PRACTICES11. Understanding the Self-regulation Potential of Voluntary International Initiatives for Corporate Conduct: The Role of Sponsor GoalsGlen Taylor and Petra Christmann 12. Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility of Multinational Enterprises in ChinaMaria Lai-Ling Lam 13. The Discourses and Practices of Corporate Social Responsibility as a New Component of the Strategies of Multinational Companies: An Illustration with French Multinational CompaniesPierre Bardelli and Manuela Pastore-Chaverot 14. International Supply Chain Management: Lever for Sustainable Development? An Analysis of Discourses and ApplicationsYvette Masson-Franzil 15. The Search for a Sustainable Approach to Traditional French Wine Production in the Face of Competition from Multinational CompaniesMarie-Pierre ArzelierIndex