Research Handbook on Transnational Corporations

Edited by Alice de Jonge, Department of Business Law and Taxation, Monash Business School, Monash University, Australia and Roman Tomasic, School of Law and Business School, University of South Australia and Visiting Professor of Company Law at the Durham Law School, UK

• Contents:Introduction: Understanding Transnational Corporations in the 21st CenturyAlice de Jonge and Roman TomasicPART I THE GLOBAL CONTEXT1. The Evolving Nature of the Transnational Corporation in the 21st CenturyAlice de Jonge2. Theoretical Approaches to Global Regulation of Transnational Corporations Rachel J. Anderson 3. The Evolving Relationship between TNCs and Political Actors and GovernmentsLarry Catá Backer 4. The UN Global CompactMaria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez and Liam Leonard 5. The Equator Principles and the ‘Business and Human Rights Debate’: Hype or Hope?Manuel Wörsdörfer6. Group Companies: Supply Chain Management, Theory and RegulationJodie A. Kirshner7. Global Sourcing through Foreign Subsidiaries and Suppliers: Challenges for Corporate Social ResponsibilityAndreas RühmkorfPART II TNC BEHAVIOR AND STRATEGY IN THE 21ST CENTURY: INDUSTRY CASE STUDIES8. How the Transnational Pharmaceutical Industry Pursues its Interests Through International Trade and Investment Agreements: A Case Study of the Trans Pacific PartnershipDeborah Gleeson, Pat Neuwelt, Erik Monasterio and Ruth Lopert9. A Case in Supply Chain and Business Sustainability: Samsung’s Management of Human Rights in Consumer Electronics ManufacturingAnna ChouPART III TNC BEHAVIOUR AND STRATEGY IN THE 21ST CENTURY: COUNTRY CASE STUDIES10. China’s Investment Traditions and the Modern Transnational Corporation Megan Bowman, George Gilligan and Justin O’Brien11. Capital Market Disclosure Regimes: Advancing Accountability for Chinese TNCsVirginia Harper Ho12. Transnational Corporations and Mining Tax Reform: The Story of the Australian Mineral Resources Rent Tax RevoltRoman Tomasic13. Risks and Fiscal Concerns in the Extraction of Natural Resources: A study of transnational corporations in Papua New GuineaDiane Kraal Index