Purpose This paper aims to examine the multiplicity of corporate social responsibility (CSR)
standards, explaining its nature, dynamics and implications for multinational enterprises …

Scholars of international business management point out that the research agenda is
“running out of steam”(Buckley, 2002: 365; see also Buckley et al., 2017; Doh, 2015), noting …

In this chapter, we survey the current state of international business (IB) theorizing and
propose a future research agenda that takes into account both the “bright” and “dark” sides …

The term 'supply chain management'(SCM) was first used in 1982 (Ellram and Cooper,
2014) to indicate the evolution of the logistics function inside companies towards a more …

The drivers of economic globalization are leading many firms to disaggregate and
redistribute their operations by outsourcing and offshoring. The result of the process is to …

The COVID-19 pandemic has delivered a profound shock to global value chains (GVCs). To
date, popular and academic press has predicted significant changes in GVC configurations …

Aimed at key decision makers and those responsible for global strategy, this book is about
changing markets and the complexity of undertaking business in a fast paced technological …

This article offers a comprehensive and systematic review of the literature on Global Value
Chains (GVCs). The GVC framework has received growing attention in the last decade …

This communication shows why Global Value Chains (GVCs) matter, how this frame of
references was built and a few illustrating cases that it allows analysing. We highlight the …

Multinational corporations (MNCs) in some form have existed for centuries (Wilkins, 2009),
but the challenges of strategic management in MNCs only became a major focus of interest …