Critical Perspectives on International Business
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Vulnerability, resilience and empowerment: the tripartite typology for addressing modern slavery in global value chains
Krzysztof Kubacki, Natalia Szablewska, Dariusz Siemieniako, Linda BrennanModern slavery in global value chains is an emerging topic of interest across various fields, including in international business, but is often fragmented in its approach. This…
Emerging market multinationals’ embeddedness in Global South countries: an empirical study of Chinese MNEs in Peru
Dominique Mazé, Jorge Alcaraz, Ricardo E. Buitrago R.This paper aims to investigate how emerging market multinational enterprises (EMNEs) are integrating and expanding into other emerging market host countries, focusing on Chinese…
Intersectionality as a conceptual lens for advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in international business studies: newer developments from critical cross-cultural management studies and their insights for the business case
Henriett Primecz, Jasmin MahadevanUsing intersectionality and introducing newer developments from critical cross-cultural management studies, this paper aims to discuss how diversity is applicable to changing…
How wicked is modern slavery: a consideration of Raškovic’s “taming wicked problems”
Brent BurmesterThis is a response to “Taming wicked problems”, a paper recently published in CPOIB in which modern slavery is framed as a wicked problem. The purpose of this study is to convey…
Critical perspectives on GVC theory: uncovering GVC resilience through non-lead power
Gabriele Suder, Bo Meng, Gao YuningIn international business (IB), the discussion of COVID-19-related global value chain (GVC) models driving resilience has taken momentum since May 2020. The purpose of this study…
Deliberative ideals and hegemonic practices – political CSR in extractive industries
Sara PerssonPolitical Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), based on ideas about deliberative democracy, have been criticised for increasing corporate power and democratic deficits. Yet…
Building synergistic mindsets in international business education: the unmet demands of a VUCA marketplace
Dina M. Abdelzaher, Muna OnumonuThe COVID-19 pandemic was an eye-opening experience that put to the test our crisis management competencies across many institutions, including those offered by institutions of…
Not gone away: how domestic terrorism impacts multinationals in foreign markets
Martin David Owens, Elizabeth JohnsonThe paper aims to understand how state and non-state domestic terrorism impacts MNEs in foreign markets. Despite the burgeoning literature on terrorism within international…
The Olympus scandal – the dark side of social networks and corporate culture
Maria IlievaThis study aims to build on the well-documented case of the Olympus scandal to dissect how social networks and corporate culture enabled corporate elites to commit fraud across…
Hegemon or South-South partner? The ambiguity of Chinese foreign direct investment in Peru
Francisca Da Gama, Kim BuiThe purpose of this paper is to propose a framework for evaluating the relationship between China and Peru, drawing on dependency theory, against the backdrop of China’s explicit…
Persistence of wicked problems in opaque global value chains
Miguel Dindial, Hinrich VossThis paper engages with the important work of Raškovic (2023). The authors agree with Raškovic’s (2023) argument that international business (IB) policy is well positioned to…
Complements or substitutes? Domestic and international network search and SME ambidexterity
Joanne Wright, Antje Fiedler, Benjamin FathSmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) use networks to overcome knowledge deficiencies in pursuing innovation. However, balancing the cost and risk of growing networks…
Stepping stones across a fast-flowing river: supporting emerging scholars from emerging markets
Helena BarnardInternational business as a field values perspectives from various contexts, but scholars from emerging markets face a number of often-unseen challenges preventing them from fully…
Toward a future discourse on global value chains
Pushkar Pushp, Faisal AhmedThe discourse on global value chains (GVC) is undergoing a transformation in terms of its conceptualisation, theorisation and pragmatic applications. Today, the production systems…
Taming wicked problems through international business policy: recommendations for addressing modern slavery
Matevž (Matt) RaškovićThe paper frames modern slavery as a global wicked problem and aims to provide a set of international business (IB) policy recommendations for taming it. The outlined approach can…
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- Professor Rudolf Sinkovics
- Professor Mehdi Boussebaa