Essays about: "Multinationals and and development"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words Multinationals and and development.
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1. Extractions Speak Louder Than Words : Valuation languages in Vattenfall’s purchase of Colombian coal
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The role of business actors in resource extraction in developing countries is an understudied topic of research for development studies. The framework of valuation languages and socio-environmental conflicts is useful for studying the values of actors involved in conflicts concerning resource extraction, but previous studies do not sufficiently discuss how to measure the concept. READ MORE
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2. Doing the Doughnut: Exploring how Swedish multinationals develop sustainable innovations to drive transformation
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : This qualitative study explores whether sustainable innovation by multinational enterprises (MNEs) can lead to the transformation of existing regimes through the lens of innovation theory and doughnut economics. The study proposes a conceptual framework to evaluate the practices of businesses and the findings chart how sustainable innovation occurs within two multinational enterprises. READ MORE
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3. Licence to Talk : Sustainability Managers and their Managerial Realities within the Corporate Sustainability Paradox
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : While sustainability-dedicated managers and related titles represent a profession that has hardly existed for more than a decade, it is not surprising that the field of research concentrating on these professionals is in itself relatively new. With an increasing demand for corporations to take their social and environmental responsibility, and a corporate sustainability characterized by tension and paradox, we found it of importance to explore the role and entanglements of these professionals. READ MORE
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4. Is Overseas Political Challenge Always Harmful to Chinese Multinationals? - Implications on Chinese Purchase Willingness
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Multinationals are subject to questioning about organizational legitimacy issues by foreign governments when expanding overseas. This issue has become more prevalent over the past two decades with the rapid development of emerging countries and the exponential expansion in outward foreign direct investments from the firms of these emerging countries. READ MORE
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5. Involving While Evolving: A case study of Alfa Laval’s internal CSR communication
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikationAbstract : There is an increasing need for companies to showcase and communicate their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives to stakeholders, yet the majority of former research on CSR communication provides little insight into how CSR is communicated to internal stakeholders. This thesis aims to understand from an employee and managerial perspective how a Swedish CSR frontrunner communicates its CSR efforts to internal stakeholders and how the company uses internal CSR communication to involve its employees in CSR initiatives. READ MORE