Essays about: "transnational corporations"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 38 essays containing the words transnational corporations.

1. 16. The impact of Transnational Corporations through their activities across Global Value Chains: New Evidence for Mexico

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Nidia Viveros; [2019]
   Keywords : Transnational Corporations; Global Value Chains; Developing Countries; Mexico; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This paper analyses the economic impact of Transnational Corporations through their activities across Global Value Chains (GVCs), using Mexico as baseline country. By exploiting the UNCTAD-Eora Global Value Chain database, we conduct an exploratory research methodology. READ MORE

3. 17. Patterns of Collaboration for Sustainability in the Global Clothing Industry

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

   Author : Ivan Simon Kallstenius; [2019]
   Keywords : keystone actors; business ecosystems; brokerage; coordination; collaboration; global industries; networks; sustainability;

   Abstract : Global industries are characterized by complex networks of organizations, which are often dominated by a few disproportionately large transnational corporations. While industry consolidation is not a new phenomenon, the scale and speed at which global industries now impact diverse social-ecological systems is unprecedented. READ MORE

4. 18. Does Free, Prior and Informed Consent ensure self-determination? : A relational approach to mining activities and indigenous communities in northwestern Argentina

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Jasmin Höglund Hellgren; [2018]
   Keywords : Free; Prior and Informed Consent FPIC ; freedom; self-determination; indigenous rights; resource extraction; lithium mining; Argentina;

   Abstract : Over the last decades the struggle for indigenous rights has accomplished great achievements within international law. In relation to development projects and resource extraction on indigenous lands, the principle of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) has gained increased recognition and is today expressed as an important instrument to realize indigenous peoples’ right to self-determination. READ MORE

5. 19. Transnational Corporations and Human Rights : Assessing the position of TNCs within international human rights law, and the appropriateness of an international treaty on business and human rights

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Erik Söderlund; [2018]
   Keywords : Human rights; corporation; corporations; transnational corporation; transnational corporations; business; businesses; TNC; TNCs; treaty law; draft treaty; intergovernmental woking group; United Nations; Bhopal; Rana Plaza; international law; Ruggie; John Ruggie; Ruggie pricniples; pillar; labour; labour law; labour rights; CSR; Corporate social responsibility; guiding principles; UN global compact; global compact; ILO; jus cogens; customary law; OECD; ICCPR; ICESCR; state-centrism; Bilateral investment treaty; ILC; WTO; World trade organization; International law commission; legal personality; företag; mänskliga rättigheter; traktat; traktaträtt; juridisk person; folkrätt; internationell rätt; FN; Förenta Nationerna; Ruggie; Jhon Ruggie; Arbetsrätt; Globala målen; företagspolicy; Amnesty International; Human Rights Watch;

   Abstract : Transnational corporations are playing an important role in the global economy of today. Many of these corporations have great economic resources and have the possibility of contributing to the development of societies in developing states. READ MORE

6. 20. Finding that right balance. A case of two globally merging MNCs’ subsidiaries and their local integration process.

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Johanna Ehrby; Nils Florén; [2017-07-27]
   Keywords : Multinational corporation; Headquarters-Subsidiary relations; Merger and Acquisitions; Subsidiary; Headquarter; Integration process; Communication; Transnational solution;

   Abstract : Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are popular expansion strategies for multinational corporations (MNCs), and, in recent years, cross-border mergers have become more frequent. The post-merger integration process determines the success of M&As between MNCs, and is viewed as a collection of interrelated integration processes across geographical settings. READ MORE