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1. 1. Global Framework Agreements - A solution to fill the vacuum of global labour law?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

   Author : Anna Larsson; Hanna Engblom; [2024]
   Keywords : Globalisation; Global framework agreements; International framework agreements; Multinational enterprises; Global union federations; Global supply chain; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The phenomenon of global framework agreements has emerged through the difficulties of regulating the global labour market where the multinational enterprises' operations have been driven by an economic agenda and profit. The challenges of creating transnational legislation have brought social actors, such as the United Nations and the International Labour Organisation, to initiate self-regulatory instruments. READ MORE

3. 2. The impact of war and crisis on SMEs' global value chains: A quantitative study in West Sweden

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Moa Johansson; [2023-11-08]
   Keywords : Small and Medium-sized Enterprises SME ; Global Value Chains GVC ; Globalisation; Deglobalisation and Regionalisation;

   Abstract : Historically global value chains (GVCs) have mainly been operated by transnational corporations (TNCs) but have increased in popularity for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME). Recent events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the complete Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 have exposed vulnerabilities in GVC. READ MORE

4. 3. Labour Governance of Global Supply Chains: A Study of the Implications of Globalization on Labour Law and the Protection and Enforceability of Labour Rights Within Global Supply Chains

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Deria Rumina Yenidogan; [2020]
   Keywords : international labour law global supply chains globalization; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to build an understanding of the current instruments and mechanisms governing global supply chains and to identify the governance gaps in the protection of labour rights. In order to fully understand the implications of globalization on labour law, the thesis undertakes a theoretical framework drawing on transnational labour law perspectives and a conceptual analysis of global supply chains. READ MORE

5. 4. Through Output Effectiveness of Private Transnational Governance Regime, to Evaluating Environmental Corporate Sustainability Reporting According to the Global Reporting Initiative

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Lundberg Elvis; [2019]
   Keywords : Corporate Social Responsibility; Environmental Sustainability Reporting; Global Governance; Global Reporting Initiative; Governance Effectiveness; Private Transnational Governance Regime; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The increasing adherence to self-regulatory behaviour of Multinational Enterprises under Private Transnational Governance Regimes has been viewed as a step in the right direction in the improvement of Corporate Sustainability Reporting. Hence, I investigate the output effectiveness of Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), environmental corporate sustainability reporting practices in accordance with the GRIS (GRIS) with a set of mixed methods and Benchmarking Scoring System. READ MORE

6. 5. The Invisible Factors That Break Socio-cultural Wall : A qualitative study on immigrant entrepreneurship

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : S M Abidul Islam; Lili Liu; [2019]
   Keywords : Immigrant entrepreneurs; self-employment; socio-cultural barriers; overcoming factors;

   Abstract : Research Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify the socio-cultural barriers that self-employed immigrant entrepreneur’s face and the overcoming factors that help them to survive. Research Questions: 1. What are the socio-cultural barriers that immigrant entrepreneurs face in the context of self- employment? 2. READ MORE