Critical Perspectives on International Business: Volume 10 Issue 1/2

Challenging the orthodox: a decade of critical perspectives on international business

This article reflects on the development and impact of critical perspectives on international business (CPoIB) during its first decade of existence. The influence that the journal…

Transnational corporations and global capitalism: reflections on the last 40 years

– The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the author's research and teaching on transnational corporations and global capitalism over the last 40 years.

Transnational corporations in twenty-first century capitalism: An interview with Grazia Ietto-Gillies

The purpose of this paper is to discuss economic and social issues of contemporary capitalism through the views and works of Grazia Ietto-Gillies who has a long experience of…

What's happening to international business?: University structural changes and identification with a discipline

This paper aims to outline different views on international business (IB) as an academic discipline and looks into how IB scholars can cope with challenges to their disciplinary…

The academic activist in an age of ambivalence: reflections on a decade of CPoIB

– The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the origins of CPoIB and on events in the IB sphere over the decade since it was conceived.

Who is to blame?: A re-examination of fast fashion after the 2013 factory disaster in Bangladesh

This paper seeks to examine the various actors responsible for the recent tragedy at a clothing factory in Bangladesh. Rather than focusing on the actual factory owner, it…

A critical perspective on corporate social responsibility: Towards a global governance framework

The purpose of this paper is to argue that there are structural and functional limits to corporate social responsibility (CSR) that determine the boundary conditions of corporate…

Pushing the frontiers of critical international business studies: The multinational as a neo-imperial space

This paper aims to discuss the context- and power-sensitive approach to the study of multinationals that has emerged in the last decade, argues for the need to supplement it by a…

Fighting Latin American marginality in “international” business

Latin America has been neglected in management and international business (IB) knowledge for a long time. Such a picture reflects the enduring power of the dark side of the…

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