Critical Perspectives on International Business: Volume 13 Issue 3

Divergent patterns in institutional entrepreneurship of MNCs in emerging economies

Florian Becker-Ritterspach, Knut Lange, Jutta Becker-Ritterspach

The purpose of this paper is to develop a theoretical framework that addresses the question of how and why multinational corporations (MNCs) from developed economies engage in…

Strategic management research on emerging economies: Cultural imperialism in universalizing research paradigms

Ramya Tarakad Venkateswaran, Abhoy K. Ojha

Universalizing approaches to knowledge when combined with a dominating cultural discourse is problematic for management research paradigms as “West meets East”. This study aims to…

Is social upgrading occurring in South Asia’s apparel industry?

Amira Khattak, Nigel Haworth, Christina Stringer, Maureen Benson-Rea

This paper aims to examine the relationship between economic upgrading (implementing higher value-added activities) and social upgrading (improvements in workers’ rights and…

The tortuous ascent of global value chains – the case of pharmaceutical R&D in China

Graham Hollinshead

This paper aims to explore the micro-political complexities of operating over institutional distance in a modern international enterprise. The focal sector of the study is the…

Creativity discourses as a normative device in corporate offshoring

Andi Burris

The purpose of this paper is to apply a postcolonial perspective on the findings from ethnographic research in a multi-national corporation in Shanghai and shed light on the ways…