Critical Perspectives on International Business: Volume 16 Issue 3

A critical examination of the social impacts of large multinational corporations in the age of globalization

Hamid Yeganeh

This paper aims to offer a critical examination of the social impacts of large multinational corporations (MNCs) in the age of globalization.

How misconduct in business contributes to understanding the supply side of corruption in international business

Myriam Ertz, Fahri Karakas, Frederick Stapenhurst, Rasheed Draman, Emine Sarigöllü, Myung-Soo Jo

This study aims to offer a better understanding of supply side of bribery and corruption in an international business perspective by conceptualizing it in the narrower concept of…

The drama of corporate social responsibility communication

Maria Ivanova-Gongne, Stefan Lång

This paper aims to investigate a company’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) communications in a business network with regard to the flow of critical events related to CSR.

The effect of colonial legacies on Africa’s inward FDI: the case of UK FDI in Ghana

Collins Osei, Maktoba Omar, Tasneem Suliman Joosub

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role colonial ties play in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) to Ghana, several years after the official end of colonisation in…

When technological savviness overcomes cultural differences: millennials in global virtual teams

Andres Velez-Calle, Misha Mariam, Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez, Alfredo Jimenez, Julia Eisenberg, Sandra Milena Santamaria-Alvarez

There is a generalized belief that cultural differences can have more negative consequences than benefits within the international business (IB) literature. This study argues that…

Crossvergence of socially (ir)responsible employment practices in supplier firms

Britta Holzberg

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the notion of crossvergence from international human resource management (IHRM) as a conceptual lens for understanding and analyzing the…