Multinationals’ misbehavior

Cuervo-Cazurra, Álvaro; Dieleman, Marleen; Hirsch, Paul M.; Rodrigues, Suzana B.; Zyglidopoulos, Stelios C.

doi:10.1016/j.jwb.2021.101244

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“…They state that it is necessary to gain a better understanding of MNE misbehaviors to counter criticisms when they are unwarranted, and to provide guidance to managers on how to prevent misbehavior when the critics are correct. We add that it also necessary to understand when some MNEs are well-behaved, even if in unprecedented, anomalous, or transitory ways, for the same reasons as Cuervo-Cazurra et al (2021), but also because these good behaviors give rise to unanswered questions and carry important lessons and implications which we discuss further hereunder.…”

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“…We begin to address this lacuna with the discussions that we presented in this perspective article. Recently Cuervo‐Cazurra, Dieleman, Hirsch, Rodrigues, and Zyglidopoulos ( 2021 ) conducted a literature review on the different aspects of MNE misbehaviors. They state that it is necessary to gain a better understanding of MNE misbehaviors to counter criticisms when they are unwarranted, and to provide guidance to managers on how to prevent misbehavior when the critics are correct.…”

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The sustainability of multinational enterprises' pandemic‐induced social innovation approaches

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The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted an unprecedented reaction in several multinational enterprises (MNEs). These MNEs have adopted social innovation approaches to meet the needs of vulnerable societal groups by swiftly innovating their business models; drastically changing their product offerings and customer bases; and producing COVID-19 necessities. These approaches have alleviated some key pandemic-induced social challenges related to health and sanitation. In this perspective article, we use secondary sources of information to present and exemplify the various types of MNE pandemic-induced social innovation approaches. We open the discussion on whether these approaches are transitory in nature or whether they can and should be sustained in the long-term, given the right incentives to these MNEs. We conclude by redefining MNEs' social innovation and by suggesting avenues for scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and educators to support this momentum in MNEs which we argue, if sustainable, can be fruitful for addressing other pressing grand challenges such as climate change, food security, poverty, and inequality.

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Section: Conclusion Future Research and Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The sustainability of multinational enterprises' pandemic‐induced social innovation approaches

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Santiago

et al. 2022

Thunderbird Intl Bus Rev

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“…Over the period of observation, we recorded 238 firm-year human rights abuse events, of which 52% are against workers, 45% against communities, and only 3% against consumers. Although it would have been interesting to investigate the causes of each kind of abuse separately, we note that since human rights abuses are relatively 'rare' events (Cuervo-Cazurra et al, 2021), pooling the abuses in one dependent variable allows us enough freedom to run robust econometric analyses, which would not be possible otherwise. Hence our study observes the general human rights conduct of firms at a more macroscopic level.…”

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Sinergie-SIMA 2022 Management Conference Boosting knowledge & trust for a sustainable business

NOSI¹

2022

Sinergie Italian Journal of Management

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The resource-based view (RBV) has been one of the most cited streams of research in the management literature. This theory has been one of the few theories completely developed within the management disciplines. Since the initial pioneering research in the 80s and 90s, the study of knowledge-and trust-based resources has interested many theoretical and empirical works concerning many issues: company strategies, mergers and acquisitions, alliances and partnerships, organization and HR, innovation, marketing, consumer behavior, channel relationships, entrepreneurship, internationalization, and more. Today the post-pandemic world presents new challenges for managers, organizations, and researchers on which a deeper understanding of knowledge-and trust-based resources can help and shed a new light.Sustainability and a fast digital transformation are nowadays considered key goals for many companies, managers, public organizations, and governments under the umbrella of EU Next Generation Recovery Plan. The real challenge now is to enhance and leverage the intangible resources heritage -namely knowledge and trust -to get a more sustainable, inclusive and digital world and, as a consequence, for building a better society. In this perspective, also the long-term goals of the firm and its finalism have to be totally re-shaped.Sinergie Italian Journal of Management dedicated a special issue to this topic more than 20 years ago and many scholars have studied and deepened this multi-faced topic with original approaches in our community.

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“…However, by engaging with the work of business ethicists and leveraging IB’s understanding of MNEs’ operations and contexts to inform ethical decisions, IB scholars can help MNEs in this endeavour. Moreover, a clear normative foundation will also help mitigate MNE misbehaviour (Cuervo-Cazurra et al , 2021) that hinders the realisation of the SDGs.…”

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“…So far, IB research on the “dark side” of IB is limited. A recent literature review on MNEs’ “misbehaviour” (Cuervo-Cazurra et al , 2021) found that social and environmental misbehaviour has received very little attention, with only the governance issue of corruption more widely studied. Interestingly, the majority of the studies focus on the external environment of MNEs rather than internal factors for explaining misbehaviour.…”

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How can international business research contribute towards the sustainable development goals?

Rygh¹,

Chiarapini²,

Segovia

2021

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Purpose Realising the sustainable development goals (SDGs) will require substantial efforts from both governments, businesses, civil society and academic researchers. This paper aims to discuss the contributions that the international business (IB) discipline can make to promoting the SDGs. Design/methodology/approach The paper is conceptual. Findings The authors argue that IB can contribute to promoting the SDGs, given IB’s expertise on the multinational enterprise (MNE) and knowledge that is relevant to the international dimensions that most SDGs have. However, paradigmatic features of IB such as a focus on firm-level financial performance and on the MNE as an organisation, and dominance of quantitative methods, may presently restrict the discipline’s contributions to the SDGs. Originality/value The authors present a set of recommendations for IB research on the SDGs, many of which imply an extension of the boundaries of the current IB paradigm.

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Multinationals’ misbehavior

Cited by 54 publications

References 236 publications

The sustainability of multinational enterprises' pandemic‐induced social innovation approaches

The sustainability of multinational enterprises' pandemic‐induced social innovation approaches

Sinergie-SIMA 2022 Management Conference Boosting knowledge & trust for a sustainable business

How can international business research contribute towards the sustainable development goals?

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