Sub-theme 29: [hybrid] Global Challenges: An Interdisciplinarity View on the Role of MNEs
Convenors:
Mike Geppert, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
Christoph Dörrenbächer, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany
Ödül Bozkurt, University of Sussex Business School, United Kingdom
Session I: Thursday, July 07, 11:00 to 12:30, EA.5.030
The Contemporary MNE and Human Rights
Chair: Ödül Bozkurt
Michèle Dupré and Jean-Christophe Le Coze
The role of MNEs in the prevention of industrial accidents
Yifan Zhong and Rekha Rao Nicholson
Assessing the role of home and host country human rights difference and past experience on emerging market multinational enterprises’
cross-border acquisitions
Sachchidanand Prasad and Diwakar Kumar
Panchayats extension to Scheduled Area 1996 Actas a tribal self-governance: A critical analysis
Session II: Thursday, July 07, 14:00 to 15:30, EA.5.030
Managing the Challenges of Legitimacy with Internal and External Stakeholders
Chair: Christoph Dörrenbächer
Jens Gammelgaard and Rajesh Kumar
How regulatory focus influences legitimacy management: The mediating role of social capital
Chin Ruamps
Private sector engagement in humanitarian action: How Institutional Clashes Hinder Business-Humanitarian Partnerships
Mariana Baldi and Rodrigo Melz
Institutional complexity and institutional logics: TNCs response and engagement to Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
in Brazil
Session III: Friday, July 08, 09:00 to 10:30, EA.5.030
The Sustainability Challenge
Chair: Mike Geppert
Ismael Golmohammadi, Tom Cooper and Chansoo Park
Institutional environment and MNEs’ environmental sustainability: How do institutions impact MNEs’ engagement in environmental
governance?
Yorbana Seign-Goura
Myths and realities of corporate sustainability in Chadian oil projects
Session IV: Friday, July 08, 11:00 to 12:30, EA.5.030
Discourse, Communication and Perception in the Contemporary MNE
Chair: Christoph Dörrenbächer
Ozan Duygulu and S. Arzu Wasti
Political discourse and Turkish MNCs: Discursive decoupling in the global and the local
Lee Gazit and Nurit Zaidman
What is the effect of ongoing organizational changes on psychological contract breach? Perceptions of multinational enterprise
high-tech employees
Anne Vestergaard and Mette Morsing
Corporate activism as PCSR communication
Session V: Friday, July 08, 14:00 to 15:30, EA.5.030
Redefining IB Theory and Research in Face of Global Challenges
Chair: Ödül Bozkurt
Nathalie Belhoste
For a “corporate geopolitics”: The benefits of integrating a geopolitical approach in research and business schools
Raymond Loveridge
Pandemics, virtual reputational corporations and the power of place
Session VI: Saturday, July 09, 09:00 to 10:30, EA.5.030
MNEs, Climate Change, the Environment
Chair: Christoph Dörrenbächer
Nardia Haigh, Lucy McCarthy and Archana Shinde
To Integrate or not to Integrate? Examining Firm Structure to Deliver Climate Change Solutions
Raissa Pershina and Lisa S. Græslie
Tackling climate change: From organizational sustainability orientation to collective sustainability actions
Martina Linnenluecke
Imperfect insights: The role of ESG metrics in tracking MNE responses to global environmental and social challenges
Session VII: Saturday, July 09, 11:00 to 12:30, EA.5.030
Global Challenges and MNE Investment
Chair: Mike Geppert
Si Cheng and Srividya Jandhyala
Firms’ perception of the investment climate: Evidence from the international investment regime
Margherita Corina and Alfonso Carballo-Perez
Corporate investment in the context of rising populism: Domestic firms, MNEs and emerging markets