TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring and investigating sustainable international business practices by MNEs in emerging markets
AU - Wood, Geoffrey
AU - Pereira, Vijay
AU - Temouri, Yama
AU - Wilkinson, Adrian
PY - 2021/10
Y1 - 2021/10
N2 - While there are a number of dimensions to sustainability, ranging from the environmental to the social, a common assumption in the literature is that firms from the mature markets are more likely to have the capacity and indeed, rationale to take sustainability more seriously. Emerging market counterparts, MNEs included, are seen to lag behind in sustainable practices. However, recent developments challenge this conventional wisdom. This article introduces the special issue on ‘Sustainable International Business Practices by MNEs in Emerging Markets, and highlights emerging themes which are promising future directions for theoretical and empirical enquiry.
AB - While there are a number of dimensions to sustainability, ranging from the environmental to the social, a common assumption in the literature is that firms from the mature markets are more likely to have the capacity and indeed, rationale to take sustainability more seriously. Emerging market counterparts, MNEs included, are seen to lag behind in sustainable practices. However, recent developments challenge this conventional wisdom. This article introduces the special issue on ‘Sustainable International Business Practices by MNEs in Emerging Markets, and highlights emerging themes which are promising future directions for theoretical and empirical enquiry.
KW - Emerging markets
KW - International business
KW - MNEs
KW - Sustainable practices
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969593121001116?via%3Dihub
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85111975106&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2021.101899
DO - 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2021.101899
M3 - Article
SN - 0969-5931
VL - 30
JO - International Business Review
JF - International Business Review
IS - 5
M1 - 101899
ER -