Global Business in Local Culture: The Impact of Embedded Multinational Enterprises

ISBN-13: 9783030037970 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 122 str.

Philipp Aerni

Spis treści

Introduction.- Societal foundations of economic development.- Neoliberalism: a mythical and meaningful term devoid of any deep thought.- The impact of popular stereotypes in academic research and public policy.- New Economic Sociology and re-definition of the term ‘embeddedness’.- Economic globalization as a “disembedding” force?.- Embedded MNEs and their contribution to sustainable change.- Development cooperation as a catalyst for sustainable long- term FDI.- Concluding remarks.

O autorze

Philipp Aerni is Director of the Center for Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (CCRS). He received his Master’s in Geography from the University of Zurich and completed his PhD in agricultural economics at the ETH Zurich. Prior to his position at the CCRS, Dr. Aerni was a research fellow at Harvard University, the ETH Zurich, the University of Berne, and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO).