Multinational Corporations Exploitation Endemics: Evidence from Royal Dutch/Shell Nigeria

Multinational corporations.

Multinational Corporations: Corporate Social

The aim of this paper is to identify contribution from MNCs from Australia in Thailand in the form of corporate social responsibility (CSR). The key focus is given to the analysis of CSR activities from MNCs in an effort to fight poverty in Thailand. Secondary data was collected from two MNCs in Thailand. The results of this study identify two key themes: (1) climate change and poverty, and (2)...

Multinational Corporations in Transnational Accountability

Multinational Corporations as Differentiated Networks

Multinational corporations are considered as a differentiated network of interorganizational (HQ-subsidiary) relations. Using data from 66 of the largest North American and European multinationals it is shown that four naturally existing clusters of subsidiaries can be found on the basis of the complexity of the external environment faced by the subsidiary and its organizational resources. Cent...

The evolution of R&D capability in multinational corporations in emerging markets: evidence from China

This paper presents a longitudinal case of Motorola’s R&D subsidiary in Beijing over the period 1998–2008. Through the construction of key events and changes, the paper unfolds the evolutionary process of Motorola’s R&D capability in China, and explores the mechanisms driving that evolution. We find that this R&D subsidiary evolved through four stages: from a local adaption unit performing adap...