International Business and SDG 8 Exploring the Relationship between IB and Society

The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8 aims to promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all. The twelve associated targets call for action in a number of interconnected domains that are of great relevance for global governance...

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Other Authors: Sinkovics, Noemi (Editor), Sinkovics, Rudolf R. (Editor), Boussebaa, Mehdi (Editor), Fletcher, Margaret (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2024, 2024
Edition:1st ed. 2024
Series:The Academy of International Business
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 10. Circular economy and social upgrading in global value chains: An analytical perspective on social upgrading in the Global South
  • 11. Sustainability in entrepreneurial ecosystems going global
  • 12. Towards a typology of governance mechanisms in cross-sector partnerships based on multiple agency theory
  • 13. A microfoundational framework of institutions: Knowledge transfer in traditional crafts for sustainable economic growth
  • 14. Reviewing worker and producer cooperative contributions toward SDG8 in developing and developed economies
  • Part III. Teaching Perspectives on SDG 8
  • 15. Embedding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in international business education
  • 16. The role of external context in enhancing student learning outcomes through experiential learning
  • 17. Examining modern slavery through design thinking in the international business classroom
  • Part IV. Practitioner Reflections on SDG 8
  • 18. SDG 8 and the case for local valuecreation in Africa’s food value chains
  • 19. European migration, where are we going and how to improve integration?
  • 20. Post Brexit trade and investment and the implications for Scottish businesses: some reflections
  • 21. SDG 8 – A reflection on policies, programmes, and the gaps within.
  • Part I. Introduction to International Business and SDG 8
  • 1. International Business and SDG 8: An introduction to the theme
  • 2. International Business and SDG8: are we on course?
  • Part II. Research perspectives on SDG 8
  • 3. Labour standards provisions in international trade policy: An international business perspective
  • 4. Corporate commitment to decent work and sustainable development: a quantitative analysis of corporate reports of DAX 40 MNCs
  • 5. MNE Intercession, Antitrust, and Supply Chain Slavery: A New Regulatory Strategy to Realise SDG 8.7
  • 6. Hiding in Plain Sight - Transparency and Ethics in Fashion Industry Global Value Chains
  • 7. MNEs and disadvantaged communities in emerging markets: Paths to SDG8
  • 8. The role of foreign multinational corporations in innovation capability upgrading of subnational peripheries
  • 9. Blockchain technology adoption for economic and social upgrading