Critical Perspectives on International Business: Volume 18 Issue 1

Contesting extractivism: international business and people’s struggles against extractive industries

Rafael Kruter Flores, Steffen Bōhm, Maria Ceci Misoczky

This paper aims to introduce the special issue “Extractivism and the Links between International Business and People’s Struggles,” which is part of our joint research efforts…

CSR and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples in Canada

Brad S. Long

This paper aims to highlight blind spots in the discourse of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and stretch the boundaries of existent CSR frameworks within the particular…

Political CSR initiatives as levers of marginalisation: the disconnect between representatives and the so-called represented in the mining industry

Clara Roussey, Nicolas Balas, Florence Palpacuer

The transformative potential of CSR is a far-reaching question. It has been analysed through the lens of the inclusion of stakeholders concerned by social and environmental issues…

Confronting extractivism – the role of local struggles in the (un)making of place

Maria Ehrnström-Fuentes

The purpose of this paper is to examine the politics involved in local struggles against forestry extractivism. The forestry sector is dependent on vast areas of land for tree…

The tragedy of Mariana in management’s tragedy

Carolina Machado Saraiva, Pamella Thaís Magalhães Ferreira

This paper aims to unveil the spheres that were silenced by the media and academia with regard to the collapse of the Fundão Dam that occurred in 2015, in Mariana (Minas Gerais …

MNCs’ open international strategy–local dynamics: transfer of German “vocational education and training” to emerging economies

Martina Fuchs

This paper aims to examine multinational companies’ (MNCs) international transfer strategies of German vocational education and training (VET) and examines the dynamics in the…

Skill formation, automation and governance: comparing German and Korean automotive manufacturers in Central-Eastern Europe

Martin Krzywdzinski, Hyung Je Jo

Building on neo-institutionalism models of the transfer of human resource management (HRM) practices within multinational companies, this paper aims to analyze the transfer of…