International business and sustainable development

Sustainable development is one of the key challenges of our time. It has social, ecological and economic dimensions, which makes it also a multi-faceted and complex problem. International Business scholars have stressed that the Multinational Enterprise should be considered the most important vehicle through which sustainable development occurs in developing countries. However, actual study of the topic remains fraught with theoretical and empirical caveats. This eighth volume in the Progress in International Business Research series includes new texts from a number of leading scholars and opinion leaders in the area. Contributors develop new levels of analysis (in particular global value chains or the partnership strategies of firms) that present promising areas for new theoretical and empirical insights. Whilst authors from leading international institutes are brought together in this volume, younger scholars with innovative ideas also offer valuable insights.

Rob Van Tulder and Alain Verbeke and Roger StrangeMartin WolfRajneesh NarulaJenny Hillemann and Alain VerbekeJohn HumphreyGreetje Schouten and Sietze Vellema and Jeroen Van WijkElisa Giuliani and Chiara Macchi and Davide FiaschiSigrun M. Wagner and Stephanos AnastasiadisRob Van Tulder and Andrea Da RosaMo Yamin and Rudolf R. SinkovicsLuis A. Perez-Batres and Jonathan P. DohJacqueline Mees-Buss and Catherine WelchTüna Ritvala and Per Andersson and Asta SalmiRaphael KaplinskyDaniela Marconi and Francesco Sanna-RandaccioHafiz Mirza and Kee Hwee WeePeter Utting

List of Contributors	p. ix
Chapter 1 Taking Stock of Complexity: In Search of New Pathways to Sustainable Development	p. 1
Part I New Trends and Concepts in International Business and Sustainable Development
Chapter 2 Limits to Growth in the 21st Century	p. 23
Chapter 3 Foreign Direct Investment as a Driver of Industrial Development: Why is There so Little Evidence?	p. 45
Chapter 4 An Internalization Theory Perspective on the Bottom of the Pyramid	p. 69
Chapter 5 Internalisation Theory, Global Value Chain Theory and Sustainability Standards	p. 91
Part II New Corporate Strategies for Sustainable Development
Chapter 6 Multinational Enterprises and Sustainability Standards: Using a Partnering-Intensity Continuum to Classify Their Interactions	p. 117
Chapter 7 The Social Irresponsibility of International Business: A Novel Conceptualization	p. 141
Chapter 8 Do Multinational Enterprises Contribute to Sustainable Development by Engaging in Lobbying? The Automotive Industry and Environmental Regulations	p. 173
Chapter 9 Multinationals and Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises (Smes): A Linkages Perspective on Inclusive Development Strategies	p. 203
Part III New Forms and Levels of Cooperation for Sustainable Development
Chapter 10 A Retrospective On: Infrastructure or Foreign Direct Investment?	p. 231
Chapter 11 Stakeholder Dynamics as Determinants of Substantive Versus Symbolic CSR Practices: A Macro/Micro Perspective	p. 249
Chapter 12 Taming a Wicked Problem? Unilever's Interpretations of Corporate Social Responsibility 2000-2012	p. 265
Chapter 13 MNE and Multiple Embeddedness: A Case Study of MNE-NGO Collaboration in Saving the Baltic Sea	p. 293
Part IV New Public Policies and Governance Challenges for Sustainable Development
Chapter 14 Shudder: The Challenges to 'Industrial Policies' in the Early 21st Century in Low- and Middle-Income Economies	p. 325
Chapter 15 The Clean Development Mechanism and Technology Transfer to China	p. 351
Chapter 16 The Rise of Enterprise Regionalisation in Asean	p. 391
Chapter 17 Multistakeholder Regulation of Business: Assessing the Pros and Cons	p. 425

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