Overview
The Role of Multinational Enterprises in Supporting the United Nations’ SDGs is an exploration of the place of the private sector in implementing select Sustainable Development Goals. Beyond the abundant literature published by the United Nations and journal articles, there are few book-length treatments of the unique role that multinationals play as facilitators of goal implementation and agents of change. This volume aims to stimulate debate and research on MNEs’ best practices, fleshing out many of the seventeen goals through the lens of corporate strategic choices. Sixteen carefully selected chapters present research advances in both study and best practices format, linking disciplines, knowledge systems, and stakeholders' perspectives to support a more sustainable business model and address the varied challenges on the road to the 2030 Agenda. They comprise a balanced mix of research methodologies: comprehensive literature reviews, theoretical frameworks, empirical studies, integrative reviews, and case studies. The book will be of use to advanced students, researchers, practitioners, planners, and policymakers worldwide who are concerned with sustainable development and corporate social responsibility issues through the lens of multinationals. Furthermore, the book is designed to be used in graduate courses in business, economics, public policy and on sustainability and corporate social responsibility.
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Author: John R. McIntyre , Silvester Ivanaj , Vera Ivanaj
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.666kg
ISBN: 9781802202403
ISBN 10: 1802202404
Pages: 392
Publication Date: 08 July 2022
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Table of Contents
Contents Foreword xix Introduction to The Role of Multinational Enterprises in Supporting the United Nations’ SDGs 1 PART I MNEs IMPLEMENTING SDGs: WHAT WE KNOW AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE? 1 The research landscape of MNEs and SDGs: what we know and what needs to be done? 14 Pard Teekasap and Dina Frutos-Bencze 2 Good intentions or good strategy? MNEs’ contributions to sustainable development in developing countries 37 Marlene Leonhartsberger, Sophie Thalmayr, and Christof Miska 3 Multinational enterprises and gender equity in STEM 58 Salwa M. Beheiry, Norita Ahmad, Linzi J. Kemp, and Richard T. Schoephoerster PART II MNEs ALIGNING THEIR BUSINESS STRATEGY WITH THE SDGs 4 The sustainability solution in MNEs: understanding the impediments to its implementation 80 Luis F. Escobar 5 MNEs’ approach to contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals – an exploratory study 101 Marc Oberhauser 6 The role of multinational enterprises in the textile and clothing industry in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: barriers and opportunities for the future 117 Thierry Houé and Eileen Murphy 7 Aligning MNEs with SDGs: peace, justice, and strong institutions 132 Duane Windsor 8 Multinational enterprises and global strategies to collaborate with SDG 2 and SDG 3 152 Aldo Alvarez-Risco and Shyla Del-Aguila-Arcentales 9 The contribution of multinational enterprises to the United Nations’ SDGs: a review of corporate governance and sustainability research 165 Mine Doyran PART III MNEs IDENTIFYING THE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES INHERENT IN THE SDGs 10 Leveraging business diplomacy 191 Lichia Yiu and Raymond Saner 11 Impact of legal enforcement of CSR on SDGs 217 Rama Seth 12 MNCs engaging with the SDGs: the role(s) of non-government organisations 252 Tom Osegowitsch, Susan Trenholm, and Angela McCabe 13 Financial disciplining of extractive industries and the SDGs 274 W. Travis Selmier II 14 Corporate sustainability assessments as a tool for integrating SDGs into MNE practices: an investigation into the financial sector in Malaysia 296 Agnes Pranugrahaning, Jerome D. Donovan, Cheree Topple, and Eryadi K. Masli 15 MNEs as catalysts of productive entrepreneurship: the case of Egypt 318 Paola Garrone, Lucia Piscitello, Valentina Rotondi, and Vittoria G. Scalera 16 Green and sustainable development case for multinational enterprises 339 Nancy H. Vaz Index
Reviews
'While the United Nations adopted a clear set of Sustainable Development Goals around 2015, the likelihood of any country achieving all of these goals by the planned 2030 deadline seems highly unlikely. The reasons behind the slower than expected progress appear to be diverse and multi-cultural, making any type of scientific inquiry into it a major challenge. The editors of this book have taken on this challenge and provided one of the broadest and most comprehensive explanations to date. Their compilation of ideas and research from some of the top scholars around the world provides key insights for thought leaders seeking to accelerate the progress towards saving our planet.' -- Mark Ferguson, University of South Carolina, US
'While the United Nations adopted a clear set of Sustainable Development Goals around 2015, the likelihood of any country achieving all of these goals by the planned 2030 deadline seems highly unlikely. The reasons behind the slower than expected progress appear to be diverse and multi-cultural, making any type of scientific inquiry into it a major challenge. The editors of this book have taken on this challenge and provided one of the broadest and most comprehensive explanations to date. Their compilation of ideas and research from some of the top scholars around the world provides key insights for thought leaders seeking to accelerate the progress towards saving our planet.' -- Mark Ferguson, University of South Caroline, US
Author Information
Edited by John R. McIntyre, Professor and Executive Director, CIBER, Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology, US, Silvester Ivanaj, Professor, ICN Business School and researcher, CEREFIGE and Vera Ivanaj, Associate Professor, ENSIC and researcher, CEREFIGE, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France
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