Critical Perspectives on International Business: Volume 14 Issue 1

Corporate governance and corporate social responsibility disclosures: The case of GCC countries

Samy Garas, Suzanna ElMassah

The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of corporate governance (CG) on the corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosures. This is done in the context of firms…

Dimensions of distance: International flight connections, historical determinism, and economic relations in Africa

Babalwa Nonkenge, John Manuel Luiz

This paper aims to examine how distance manifests in terms of air passenger transport links between countries and focuses on the 48 countries of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It asks…

Monitoring regional market-building in Africa: a critical perspective

Philippe De Lombaerde

African regional integration and market-building processes have not lived up to their expectations in terms of the development of intra-regional international business and the…

The curse of the #1 carmaker: Toyota’s crisis

Nobuyuki Chikudate, Can M. Alpaslan

Using as many perspectives as possible to understand large-scale industrial crises can be a daunting task. This paper aims to demonstrate a reasonably complex yet systemic…

We say no to La Monroe closure! local defiance to global restructuring in a transnational company

Holm-Detlev Köhler, Sergio González Begega

This paper aims to examine the reaction of a local workforce to global restructuring in a transnational company (TNC), which entailed the closure of a manufacturing plant (La…