Critical Perspectives on International Business: Volume 16 Issue 1

Guest editorial

Rudolf R. Sinkovics, Mats Forsgren, Noemi Sinkovics, Christine Holmström Lind

The social value creation of MNEs – a literature review across multiple academic fields

Noemi Sinkovics, Jason Archie-acheampong

This study aims to investigate how different academic fields within and outside of international business (IB) engage with the topics of social value creation in the context of…

Social value creation by multinational enterprises: The next “Big Question” for international business research?

Asmund Rygh

This study aims to discuss an argument that the social value creation of multinational enterprises (MNEs), beyond creating economic value for the shareholders, could be the next…

Commentary: considering the social value of IB

Jonathan Doh

In this viewpoint, the author critically aims to examine the papers by Sinkovics and Archie-Acheampong (2019, this issue) “The social value creation of MNEs – a literature review…

MNC involvement in social innovations: the issue of knowledge, networks and power

Christine Holmström Lind, Olivia Kang, Anna Ljung, Mats Forsgren

This paper aims to develop a conceptual framework and presents a number of propositions relating to why and how multinational companies (MNCs) engage in social innovations. The…

The limits and promises of embeddedness as a strategy for social value creation

Addisu A. Lashitew, Rob van Tulder

Multinational enterprises (MNEs) attempting to create social value in base of the pyramid (BoP) economies are encumbered by unique market and institutional barriers. To overcome…