Sustainable International Business

This is a unique book that adopts a global approach to studying international business. It stimulates research and rethinking among scholars and practitioners to understand how businesses operate internationally into lucrative markets, and their role in sustainable business growth, glocal value creation, and economic development. It provides insights into how international firms, entrepreneurs, family businesses, and other stakeholders balance the act of value creation and conducting sustainable and ethical business. The book covers economic, social, and environmental dimensions of sustainability such as poverty alleviation through FDI and remittances, diversity and inclusion in management, and ethical governance to value creation for stakeholders and profit maximization through sustainable firm growth, entrepreneurial initiatives, and sustainable business models. It addresses capacity building and the grand challenges that international business needs to develop solutions for. Thechapters offer multiple types of contributions including conceptual and theoretical works, literature reviews, and empirical (qualitative and quantitative) studies. The authors, and the topics included, provide a wide international representation and illustrate multi-layered sustainable business perspectives that cover developing, emerging, and developed country contexts as well as multiple directions of international business flows.

Links international business to poverty alleviation, sustainable human capital flows, and gender equality Provides insights on how sustainable business can drive value for companies Establishes the paths through which international business can be leveraged to attain sustainability

Auteur

Pratik Arte is an Assistant Professor of International Business at Northumbria University. His research examines the interplay between market dynamics and ownership advantages of firms, with a specific focus on sustainable firm growth through internationalization and divestment and its impact on value creation and economic development.

Yi Wang is an Assistant Professor of International Business and Entrepreneurship at the University of Southern Denmark. His research areas comprise IB entry strategy and post-entry survival and growth in emerging markets, internationalization from China, environmental innovation, and industry 4.0. Cheryl Dowie is an Assistant Professor at the Marilyn Davies College of Business, University of Houston-Downtown. Her research philosophy incorporates many interdisciplinary perspectives, centering on negotiation/conflict management, group decision-making, business communication, cross-cultural management, gender diversity, and internationalization strategies.

Maria Elo is an Associate Professor of International Business and Entrepreneurship at the University of Southern Denmark and a Professor at BRIIB Institute, Shanghai University (China). She is affiliated with several universities and institutes. Her research focuses on sustainable international migration, diaspora, transnational entrepreneurship, capacity building, and international business.

Salla Laasonen works as an Academic Director at DTU Executive Education, DTU Technical University of Denmark. She is an expert on sustainability, stakeholder engagement, and cross-sector partnerships, specializing in scientific research methods, particularly qualitative analysis. With over 15 years of teaching experience at bachelor, master's, PhD, and MBA levels, she is passionate about inspiring education, global sustainability, and societal impact.

Contenu

1. Sustainability in International Business: An Introduction.- Part 1: Economic sustainability.- 2. Realisation of SDGs in Africa: An Impactful Political CSR Approach.- 3. Value Creation Impact: Role of stakeholders in the Development of Sustainable Foreign Trade.- 4. Reshaping the World's Supply Chain? A Case Study of Vietnam's PAN Group Adopting the Circular Economy Concept.- 5. Integration of Internal Audit and Sustainability Functions: a Business Model Suggestion.- 6. Mitigating the Negative Implications of Fake Social Media News on Internationalizing Firms: The Role of Social Media Capability.- 7. Network Ties and Opportunity Recognition in SME Internationalization in the Social Media Context.- Part 2: Environmental sustainability.- 8. Green Entrepreneurship as Environmental Commitment and Eco-innovation Among International Businesses: A Review and Research Agenda.- 9. Exploring Circular Economy in International Businesses Through the Lens of Sustainability.- 10. Analyzing Accountability of Weather Index Insurance Service in Attainment of Sustainable Development Goals: A Sustainable Accounting Perspective.- 11. Refurbished Products and Green Mindfulness: A Qualitative Study from an Emerging Market.- 12. Regaining Legitimacy in an MNC After a Socio-ecological Crisis: An un(smart) Business Strategy?.- 13. Wine Tourism as a Catalyst for the Sustainable Development Goals: The case of Casa Sicilia Winery.- 14. Sense or Sensibility? Managerial Sensemaking and Responsible Business Practices in International Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises.- Part 3: Social Sustainability.- 15. Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility: Translating Theory into Action.- 16. Multinational Enterprises as Bridging Institutional Actors Towards Sustainability.- 17. Sustainable Development Goals and the Mining Industry.- 18. Socio-Technical Imaginaries of Cultural Transformation Toward Sustainable Development.- 19. Why am I (not) struggling? Career Prospects of Migrant Academics at British and Finnish Higher Education Institutions.- 20. Immigrant Entrepreneurs Out of the Shell? An investigation of Individual Characteristics on the Propensity to Seek External Advice.- 21. Conclusions. <p