Multinational Enterprises and the Challenge of Sustainable Development

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Contents: PART I: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORKS 1. Multinational Enterprises and Sustainable Development: A Review of Strategy Process Research Vera Ivanaj and John R. McIntyre 2. The UN Galaxy, Transnational Corporations and the Sustainable Development Tagi Sagafi-nejad 3. Are Multinational Corporations Compatible with Sustainable Development? The Experience of Developing Countries Abdulai Abdul-Gafaru 4. Sustainable Development and Resource-Based Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Economies: Models of Corporate Production Behavior Kofi Afriyie 5. Of Butterflies and Hummingbirds: Industrial Ecology 'On the Wing' Van V. Miller and Charles T. Crespy 6. Multinationals and the Challenge of Sustainable Development: Knowledge in Cooperative Networks Mohamed Bayad, MichaAl Benedic, Malek Bourguiba and Christophe Schmitt 7. The Future of Sustainable Development and MNEs: A Diffusion Framework Jonathan Lefevre and Gabriele Suder PART II: STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS AND ASSESSMENT 8. Multinationals' Sustainable Supply Chains and Influence on Suppliers Inside and Outside the US: A Comparative Approach Bernd Philipp 9. Sustainability Metrics for Multinational Corporations - Greater Profits and a More Sustainable World Salwa Beheiri 10. Assessing the Sustainable Development Commitment of European MNEs Silvester Ivanaj, Jacky Koehl, Sandrine Peney and Gunter Schumacher PART III: DISCOURSE AND BEST PRACTICES 11. Understanding the Self-regulation Potential of Voluntary International Initiatives for Corporate Conduct: The Role of Sponsor Goals Glen Taylor and Petra Christmann 12. Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility of Multinational Enterprises in China Maria Lai-Ling Lam 13. The Discourses and Practices of Corporate Social Responsibility (DP-CSR) as a New Component of the Strategies of Multinational Companies: An Illustration with French Multinational Companies Pierre Bardelli and Manuela Pastore-Chaverot 14. International Supply Chain Management: Lever for Sustainable Development? An Analysis between Discourses and Applications Yvette Masson Franzil 15. The Search for a Sustainable Approach to Traditional French Wine Production in the Face of Competition from Multinational Companies Marie-Pierre Arzelier Index