2017
DOI: 10.18356/6f5fab5e-en
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Multinational enterprises and the Sustainable Development Goals: What do we know and how to proceed?

Abstract: Multinational enterprises (MNEs) can play an important role in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This article examines what we know about their participation in implementing the SDGs and their impact, both positive and negative, on people, the planet, prosperity and peace as identified in the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda. To this end, we review the research published in the main international business journals on five key SDGs that represent these "four Ps", grouped into three … Show more

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“…Nevertheless, the cross-sector partnering literature -from a policy as well as a company perspective -is still in its infancy (Kolk et al, 2017). Most of the research is hampered by the fact that partnerships are only a recent phenomenon, while their effectiveness is difficult to measure -certainly when they claim to have an impact on the achievement of complex goals like the SDGs.…”
Section: An Institutional Approach To the Role Of Mnes In Sustainablementioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Nevertheless, the cross-sector partnering literature -from a policy as well as a company perspective -is still in its infancy (Kolk et al, 2017). Most of the research is hampered by the fact that partnerships are only a recent phenomenon, while their effectiveness is difficult to measure -certainly when they claim to have an impact on the achievement of complex goals like the SDGs.…”
Section: An Institutional Approach To the Role Of Mnes In Sustainablementioning
confidence: 99%
“…The SDGs aim to simultaneously advance a diverse range of sustainable development themes with universal coverage (Figure 1). Notwithstanding criticism for either being too ambitious (Copenhagen Consensus, 2016) or not being ambitious enough, especially concerning the modalities of their execution (Pogge & Sengupta, 2015), the SDGs are likely to constitute the most important frame of the global development agenda until 2030 (Kolk, 2016;Kolk, Kourula, & Pisani, 2017;Pattberg & Widerberg, 2016;Sachs, 2014).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…First, we provide evidence on how a MHO's ability to achieve local responsiveness and global integration is, in part, shaped by how it addresses social and commercial logics. We assume that multinational hybrids will become an increasingly relevant phenomenon, as several other studies in IB have recently emphasized the MNCs' social role (Kolk, Kourula, & Pisani, 2017;Narula & Pineli, 2019;Wettstein, Giuliani, Santangelo, & Stahl, 2019). However, one could, for example, also imagine academic-commercial (Ambos, Mäkelä, Birkinshaw, & D'Este, 2008) or public-private tensions (Quélin, Kivleniece, & Lazzarini, 2017) to interact with subsidiaries' ability to achieve local responsiveness and global integration.…”
Section: Implications For the Literature On Hybridity In Multinationamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…FDI can play a role in sustainable economic development, poverty reduction and industrial upgrading in lower income countries (Kolk et al, 2017) . However, the attraction of a high volume of FDI is not a sufficient condition for FDI to contribute to these objectives.…”
Section: Deepening Fdi For Production Upgradingmentioning
confidence: 99%