Purpose This study aims to analyse how multinational corporations (MNCs) organise value chain activities to penetrate new market segments. It contributes by expanding traditional decisions regarding the vertical fine-slicing of value chain activities (whether performed internally or externally)...

This chapter’s aim is to present a critical perspective on past, present, and future policies towards multinational enterprises’ (MNEs) sustainable linkages in host economies. It discusses how governments can and do guide multinationals towards developing sustainable linkages - with targeted...

Across developing countries, the agricultural sector is an essential source of economic growth, employment, poverty reduction and food security. Women play a vital role in agriculture, yet there is little research focusing on the impact of rising investment in the agricultural sector on the role...