Multinational corporations (MNCs) have benefited tremendously from free trade in the past few decades in the form of cost reductions, resource advantages, and market expansion. However, the dynamism of international relations and a global recession have rekindled the debate over frictionless...

The speed of recovery from supply chain disruption has been identified as the predominant factor in building a resilient supply chain. However, COVID-19, as a rapidly evolving crisis, may challenge this assumption. Infection risk concerns would increase if managers decided to resume production...

Environmental inspections help governments to ensure manufacturers' compliance with environmental regulations and reduce pollution. The effectiveness of these inspections has been exhaustively examined in Western countries, which have effective law systems. However, it has not been examined in...

Many firms believe that the way to cope with environmental violations by their contract manufacturers is through greenwashing initiatives which they hope will protect them from collateral damage. Chris Lo, Christopher Tang, Paul Zhou, Andy Yeung, and Di Fan disagree, arguing that turning a blind...

It is important for firms to repurpose production responsively during a crisis such as the current COVID-19 pandemic to seize market opportunity and create social value. However, occupational health and safety can also be a concern in a crisis, and adherence to occupational health and safety...

Purpose International experience has long been recognized as a crucial determinant for firms’ knowledge management in the existing literature. However, within a global context, the relationship between international experience and the performance of multinational enterprises is intricate and...

In 2001 China ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. By so doing the national government became legally bound, "to the maximum of its available resources", to achieve "progressively" full realization of the rights specified in the Covenant. Included amongst...

Agency work is one of the most rapidly growing forms of employment in leading economies over the past two decades, signifying a global shift towards non-standard flexible employment modes. The rapid growth of agency work has become one of the most notable global employment trends and is set to...