Collective action within the pharmaceutical sector and lessons on taking effective climate action to reduce emissions: A case study on Johnson & Johnson

Situation<br/>The constant increase in global temperatures is becoming more and more concerning for the future of our planet. The health of the planet is crucial for our existence and for the health of humanity, which is why we need to maintain and care for our environment. The pharmaceutical sector contributes to a lot of greenhouse gas...

Reverse Innovation in Retrospect and Prospect: Quo Vadis?

Reverse innovation (RI) is considered as an innovation originally designed and developed for low-income customers living in severely resource-constrained environments in emerging and developing countries’ markets, with the potential to be diffused in developed markets. After more than a decade of academic studies, the potential role of RI in...

The effect of intra-organisational data sharing during the tender phase on risk awareness in multinational construction companies: A multiple-case design

Due to the dynamic and complex nature of the construction industry, it is evident that the integration of processes and groups is more challenging to attain in comparison to other industries (Demirkesen &amp; Ozorhon,2017). Therefore, there is a call for better integration of project participants and processes in construction projects (Franz et...

Foreign investors improving the urban quality: The relation between urban planning and the establishment of multinational companies in Singapore 1965 - 2010

Singapore is a city-state that experienced very rapid urban and economic growth during the second half of the 20th century. This is the result of the establishment of multinational companies (MNCs) within Singapore, due to the right policymaking by the Singapore government. Various studies have been done on Singapore’s economic growth and urban...

Breaking Through Data Silos in Multinational Engineering Companies: A study on how to enhance intra-organizational data sharing by understanding social networks

This research investigates how to break through intra-organizational data silos in multinational engineering companies by analyzing data sharing networks. Data occurs in many ways like numbers, statistics, and documents in structured and unstructured forms. Companies consider data as one of their most valuable assets for decision-making and to...

Multinational Energy Justice for Managing Multinational Risks: A Case Study of Nuclear Waste Repositories

This paper investigates the viability of Energy Justice as a framework to assist the governance of multinational risk. Positioned between local and universal scales, it advocates for the approach of multinational energy justice as a means of considering justice manifestations either between neighboring countries, or between geographically...

External uncertainty as a driver of structural change in real estate decision-factors: An explorative study

Research on the influence of political and economic uncertainty on the decision-factors for accommodation decision-making in corporate real estate management. Research showed that economic uncertainty, and not political uncertainty, did influence the decision criteria during the last decade. A shift can be seen from practical, costs and...

Corporate Real Estate Alignment in Practice: A study on how corporate real estate is aligned by multinational corporations in different industries in practice and its relation to theory

On Effectiveness and Legitimacy of ‘Shaming’ as a Strategy for Combatting Climate Change

While states have agreed to substantial reduction of emissions in the Paris Agreement, the success of the Agreement strongly depends on the cooperation of large Multinational Corporations. Short of legal obligations, we discuss the effectiveness and moral legitimacy of voluntary approaches based on naming and shaming. We argue that...

Bridging the Gap between Social Acceptance and Ethical Acceptability

New technology brings great benefits, but it can also create new and significant risks. When evaluating those risks in policymaking, there is a tendency to focus on social acceptance. By solely focusing on social acceptance, we could, however, overlook important ethical aspects of technological risk, particularly when we evaluate technologies...

Designing an approach to reduce carton waste

Corporation-led Urban Development: Motives for multinationals to engage in urban development projects

Beating the Crunch: Real estate management of Dutch multinationals

The graduation thesis gives insight in corporate real estate management within Dutch multinationals. The credit crunch requires corporations to strategically respond. The real estate response is dependent on the impact of the credit crunch on the business results and corporate strategy. The cross-case analysis presents the mutual implementations.

Management practices in Russian multinational subsidiaries: The case of Knauf CIS

This paper analyzes the growth and evolution of Knauf CIS Group from 1992 to 2012. The study defines the features and characteristics of the firm’s corporate policies including production and operations, marketing, HR management, and societal engagement. These policies have enabled Russian industrial enterprises, Knauf’s subsidiaries, to achieve...

R&D Internationalization, R&D Collaboration and Public Knowledge Institutions in Small Economies: Evidence from Finland and the Netherlands

This paper investigates domestic and foreign innovating firms’ determinants of R&D collaboration with domestic universities and public knowledge institutes in Finland and the Netherlands. We put particular emphasis on the impact of incoming academic spillovers on the probability to co-operate with these public R&D institutes. Based on data from...

Successful Real Estate Strategies For Multinationals

The main research question: "Which real estate strategies have been successful for Dutch multinationals, and what can be learned from these successful strategies for the future"? Methodology: In order to answer this research question, both theoretical and empirical research is necessary. The theoretical research consists out of three chapters:...

Subcontracting engineering for a multinational shipbuider