The Elgar Companion to International Business and the Sustainable Development Goals

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INTRODUCTION 

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have garnered significant attention in the international business literature, reflecting a growing interest in understanding the role of business in addressing these global challenges.  A systematic literature review by Mio et al. (2020) emphasises the strategic role of businesses in addressing the SDGs, highlighting the central role of various business actors beyond large international corporations.  This aligns with the findings of Kolk et al. (2017), who reviewed research in international business journals on key SDGs related to poverty and inequality, energy and climate change, and peace.

The contribution of international business research to the SDGs is evident in the study by Rygh et al. (2021), which highlights the increasing number of IB articles referencing the SDGs, particularly in special issues of prominent journals such as the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS) and the Journal of International Business Policy (JIBP).  These journals have significantly contributed to the discourse on the SDGs, covering topics such as SDG interactions (Pradhan et al., 2017; Nilsson et al., 2016), the role of multinational enterprises (Zanten & Tulder, 2018), business sustainability reporting (Rezaee et al., 2023), and the engagement of the private sector with the SDGs (Scheyvens et al., 2016).

Furthermore, the study by Sianes et al. (2022) identifies the main trends in SDG-related academic research, including the most relevant journals, prolific authors, institutions, countries, and collaborative networks.  Yeh et al. (2022) emphasise using bibliometrics to understand the trends and content of SDG-related research papers and identify gaps.  Business model innovation is recognised as a key driver for achieving the SDGs (Rosati et al., 2022), while the study by Ordonez‐Ponce et al. (2021) establishes a positive connection between businesses and the SDGs through community sustainability partnerships.  Moreover, the importance of cross-sectoral collaborations involving governments, businesses, international organisations, academia, and non-profits in achieving the SDGs is highlighted by Bulc et al. (2018).

In summary, the literature on SDGs in international business journals reflects a growing interest in understanding the role of business in addressing the SDGs, identifying trends in SDG-related research, and exploring innovative approaches such as business model innovation and cross-sectoral collaborations to contribute to achieving the SDGs.  This call for chapters aims to build upon this foundation and further advance understanding of the intersection between international business and Sustainable Development Goals.

INVITATION

Dear International Business Scholars, Practitioners, and Decision-Makers,

We are excited to invite you to contribute to the WOS and Scopus-indexed “The Elgar Companion to International Business and the Sustainable Development Goals.” This handbook combines rigorous academic inquiry with practical insights, making it an essential resource for scholars, business practitioners, decision-makers, and students.  We aim to provide a conceptual, theoretical, and methodological framework that addresses the intersection of international business strategies and sustainable development initiatives.

KEY THEMES AND TOPICS FOR SUBMISSION

1.  SDGs and Strategic Alignment

  • How can digitalisation help Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) align with and contribute to the 2030 development agenda?
  • Alignment of corporate and government measures to enhance contributions to the SDGs
  • Double accountability of MNEs’ positive impacts on SDGs 
  • Interpretation of MNE Alignment and contribution to sustainable development through existing internationalisation theories

2.  Corporate Activism and Historical Perspectives

  • Examples of corporate activism towards achieving SDGs at host and local companies
  • Historical contributions of multinationals to sustainable development in host countries
  • Responses of multinationals to their negative externalities
  • Are emerging markets more aware of the sustainability-related needs of host stakeholders than multinationals from developed countries?

3. Internationalisation of ‘Sustainable’ MNEs

  • Internationalisation of nature-positive, people-positive, and carbon-positive MNEs
  • Criteria to prioritise trade-offs in international operations
  • Internationalisation of sustainable development-related values from home countries to host country operations
  • MNEs as the last mile to achieving the SDGs commitments by countries

4.  Measuring and Monetising Impact

  • Measuring and monetising MNEs’ impact in home and host countries
  • The business case for MNEs in sustainable development: Balancing profitability with sustainability
  • Social and environmental accountability: Integrating SDG contributions into balance sheet performance
  • Challenges and methodological rigour required in measuring impacts

5.  Policy, Regulation, and Cross-Country Comparisons

  • Anticipating regulations to standardise social and environmental contributions in subsidiaries
  • Cross-country comparisons of tax incentives and sanctions for MNEs contributing to local sustainable development

6.  Critical Perspectives and Future Directions

  • The risks of new forms of colonialism through MNE-imposed development agendas
  • Critical views on the sustainability agendas of developed versus emerging markets
  • Green and rainbow washing: Implications on international business

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

 We invite you to submit chapter proposals that clearly outline the scope and content of your intended chapter, ensuring alignment with the themes listed above.  Proposals should be accessible to a broad audience, including business practitioners, policymakers, and academic scholars.

Please submit your chapter proposals to mgonza40@eafit.edu.co and wachk@uek.krakow.pl, which will include a brief outline, the targeted section, and a summary of the key contributions of the chapter. Abstracts should be 250-300 words in length.

Deadline for Submissions: 24th May 2024

We look forward to your innovative contributions, which promise to advance the discussion of international business and sustainable development significantly.  Your participation is highly valued, and we are excited to see how your insights will help shape this crucial field.

We sincerely appreciate your commitment to this significant and timely endeavour.  Your contributions will undoubtedly enrich the discourse on international business and sustainable development.

Selected authors will develop whole chapters (6000-8000 words) that contribute to the handbook’s foundational framework, benefiting the academic community and the wider industry.

CO-EDITORS

Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez (PhD) is Distinguished Professor of Corporate Sustainability and Head of the Masters in Sustainability at Universidad EAFIT in Colombia, a former Member of the Global Council for Sustainable Development Goal Number 1 (SDG 1: End Poverty), and a former Vice-President at the Academy of International Business (AIB) and Chapter Chair for Latin America and the Caribbean.  She is an internationalisation, sustainability, and CSR expert with 75 peer-reviewed scholarly papers and 18 books.  She is a frequent business media contributor and a Visiting Professor at numerous universities worldwide.  She has lived, studied, or worked in several countries and, by April 2024, travelled to 99 countries.
e-mail: mgonza40@eafit.edu.co
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6338-4281

Krzysztof Wach is a Full Professor at the Krakow University of Economics (Poland).  Professor of social sciences (2020), Post-Doc Degree of Habilitated Doctor (Dr. Hab.) in economics (2013), PhD in Management (2006).  Member of the Commission for Economic Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN).  Member of the Commission for Economic Sciences of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences (PAU).  Member of the Commission for Organization and Management of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) – Branch in Kraków.  He serves on the editorial boards of international journals as an editor, including 'European Journal of International Management' (SSCI WoS), ‘Sustainable Technology and Entrepreneurship’ (Elsevier), ‘Central European Management Journal’ (Emerald), ‘International Journal of Multinational Corporation Strategy’ (Inderscience), 'Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review' (ESCI/Scopus).  He has published over 240 peer-reviewed publications (including 126 journal articles, 100 chapters and 17 books) and 19 edited volumes.  His research interests include entrepreneurship, international business, innovation, and family firms.
email: wachk@uek.krakow.pl
ORCID   http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7542-2863

SELECTED SCHOLARLY CONTRIBUTIONS

Ahi, A. A., Sinkovics, N., Shildibekov, Y., Sinkovics, R. R., & Mehandjiev, N. (2022). Advanced technologies and international business: A multidisciplinary analysis of the literature.  International Business Review, 31(4), 101967.

Anastasiadis, S.; Perkiss, Stephanie; Dean, Bonnie; Bayerlein, Leopold; Gonzalez-Perez, Maria Alejandra; Wersun, Alec; Acosta, Pilar; Jun, Hannah; Gibbons, Belinda (2021) Teaching sustainability: Complexity and compromises.  Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education.  Vol 13(1), pp. 272-286 https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-02-2020-0029 

Book series: Advanced Series in Management, Emerald Group Publishing Limited: Bingley, UK.

Borda, A.; Morales, Oswaldo; Teegan, Hildy; Rees, Gareth H & Gonzalez-Perez, Maria Alejandra  (2021)  Addressing sustainable rural development with shared value: A Peruvian model from the cacao industry. Sustainability.  Vol. 13 (14) 8028. https:// doi.org/10.3390/su13148028 

Brandl, K., Moore, E., Meyer, C., & Doh, J. (2021). The impact of multinational enterprises on community informal institutions and rural poverty. Journal of International Business Studies, 1-20.

Buckley, P. J., Doh, J. P., & Benischke, M. H. (2017). Towards a renaissance in international business research? Big questions, grand challenges, and the future of IB scholarship. Journal of International Business Studies, 48, 1045-1064.

Bulc, B., Landers, C., & Driscoll, K. (2018).  Data science: a powerful catalyst for cross-sector collaborations to transform the future of global health—developing a new interactive relational mapping tool (demo).  Journal of Technology in Human Services, 36(1), 69–75.  https://doi.org/10.1080/15228835.2017.1417954

Celone, A., Cammarano, A., Caputo, M., & Michelino, F. (2022). Is it possible to improve the international business action towards the sustainable development goals?  Critical perspectives on international business, 18(4), 488-517.

Ciulli, F., & Kolk, A. (2023). International Business, digital technologies and sustainable development: Connecting the dots.  Journal of World Business, 58(4), 101445.

Ciulli, F., Kolk, A., Bidmon, C. M., Sprong, N., & Hekkert, M. P. (2022). Sustainable business model innovation and scaling through collaboration.  Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 45, 289-301.

El-Kassar, A.-N.; Makki, D.; Gonzalez-Perez, M.A. & Cathro, V. (2023) Doing Well by Doing Good: Why is investing in university social responsibility a good business for higher education institutions cross-culturally?  Cross Cultural & Strategic Management.  Vol. 30(1) Pp. 142-165https://doi.org/10.1108/CCSM-12-2021-0233

Franco, W. & Gonzalez-Perez, M. A. (2016). International expansion opportunities for multilevel marketing via personal networks: An ethnographic study from Colombia.  International Journal of Business and Society (IJBS).  Vol. 17(1), pp. 28–46.

Gao, Y., Turkina, E., & Van Assche, A. (2023). The Nexus Between Cultural and Creative Sectors and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Network Perspective.  In International Business and Sustainable Development Goals (Vol. 17, pp. 151-176).  Emerald Publishing Limited.

Giuliani, E., & Macchi, C. (2014). Multinational corporations’ economic and human rights impacts on developing countries: A review and research agenda. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 38(2), 479-517.

Goerzen, A. (Ed.). (2023).  Research Handbook on International Corporate Social Responsibility.  Edward Elgar Publishing.

Goerzen, A., Iskander, S. P., & Hofstetter, J. (2021). The effect of institutional pressures on business-led interventions to improve social compliance among emerging market suppliers in global value chains. Journal of International Business Policy, 4(3), 347-367.

Goerzen, A., Sartor, M., Brandl, K., & Fitzsimmons, S. (2023). Widening the lens: Multilevel drivers of firm corporate social performance.  Journal of International Business Studies, 54(1), 42-60.

Gomez-Trujillo, A. M.; Gonzalez-Perez, Maria Alejandra & Baena-Rojas, Jose (2024) Sustainable Strategy as a Lever for Corporate Legitimacy and Long-Term Competitive Advantage: An Examination of an Emerging Market Multinationals.  European Business Review.  Vol. 36(1), pp. 112–139.  https://doi.org/10.1108/EBR-01-2023-0003

Gomez-Trujillo, A. M.; Velez-Ocampo, Juan Fernando & Gonzalez-Perez, Maria Alejandra (2020) A literature review on the causality between sustainability and corporate reputation, what goes first?  Management of Environmental Quality.  Vol. 31 (2), pp. 406–430.  https://doi.org/10.1108/MEQ-09-2019-0207

Gomez-Trujillo, A.M. & Gonzalez-Perez, M.A. (2020). What we know about organisational sustainability and international business? , Management of Environmental Quality.  Vol 31 (2), pp. 292–305.  https://doi.org/10.1108/MEQ-08-2019-0173

Gomez-Trujillo, Ana M. & Gonzalez-Perez, Maria A. (2022). Digital transformation as a strategy to reach sustainability.  Smart and Sustainable Built Environment.  Vol. 11(4) pp. 1137–1162.  https://doi.org/10.1108/SASBE-01-2021-0011

Gomez-Valencia, Manuela; Gonzalez-Perez, Maria Alejandra & Gomez-Trujillo, Ana Maria (2021) “Six Ws” of Sustainable Development Risks. Business Strategy and the Environment.  Vol 30(7), pp. 3131-3144.  doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.2794

Gonzalez-Perez (2016) Climate Change and the 2030 Corporate Agenda for Sustainable Development.  Advances in Sustainability and Environmental Justice, Vol. 19, 189 - 202

Gonzalez-Perez, M. A. & Leonard, L. (2013). International Business, Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility.  Emerald Group Publishing Limited: Bingley, UK.

Gonzalez-Perez, M. A. & Leonard, L. (2015). The Global Compact: CorporateSustainability in the Post 2015 World.  Advances in Sustainability and Environment.  Vol. 17, pp. 1-20.

Gonzalez-Perez, M. A. Alejandra (2022). Regenerative and Sustainable Futures for Latin America and the Caribbean: Collective action for a region with a better tomorrow, Emerald Group Publishing Limited: Bingley, UK.

Gonzalez-Perez, M. A.; Mohieldin, Mahmoud, Hult, Tomas G. & Velez-Ocampo, Juan (2021) COVID-19, sustainable development challenges of Latin America and the Caribbean, and the potential engines for an SDGs-based recovery.  Management Research: Journal of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management. Vol. 19(1), pp. 22–37.  Doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/MRJIAM-12-2020-1119

Gonzalez-Perez, Maria A. & Leonard, L. (2016). Climate change and the 2030 corporate agenda for sustainable development,  Emerald Group Publishing Limited: Bingley, UK.

Gonzalez-Perez, Maria A. & Sosa, S. (2015). Governments as Owners: Nationalisation of International Business and Social Responsibility.  Advances in Sustainability and Environment.  Vol. 17, 219–232.

Gonzalez-Perez, Maria Alejandra & Leonard, Liam (2015). The UN Global Compact: Sustainability in international markets.  Emerald Group Publishing Limited: Bingley, UK.

Goodall, M., & Moore, E. (2019). Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals into teaching, research, operations, and service: A case report of Yale University. Sustainability: The Journal of Record, 12(2), 93-96.

Gurdgiev, L., Liam & Gonzalez-Perez, Maria Alejandra (2016). Great Recession: At the Crossroads of Sustainability and Recovery, Emerald Group Publishing Limited: Bingley, UK.

Herrera-Cano, C. & Gonzalez-Perez (2016). Global Financial Crisis and the Emergence and Maturing of Socially Responsible Investments, Advances in Sustainability and Environmental Justice, Vol. 18, 189 - 202

Hofstetter, J. S., De Marchi, V., Sarkis, J., Govindan, K., Klassen, R., Ometto, A. R., ... & Vazquez-Brust, D. (2021). From sustainable global value chains to circular economy—different silos, different perspectives, but many opportunities to build bridges.  Circular Economy and Sustainability, 1(1), 21-47.

Hofstetter, J. S., De Marchi, V., Sarkis, J., Govindan, K., Klassen, R., Ometto, A. R., ... & Vazquez-Brust, D. (2021). From sustainable global value chains to circular economy—different silos, different perspectives, but many opportunities to build bridges.  Circular Economy and 

Hult, G. Tomas M.; Gonzalez-Perez, Maria Alejandra; Morgeson, Forrest V. & Moonesar, Immanuel Azaad (2023) A Theory of Market-Based Sustainability: Integrating Economics-Based Supply and Demand Theory with Doing Good, Warm Glow, and Price Fairness.  Journal of Sustainable Marketing.Vol 4(2), pp. 149-176https://doi.org/10.51300/JSM-2023-115

Hult, G. Tomas M.; Mena, Jeannette; Gonzalez-Perez, Maria Alejandra; Lagerström, Katarina & Hult, Daniel T. (2018), A Ten Country-Company Study of Sustainability and Product-Market Performance: Influences of Doing Good, Warm Glow, and Price Fairness, Journal of Macromarketing, Vol. 38 (3), 242–261.  https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0276146718787017

Hult, G.M., Gonzalez-Perez, Maria Alejandra & Lagerström, Katarina (2020). The theoretical evolution and use of the Uppsala internationalisation model in the international business ecosystem.  Journal of International Business Studies,  Vol. 52, pp. 38–49.  https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-019-00293-x

Iqbal, M., Kalim, R., & Arshed, N. (2024). Evaluating industrial competitiveness strategy in achieving environmental sustainability.  Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal, 34(2), 353-369.

Iskander, S., Goerzen, A., Asmussen, C. G., & Hashai, N. (2023). On Socially Responsible GVC Governance Structures: Outsourcing vs. Internalization in the First Mile.  In AIB 2023 Annual Meeting: International Business Resilience under Global Disruptions (p. 188).  Academy of International Business.

Kaartemo, V. & Gonzalez-Perez, M. A. (2020). Renewable energy in international business, critical perspectives on international business.  Vol. 16(4), Pp. 325–226.  https://doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-08-2019-0062 

Kolk, A. (2003).  Trends in sustainability reporting by the Fortune Global 250.  Business strategy and the environment, 12(5), 279–291.

Kolk, A. (2008).  Sustainability, accountability and corporate governance: exploring multinationals' reporting practices.  Business strategy and the environment, 17(1), 1–15.

Kolk, A. (2016).  The social responsibility of international business: From ethics and the environment to CSR and sustainable development.  Journal of World Business, 51(1), 23–34.

Kolk, A., & Ciulli, F. (2020). The potential of sustainability-oriented digital platform multinationals: A comment on the transitions research agenda.  Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 34, 355-358.

Kolk, A., & Pinkse, J. (2005). Business responses to climate change: identifying emergent strategies.  California Management Review, 47(3), 6-20.

Kolk, A., & Pinkse, J. (2008). A perspective on multinational enterprises and climate change: Learning from “an inconvenient truth"?  Journal of International Business Studies, 39, 1359-1378.

Kolk, A., & Van Tulder, R. (2010). International business, corporate social responsibility and sustainable development.  International business review, 19(2), 119-125.

Kolk, A., Kourula, A., & Pisani, N. (2017). Multinational enterprises and the sustainable development goals: What do we know and how to proceed?  Transnational Corporations, 24(3), 9-32. https://doi.org/10.18356/6f5fab5e-en

Leonard, L. & Gonzalez-Perez, M. A. (2013). Principles and Strategies to Balance Ethical, Social and Environmental Concerns with Corporate Requirements.  Emerald Group Publishing Limited: Bingley, UK.

Leonard, L. & Gonzalez-Perez, M. A. (2015). Beyond the UN Global Compact: Institutions and regulations. Emerald Group Publishing Limited: Bingley, UK.

Marano, V., & Kostova, T. (2016). Unpacking the institutional complexity in adoption of CSR practices in multinational enterprises. Journal of Management Studies, 53(1), 28-54.

Marano, V., Sauerwald, S., & Van Essen, M. (2022). The influence of culture on the relationship between women directors and corporate social performance. Journal of International Business Studies, 53(7), 1315-1342.

Martín-de Castro, G., & Amores-Salvadó, J. (2024). Regenerative Strategies: Exploring New Sustainable Business Models to Face the Climate Emergency.  Cambridge University Press.

Mio, C., Panfilo, S., & Blundo, B. (2020). Sustainable development goals and the strategic role of business: a systematic literature review.  Business Strategy and the Environment, 29(8), 3220-3245. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.2568

Mohapatra, A. K., Matta, R., & Gupta, N. (2024).  Evaluating the trend of the research in sustainability reporting: a bibliometric review.  International Journal of Sustainable Economy.

Mohieldin, M.; Wahba, Sameh; Gonzalez-Perez, Maria Alejandra & Shehata, Miral (2023) Business, Government and the SDGs: The Role of Public-Private Engagement in Building a Sustainable Future.  Palgrave Macmillan

Montiel, I., & Delgado-Ceballos, J. (2014). Defining and measuring corporate sustainability: Are we there yet?. Organization & Environment, 27(2), 113-139.

Montiel, I., Cuervo-Cazurra, A., Park, J., Antolín-López, R., & Husted, B. W. (2021). Implementing the United Nations’ sustainable development goals in international business.  Journal of International Business Studies, 52(5), 999-1030.

Moore, E. M., Dau, L. A., & Doh, J. (2020). Does monetary aid catalyse new business creation? Analysing the impact of global aid flows on formal and informal entrepreneurship. Journal of Management Studies,57(3), 438-469.

Newburry, W. & Gonzalez-Perez (2015).  International Business in Latin America: Innovation, geography and internationalisation.  Palgrave MacMillan, London: UK

Newburry, W.; Rašković, M. M.; Colakoglu, S. S., Gonzalez-Perez, M. A., & Minbaeva, D. (2022).  Diversity, equity and inclusion in international business: Dimensions and challenges.  AIB Insights, 22(3), 1–6.  https://insights.aib.world/article/36582-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-in-international-business-dimensions-and-challenges

Nilsson, M., Griggs, D., & Visbeck, M. (2016). Policy: Map the interactions between sustainable development goals.  Nature, 534(7607), 320-322.  https://doi.org/10.1038/534320a

Ocelík, V., & Kolk, A. (2024). Sustainability in a digital world: Geopolitics, values and international business policy.  In Handbook of International Business Policy (pp. 327-345).  Edward Elgar Publishing.

Park, S. H.; Gonzalez-Perez, Maria Alejandra & Floriani, Dinorá Eliete (2021) The Palgrave Handbook of Corporate Sustainability in the Digital Era.  Palgrave Macmillan.

Peerally, J. A., De Fuentes, C., Santiago, F., & Zhao, S. (2022). The sustainability of multinational enterprises' pandemic‐induced social innovation approaches.  Thunderbird International Business Review, 64(2), 115-124.

Perkiss, Stephanie; Anastasiadis, Stephanos; Bayerlein, Leopold; Dean, Bonnie; Jun, Hannah, Acosta, Pilar; Gonzalez-Perez, Maria Alejandra.,  Wersun, A. & Gibbons, Belinda (2020). Advancing Sustainability Education in Business Studies through Digital Service Learning.  American Business Review, 23 (2), 276-292. DOI: 10.37625/abr.23.2.283-299 

Pisani, N., Kourula, A., Kolk, A., & Meijer, R. (2017). How global is international CSR research?  Insights and recommendations from a systematic review.  Journal of World Business, 52(5), 591-614.

Pradhan, P., Costa, L., Rybski, D., Lucht, W., & Kropp, J. (2017). A systematic study of sustainable development goal (SDG) interactions.  Earth S Future, 5(11), 1169-1179.  https://doi.org/10.1002/2017ef000632

Priporas, C. V., Zhao, S., Papanastassiou, M., & Best, S. (2021). Cultural Heritage as an Engine of Sustainable Development in the Tourism Sector.  Engines of Economic Prosperity: Creating Innovation and Economic Opportunities through Entrepreneurship, 193-208.

Ramus, C. A., & Montiel, I. (2005). When are corporate environmental policies a form of greenwashing?  Business & Society, 44(4), 377-414.

Rezaee, Z., Homayoun, S., Rezaee, N., & Poursoleyman, E. (2023).  Business sustainability reporting and assurance and sustainable development goals.  Managerial Auditing Journal, 38(7), 973–996.  https://doi.org/10.1108/maj-10-2022-3722R

Rosati, F., Rodrigues, V., Cosenz, F., & Li‐Ying, J. (2022). Business model innovation for the sustainable development goals.  Business Strategy and the Environment, 32(6), 3752-3765. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3334

Rygh, A., Chiarapini, E., & Segovia, M. (2021). How can international business research contribute towards sustainable development goals?  Critical Perspectives on International Business, 18(4), 457-487. https://doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-08-2020-0123

Rygh, A., Chiarapini, E., & Segovia, M. V. (2022). How can international business research contribute towards sustainable development goals?  critical perspectives on international business, 18(4), 457-487.

Scheyvens, R., Banks, G., & Hughes, E. (2016).  The private sector and the SDGs: the need to move beyond 'business as usual'.  Sustainable Development, 24(6), 371–382.  https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.1623

Serdijn, M., Kolk, A., & Fransen, L. (2021). Uncovering missing links in global value chain research–and implications for corporate social responsibility and international business.  critical perspectives on international business, 17(4), 619-636.

Shabbir, M. (2023).  Exploring the relationship between sustainable entrepreneurship and the United Nations sustainable development goals: a comprehensive literature review.  Sustainable Development, 31(4), 3070–3085.  https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2570

Sianes, A., Vega-Muñoz, A., & Valencia, P. (2022). Impact of the sustainable development goals on the academic research agenda.  A scientometric analysis. Plos One, 17(3), e0265409. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265409

Sweileh, W. (2020).  Bibliometric analysis of scientific publications on "sustainable development goals" with emphasis on "good health and well-being" goal (2015–2019).  Globalisation and Health, 16(1).  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-020-00602-2

Van Assche, A., & Brandl, K. (2021). Harnessing power within global value chains for sustainable development.  Transnational Corporations Journal, 28(3).

van der Straaten, K., Narula, R., & Giuliani, E. (2023). The multinational enterprise, development, and the inequality of opportunities: A research agenda.  Journal of International Business Studies, 54(9), 1623-1640.

Van Tulder, R., & van Mil, E. (2022). Principles of sustainable business: Frameworks for corporate action on the SDGs.  Routledge.

Van Tulder, R., Rodrigues, S. B., Mirza, H., & Sexsmith, K. (2021).  The UN's sustainable development goals: Can multinational enterprises lead the decade of action?  Journal of International Business Policy, pp. 4, 1–21.

Van Tulder, Rob; Carneiro, Jorge & Gonzalez-Perez, Maria Alejandra (2016) Rodríguez-Arango, Liliana & Gonzalez-Perez, Maria Alejandra (2016) What makes BRIC multinationals special?  Progress in International Business Research (PIBR), Vol. 11, 41–57.

Van Tulder, Rob; Verbeke, Alain; Carneiro, Jorge & Gonzalez-Perez, Maria Alejandra (2016) The challenge for BRIC Multinationals.  Book series.  Progress in International Business Research (PIBR), Emerald Group Publishing Limited: Bingley, UK.

Van Zanten, J. A., & van Tulder, R. (2021). Analysing companies' interactions with the Sustainable Development Goals through network analysis: Four corporate sustainability imperatives.  Business Strategy and the Environment, 30(5), 2396-2420.

Van Zanten, J. A., & van Tulder, R. (2021). Improving companies' impacts on sustainable development: A nexus approach to the SDGs.  Business Strategy and the Environment, 30(8), 3703-3720.

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Van Zanten, J. A., & van Tulder, R. (2021). Towards nexus-based governance: defining interactions between economic activities and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, 28(3), 210-226.

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