Three Lenses on the Multinational Enterprise: Politics, Corruption and Corporate Social Responsibility

Peter Rodriguez (), Donald S. Siegel (), Amy Hillman () and Lorraine Eden ()
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Peter Rodriguez: Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 6550, Charlottesville, VA 22906-6550, USA
Amy Hillman: Department of Management, W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, Box 874006, Tempe, AZ 85287-4006, USA

Rensselaer Working Papers in Economics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Department of Economics

Abstract: Scholars who study multinational enterprises (MNEs) recognize the complex relationship between international business and society. However, compared to other international business topics, research on politics, corruption and corporate social responsibility (CSR) -- three 'lenses' on the MNE -- remains somewhat embryonic, with critical unresolved issues regarding frameworks, measurement, methods and theory. This creates rich opportunities for integration and extension of disciplinary perspectives, which we explore in this article. Building on the three lenses framework, we identify common concepts and tools, outline an agenda for additional theoretical and empirical research, and review the papers in a Focused Issue of the Journal of International Business Studies.

JEL-codes: F23 F02 M14 D21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2006-04
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