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2. Populism and Trade
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Louise Curran and Jappe Eckhardt
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This chapter explores the strategic responses of trade dependent firms (TDFs) to growing populism and trade protectionism, focusing on the EU business elite over the period 2016–2020. It firstly highlights the threats posed to TDFs by several protectionist shifts (primarily Brexit, US protectionism under the Trump administration and its threat to the WTO). It then explores their strategic responses in the EU, mobilizing interviews with policy makers and trade associations in sectors which are highly dependent on trade. It finds that, overall, the mobilization of EU business elites was relatively low profile. In most cases, firms relied on their associations to lobby on their behalf. Although, in the case of Brexit, a very clear and present threat, these associations created quite extensive coalitions, including with civil society, individual company mobilization was still relatively limited. In the case of the more generic threats we explored, although associations were very active, individual TDFs were not. Interviewees attributed this passivity to concerns about reputation effects from supporting a controversial issue (free trade), limited understanding of the extent of the threat, and lack of capacity in many smaller companies.
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- 2023
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3. The <scp>EU</scp> 's COVID‐19 policy response and the restructuring of global value chains
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Louise Curran and Jappe Eckhardt
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Economics and Econometrics ,Global and Planetary Change ,Political Science and International Relations ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,Law - Published
- 2023
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4. The Cambridge Edition of the Correspondence of Samuel Richardson: Correspondence of Richardson's Final Years, 1755–1761 by Shelley King and John B. Pierce
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Louise Curran
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Cultural Studies ,General Arts and Humanities - Published
- 2022
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5. Eighteenth-Century Novel
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Louise Curran
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The “18th-century novel” used to refer to works primarily by Defoe, Fielding, Richardson, and Sterne, but it has long since expanded to include notable women writers such as Burney, Sarah Fielding, Haywood, Lennox, and Manley. The 18th-century novel also encompasses a broad range of subgenres, such as the picaresque, memoir fiction, the epistolary novel, autobiography, criminal narratives, and it-narratives. Whereas older studies of the novel often took a teleological approach, looking for specific places of origin (often posed as a binary choice between realism or romance), more recent studies happily accept its hybrid nature as a form that refashions materials from a variety of other places and traditions. Since the 1970s and the rise of theory, the 18th-century novel has provoked debate about a whole range of subjects to do with the novel as genre, including (though not limited to) gender, disability, race, politics, book history, and media cultures. Recent studies have often emphasized the untidiness of its literary boundaries and analyzed the devices of character, plot, setting, etc., as developed in this fiction, alongside the fictional strategies of other forms of contemporary entertainment, such as dramatic writing. Another emerging trend is revisionist: The reframing of Anglocentric stories of the novel to take account of its transnational, transatlantic, and global connections. Whole bibliographies could be written, and indeed do exist, to guide those interested in the novel of sensibility, the domestic novel, the Gothic novel, and so on. Due to space limitations, this bibliography is necessarily highly selective and does not include works primarily on one single author or exclusively on one dominant trend, mode, or genre (most notably, the Gothic or sentimental novel). It confines itself to British and Irish fiction and does not include scholarship on the American novel during the period, though it does point toward new(ish) interest in the global eighteenth century. This bibliography also does not cover translation or classical reception. It mostly gives space to studies that broadly range from the early eighteenth century to the 1780s and which cover the novel’s development in general and not particular writers (unless otherwise stated and justified). Though it includes a few seminal works that document what has now come to be known as “the rise of the novel,” scholars and students who are interested in that history of criticism should look at Nick Seager’s excellent Oxford Bibliographies article “The Rise of the Novel in Britain, 1660–1780” (as well as Seager 2012, cited under General Overviews), and Tom Keymer’s section on this in his article “Samuel Richardson.” In addition, other bibliographies relevant to this field currently available in the Oxford Bibliographies series include: “The Epistolary Novel,” “Letters and Letter Writing,” “Daniel Defoe,” “Henry Fielding,” and “Laurence Sterne.”
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- 2022
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6. China and Europe's Partnership for a More Sustainable World: Challenges and Opportunities
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Francesca Spigarelli, Louise Curran, Alessia Arteconi
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- 2016
7. Why COVID-19 Will Not Lead to Major Restructuring of Global Value Chains
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Louise Curran and Jappe Eckhardt
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Government ,Emerging technologies ,Restructuring ,Strategy and Management ,Supply chain ,05 social sciences ,Intervention (law) ,Market economy ,Leverage (negotiation) ,0502 economics and business ,Sustainability ,050211 marketing ,Business ,Business and International Management ,Emerging markets ,050203 business & management - Abstract
[...]although many governments are developing ambitious plans to increase autonomy, the reality is that they have limited leverage, as it is private companies, not governments, who decide the structure of most GVCs. [...]the arguments for such intervention are far from overpowering. [2] For all of these reasons, concerns about securing supply chain resilience in light of the weaknesses which COVID exposed will likely result in focused action in a limited number of priority sectors and, given the restrictions on government support, this is unlikely to result in major GVC reorientations. Sectors which were already seeking to shorten supply chains for a variety of business reasons – e.g., rising costs in emerging markets, new sustainability requirements, and the availability of the type of new technologies encapsulated in Industry 4.0.
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- 2021
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8. The structure of international trade, global value chains and trade wars in the twenty-first century
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Louise Curran and Jappe Eckhardt
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- 2022
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9. Mobilizing Against the Antiglobalization Backlash: An Integrated Framework for Corporate Nonmarket Strategy
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Louise Curran and Jappe Eckhardt
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05 social sciences ,Nonmarket forces ,Protectionism ,0506 political science ,Globalization ,Multinational corporation ,0502 economics and business ,Political Science and International Relations ,Industrial relations ,Financial crisis ,050602 political science & public administration ,International political economy ,Corporate social responsibility ,Strategic management ,Business ,Economic system ,050203 business & management - Abstract
In the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis and, more recently, the COVID-19 pandemic, scepticism on the merits of trade and globalization has increased across several key developed countries. This poses major challenges for multinational enterprises (MNEs) and other trade dependent firms (TDFs). This paper develops a framework to explore corporate nonmarket strategies (NMS) to address this backlash, covering both corporate political activity (CPA) and corporate social responsibility (CSR). We firstly provide an overview of the existing research within international economics, business strategy, and international political economy on the antiglobalization backlash and MNEs/TDFs strategy in the face of protectionism. Building on this scholarship, we formulate propositions for CPA and CSR actions, which are likely to be deployed by TDFs in developed economies to counter protectionism and address the criticisms of the antiglobalization movement. On this basis we propose an interdisciplinary analytical framework that can be used to study corporate strategy in times of growing antitrade sentiments. Finally, we provide initial proposals for testing these propositions and highlight the challenges researchers may face when carrying out such research.
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- 2020
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10. Future Challenges to Trade Policy in Support of International Business
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Louise Curran
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- 2022
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11. Building on open economy politics to understand the stalled EU–India trade negotiations
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Louise Curran, Khalid Nadvi, and Sangeeta Khorana
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Sociology and Political Science ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Corporate governance ,International trade ,Geopolitics ,Power (social and political) ,Politics ,Negotiation ,Leverage (negotiation) ,Political science ,Political Science and International Relations ,Open economy ,business ,Emerging markets ,media_common - Abstract
Global trade governance is increasingly characterized by a growing fragility in multilateral institutions and a preference for bilateral negotiations. The literature on such negotiations focuses primarily on successful agreements. Academic research on unsuccessful or stalled bilateral talks is limited, although better understanding of such outcomes may provide lessons for future negotiations. This article contributes to such understanding by proposing a revised open economy politics (OEP) framework, adapted to ‘second generation’ OEP analysis. Our framework highlights the multidirectional linkages between the trinity of interests, institutions and international interactions within trade negotiations, while adding the role of power and ideas to the analysis. We leverage our revised framework to explore why the European Union–India Free Trade Agreement (EUIFTA) negotiations stalled, thus providing insights as negotiators seek to revive them. Drawing on 45 semi-structured interviews conducted over a seven-year period in the EU and India, we examine what impact these different factors had on the progress of talks. Our results suggest that our revised OEP approach provides a multi-layered and integrated framework which enables us to better understand negotiating outcomes. Furthermore, our findings suggest that the shifting balance between emerging economies and developed economies as a result of the geopolitical (power) shifts and ideational change will affect future trade negotiations.
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- 2021
12. Trade policy for fairer and more equitable global value chains
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Louise Curran and Jappe Eckhardt
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Commercial policy ,Microeconomics ,Value (economics) ,Economics - Published
- 2021
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13. Understanding and influencing trade policy
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Louise Curran
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Commercial policy ,Economics ,International economics - Published
- 2021
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14. Evolving existence of assets and liabilities of foreignness
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Lee Keng Ng and Louise Curran
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Strategy and Management ,media_common.quotation_subject ,05 social sciences ,Control (management) ,Liability ,Market access ,Context (language use) ,Competitor analysis ,Environmental protection ,0502 economics and business ,050211 marketing ,Business ,Bureaucracy ,Business and International Management ,Emerging markets ,China ,050203 business & management ,media_common - Abstract
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the simultaneous evolution of LOF and AOF in the context of environmental protection (EP) companies from Europe in the Chinese market. Design/methodology/approach The authors adopt a qualitative, case study approach, using interview data to explore the extent of liability of foreignness and how the FSAs of firms have changed from the time on market entry. The authors undertook 15 in-depth interviews with decision makers in six companies addressing their experience of foreignness during their long tenure in China. To control for sector-level effects, the authors focus on companies in the EP sector. Findings The authors found the evolving AOF of the firms were challenged to a significant extent that caused difficulties in reducing their LOF over time. The EP sector is dominated by state-owned enterprises that have unique organized structure preventing localized foreign firms from gaining access into the institutionalized network. This deeply quilted institutionalized network had a corrosive effect in the gradual erosion of the LOF manifested from unfair price strategy practice, forced collaborations, ostracization of project participations, operational barriers, prohibited and restricted market access. The research also uncovered the rebirth nature of LOF that caused AOF to lose its significance across bureaucracy and ownership changed. Research limitations/implications The relatively small number of cases (six) limits the generalizability of the findings by the authors. However, the authors are convinced that, given that the case companies are generally large and have long experience in China, the conclusions made are well grounded. In addition, there was the high level of coherence in the reported experiences of the interviewees, providing further support for the findings. Practical implications The experiences of these case study companies highlight that MNEs need to be vigilant and creative in constantly improving their FSAs so that the competitive distance between them and the local competitors remains substantial. Originality/value Very few studies have explored both assets and liabilities of foreignness in the host country regulatory context using a case study-based qualitative approach, especially in emerging markets.
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- 2019
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15. The Covid-19 pandemic: towards a societally engaged IB perspective
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Mehdi Boussebaa, Zaheer Khan, Christoph Dörrenbächer, Louise Curran, Alice de Jonge, Florian Becker-Ritterspach, and Rudolf R. Sinkovics
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Value (ethics) ,Poverty ,Human rights ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,05 social sciences ,International business ,Crisis management ,Public relations ,Protectionism ,Politics ,Originality ,Political science ,0502 economics and business ,Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) ,050211 marketing ,Business and International Management ,business ,050203 business & management ,media_common - Abstract
Purpose This viewpoint takes up the Covid-19 pandemic as a trigger for a research agenda around societally engaged international business (IB) research. Design/methodology/approach The paper is organized as a viewpoint. First, it provides an overview of Covid-19 research in business and management and IB in particular. Second, it introduces a societally engaged IB perspective, around poverty and human rights as well as trade. Findings The paper offers an annotated introduction to the paper contributions of the special issue with three clusters, “re-reading the crisis”, “crisis protectionism” and “firm strategies during the pandemic”. Research limitations/implications The paper points to future research opportunities in terms of crisis management and societally engaged IB research. Practical implications The Covid-19 crisis poses new questions for research on international business and its related disciplines. In particular, the political, economic and societal disruption which the pandemic has caused highlights the importance of addressing broader societal issues such as climate change, poverty and inequality through a purposeful and forward-looking research agenda. Originality/value The paper and the special issue are some of the first combined research outputs on the Covid-19 pandemic in international business.
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- 2021
16. The Trade Policy Response to COVID-19 and its Implications for International Business
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Louise Curran, Jaemin Lee, and Jappe Eckhardt
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050502 law ,Commercial policy ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,business.industry ,Jurisprudence ,05 social sciences ,International trade ,International business ,Principle of legality ,Protectionism ,0502 economics and business ,Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) ,Product (category theory) ,Business and International Management ,Trade barrier ,business ,050203 business & management ,0505 law - Abstract
Purpose This paper aims to explore trade policy measures taken in response to COVID-19 and analyses in detail their extent and nature. It assesses their compatibility with World Trade Organisation (WTO) agreements: specifically, whether they were necessary and justifiable efforts to protect the security and health of populations and asks how this widespread recourse to trade barriers may impact on international business? Design/methodology/approach This paper analyses an extensive database from the International Trade Centre of trade measures taken in response to COVID-19. It differentiates by type of country, nature and coverage of measures (imports or exports, type of product…). On the basis of existing jurisprudence, this paper analyses whether restrictive measures were likely to be judged legal under WTO rules. Findings This paper finds that, although the majority of trade measures are probably justifiable, there were nevertheless many measures whose coverage and/or nature was such that a justification under existing WTO exceptions is, at the very least, arguable. Such widespread and intense instigation of potentially WTO incompatible measures in such a short period of time undoubtedly undermines the global trade rules on which international business has relied for decades. Originality/value There is little existing analysis of the legality of measures taken under the security exceptions and no substantial analyses of the measures taken in response to COVID-19. Furthermore, little scholarly attention has been paid to the impacts on international business of the increasing use of WTO “exceptions” to justify trade measures to protect national industries and populations.
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- 2021
17. One country, many industries: Heterogeneity of Chinese OFDI motivations at meso level
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Ping Lv, Francesca Spigarelli, Elisa Barbieri, and Louise Curran
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Economics and Econometrics ,China ,Europe ,Foreign direct investment ,Industry-based view ,Investment motivations ,Theoretical models ,Investment (macroeconomics) ,Settore SECS-P/06 - Economia Applicata ,Resource (project management) ,Economics ,Economic geography ,Macro ,Industry-based view, Foreign direct investment Investment motivations, China, Europe ,Foreign direct investment Investment motivations ,Finance - Abstract
Research on the stimulants for Chinese Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is extensive. However most analysis incorporates theoretical models based on the Institution-Based View or, to a lesser extent, the Resource-Based View (RBV). These highlight the importance of the macro (country) and micro (firm) level, while largely ignoring the meso (industry) level. In addition, although investments are known to have several different motivations, stimulated by quite different factors, analysis tends to focus on aggregate FDI flows. We contribute to the literature by proposing an ‘industry-based view’ of FDI which takes account of heterogeneity across industries and FDI motivation. We apply this framework to Chinese OFDI in Europe, differentiating both in terms of investment motivations and sectoral characteristics at (meso) industry level and at (micro) firm level, in home and host countries. Using logistic and multinomial logistic models, our analysis confirms that different types of Chinese FDI (in terms of motivation) are stimulated by different industry-level characteristics in both home and host countries.
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- 2021
18. The response of EU trade dependent firms to the globalization backlash
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Louise Curran and Jappe Eckhardt
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Commercial policy ,Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management ,Politics ,Civil society ,Globalization ,Brexit ,Openness to experience ,Economics ,Context (language use) ,International economics ,Business and International Management ,Protectionism ,Education - Abstract
This paper seeks to expand our understanding of Corporate Political Activity (CPA) in trade policy by exploring the strategic responses of EU trade dependent firms (TDFs) to the recent backlash against globalization. We develop propositions on likely corporate strategies in this context and explore them in the EU. Our empirical focus is on four cases of trade policy changes over the period 2016-19 which reduced, or threatened to reduce, openness in different ways and with varying sectoral impacts. Propositions were explored through the analysis of public actions by TDFs and their associations, as well as 26 interviews. We find that few EU TDFs mobilized independently against protectionism. Rather, they overwhelmingly worked through their trade associations. Furthermore, the extent to which sectoral associations mobilized together or alone varied depending on the issue area and nature of the threats. We find limited evidence of trans-national lobbying or mobilization with civil society groups beyond the specific issue of Brexit.
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- 2021
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19. Running out of steam on emerging markets? The limits of MNE firm-specific advantages in China
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Lee Keng Ng and Louise Curran
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Supply chain ,media_common.quotation_subject ,05 social sciences ,Control (management) ,Market access ,Competitor analysis ,General Business, Management and Accounting ,Multinational corporation ,Originality ,0502 economics and business ,Position (finance) ,Business ,050207 economics ,Business and International Management ,Emerging markets ,050203 business & management ,Industrial organization ,media_common - Abstract
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the extent to which the firm-specific advantages (FSAs) which underlie international expansion have proved resilient for European multinational enterprises (MNEs) operating in a key emerging market – China. Design/methodology/approach The authors adopt a qualitative, case study approach, using interview data to explore the companies’ FSAs on market entry, how they evolved over time and the strategies adopted to defend them. They undertook 15 in-depth interviews with decision makers in six companies addressing their experience since market entry. To control for sector-level effects, the authors focus on companies in the environmental protection sector. Findings The authors found examples of significant erosion of the FSAs among the case study companies, which undermined their position on the host market and their long-term competitiveness. The key sources of erosion were limitations in market access, exclusion from local networks and the emergence and upgrading of local competitors, often firms with whom the MNEs had collaborated in the past. Research limitations/implications The relatively small number of cases (six) limits the generalisability of the findings by the authors. However, the authors are convinced that, given that the case companies are generally large and have long experience in China, the conclusions made are well grounded. In addition, there was the high level of coherence in the reported experiences of the interviewees, providing further support for the findings. Practical implications The experience of these case study companies highlights that MNEs have difficulty retaining their unique FSAs when faced with rapidly evolving local competition in a key emerging market. Key strategies mobilised included focussing on a sub-sector of the market and localising both the company and their supply chains. The difficulties experiencing by these case study companies in retaining their FSAs underline the need for MNEs in emerging markets to avoid complacency and constantly innovate, but they also raise questions about their capacity to extend their international reach in the long term. Originality/value Very few studies have explored the FSAs of firms and how they evolve over time using a case study-based qualitative approach, especially in emerging markets.
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- 2018
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20. The response of EU trade dependent firms to the globalisation backlash
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Louise Curran and Jappe Eckhardt
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Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management ,Business and International Management ,Education - Published
- 2022
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21. Influencing trade policy in a multi-level system—understanding corporate political activity in the context of global value chains and regime complexity
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Louise Curran and Jappe Eckhardt
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Commercial policy ,business.industry ,Corporate governance ,05 social sciences ,Context (language use) ,International trade ,International economics ,Article ,Interconnectedness ,0506 political science ,Globalization ,World economy ,Conceptual framework ,0502 economics and business ,Political Science and International Relations ,Industrial relations ,050602 political science & public administration ,Economics ,business ,Trade barrier ,050203 business & management - Abstract
The increasing impact of the international trade governance regime on the domestic regulatory sphere and the growing inter-linkages between international companies through their involvement in global value chains, have complicated corporate political activity (CPA) in the trade arena and changed the way companies interact with governments in this context. This paper draws on several recent examples of novel forms of CPA in trade conflicts at both multilateral and regional (E.U.) level, to provide an updated conceptual framework of trade policy CPA, which takes account of the increasing complexity and interconnectedness in the world economy. We highlight, in particular, the fact that this changing context means that “domestic” interests are often heterogeneous. The international linkages of a firm may dictate trade policy preferences more than its nationality. In addition, non-government actors increasingly react to globalization by mobilizing transnationally, with positive and negative impacts for CPA. CPA strategy has adapted to that reality, in both home and host country contexts, leading to novel cross border alliances and even political activity in countries where, although their local presence is relatively low, companies find common interests.
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- 2017
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22. Contesting a Place in the Sun: On Ideologies in Foreign Markets and Liabilities of Origin
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Louise Curran, Ans Kolk, Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, International Strategy & Marketing (ABS, FEB), and Corporate Governance
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Commercial policy ,Economics and Econometrics ,Embeddedness ,Business, Management and Accounting(all) ,05 social sciences ,Public debate ,Public policy ,Collective action ,General Business, Management and Accounting ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Political economy ,0502 economics and business ,Economics ,050207 economics ,Business and International Management ,Economic system ,Business ethics ,Law ,Free trade ,050203 business & management ,Legitimacy - Abstract
This paper explores the role of ideology in attempts to influence public policy and in business representation in the EU–China solar panel anti-dumping dispute. It exposes the dynamics of international activity by emerging-economy multinationals, in this case from China, and their interactions in a developed-country context (the EU). Theoretically, the study also sheds light on the recent notion of ‘liability of origin’, in addition to the traditional concept of ‘liability of foreignness’ explored in international business research, in relation to firms’ market and political strategies and their institutional embeddedness in home and host countries. Through a qualitative analysis of primary and secondary materials and interview data with key protagonists, we provide a detailed evolution of the case, the key actors involved and their positions, arguments and strategies. This illustrates the complexities involved in the interaction between markets and ideologies in the midst of debates regarding different forms of subsidy regimes for renewable energy, free trade versus protectionist tendencies by governments, and the economic and sustainability objectives of firms and societies. The case shows how relative newcomers to the EU market responded to overcome a direct threat to their business and became, with support from their home government, active participants in the public debate through interactions with local commercial partners and non-governmental organisations. Firms adopted relatively sophisticated strategies to reduce their liabilities vis-a-vis host-country institutions and local stakeholders, including collective action, to increase their legitimacy and reputation, and counter ideologically based attacks. We also discuss implications and limitations.
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- 2017
23. EU Trade Policy in a Trade-Skeptic Context
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Louise Curran and Jappe Eckhardt
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Commercial policy ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Political science ,Key (cryptography) ,Context (language use) ,International trade ,business ,Constructive ,Skepticism ,media_common - Abstract
This chapter seeks to provide some constructive input to the debate on EU trade policy. Drawing on academic research, including by the authors, as well as recent policy inputs from NGOs, Trade Associations and EU institutional actors, this chapter looks at how EU trade policy is evolving in response to its critics. In so doing, it explores the key challenges which the current context poses for policy-makers, highlights some of the ways in which trade policy has adapted to address recent challenges and provides some suggestions for further change.
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- 2020
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24. GERALD EGAN. Fashioning Authorship in the Long Eighteenth Century: Stylish Books of Poetic Genius
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Louise Curran
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Literature ,Linguistics and Language ,Literature and Literary Theory ,Poetry ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Art ,business ,Genius ,Language and Linguistics ,media_common - Published
- 2018
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25. Corporate Strategy in Times of Anti-Trade Sentiment
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Louise Curran and Jappe Eckhardt
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business.industry ,Economics ,media_common.cataloged_instance ,Strategic management ,International trade ,European union ,business ,Protectionism ,media_common - Published
- 2019
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26. Self-portraiture
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Louise Curran
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This chapter explores the image of women looking at themselves and being observed by others in a significant body of satirical writing by women writers in the 1730s, 1740s, and 1750s. Though Jonathan Swift famously observed that satire ‘is a sort of Glass, wherein Beholders do generally discover every body’s Face but their Own’, these women did the opposite, often unflinchingly so, producing humane reflections on their personal appearances, and on their selves. Self-knowledge through conversation, either with oneself or with others, is a motif of eighteenth-century moral philosophy, and this kind of introspection is replicated throughout satirical verse, particularly that by women. Conversation takes place through the medium of the interlocutor in verse epistles; as answers to previous poems; through voicing the characters of different people; as the voice of the poet within the poem; and as translation and imitation.
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- 2019
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27. Mediation, Authorship, and Samuel Richardson: An Introduction
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Sören Hammerschmidt and Louise Curran
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Literature and Literary Theory ,Philosophy ,Mediation ,Epistemology - Published
- 2017
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28. Out There Learning : Critical Reflections on Off-Campus Study Programs
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Deborah Louise Curran, Cameron Owens, Helga Mae Thorson, Elizabeth Vibert, Deborah Louise Curran, Cameron Owens, Helga Mae Thorson, and Elizabeth Vibert
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- University extension, Service learning, Community and college
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Universities across North America and beyond are experiencing growing demand for off-campus, experiential learning. Exploring the foundations of what it means to learn'out there,'Out There Learning is an informed, critical investigation of the pedagogical philosophies and practices involved in short-term, off-campus programs or field courses. Bringing together contributors'individual research and experience teaching or administering off-campus study programs, Out There Learning examines and challenges common assumptions about pedagogy, place, and personal transformation, while also providing experience-based insights and advice for getting the most out of faculty-led field courses. Divided into three sections that investigate aspects of pedagogy, ethics of place, and course and program assessment, this collection offers'voices from the field'highlighting the experiences of faculty members, students, teaching assistants, and community members engaged in every aspect of an off-campus study programs. Several chapters examine study programs in the traditional territories of Indigenous communities and in the Global South. Containing an appendix highlighting some examples of off-campus study programs, Out There Learning offers new pathways for faculty, staff, and college and university administrators interested in enriching the experience of non-traditional avenues of study.
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- 2019
29. The impact of Brexit on global value chains and trade governance
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Louise Curran
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Commercial policy ,Brexit ,Corporate governance ,Value (economics) ,Economics ,Developing country ,Context (language use) ,International economics - Abstract
The UK will have an independent trade policy following Brexit, which could potentially have a huge impact on value chains integrated into the UK economy. Concerns about the impact of Brexit on developing countries are beginning to be explored, but the issue is urgent (Langan, 2016; Murray-Evans, 2016; Sanders, 2016). Although there are still many unknowns in this context, existing knowledge on the impacts of trade policy on global value chains (GVCs) can help us understand the likely effects of different policy options.
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- 2018
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30. The impact of trade policy on global production networks: the solar panel case
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Louise Curran
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Commercial policy ,Economics and Econometrics ,Sociology and Political Science ,Public institution ,Politics ,Political economy ,Political Science and International Relations ,Economics ,Position (finance) ,Production (economics) ,media_common.cataloged_instance ,Nationality ,European union ,China ,media_common - Abstract
This paper seeks to shed light on the interactions between public institutions and global production networks (GPNs) through a case study of the 2012–2013 European Union anti-dumping investigation on Chinese solar panels. Drawing on trade data and interviews, as well as press reports and position papers, I analyze the facts of the case and the debate around it and explore the impacts on the geography of production. The case draws attention to two issues which deserve greater attention in research in the GPN tradition. First, the position of companies within a GPN may dictate their political interests more clearly than their nationality. Second, GPNs are seen to be malleable. They can adjust their structures in reaction to new trade restrictions. This fact draws attention to the need to incorporate institutional factors, like trade policy, more effectively into GPN analysis. I propose some criteria to help researchers to do so. Finally, in terms of broader political economy, the case illustrates ho...
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31. Correspondence
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Louise Curran
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- 2017
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32. EU trade policy after the GFC
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Louise Curran
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Commercial policy ,Economics ,International economics - Published
- 2017
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33. Samuel Richardson and the Art of Letter-Writing
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Louise Curran and Louise Curran
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- Autobiography--Social aspects, Letter writing--Social aspects--England, Authors, English--18th century--Correspondence, English letters--18th century--History and criticism, Letter writing--England--History--18th century
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This fascinating study examines Samuel Richardson's letters as important works of authorial self-fashioning. It analyses the development of his epistolary style; the links between his own letter-writing practice and that of his fictional protagonists; how his correspondence is highly conscious of the spectrum of publicity; and how he constructed his letter collections to form an epistolary archive for posterity. Looking backwards to earlier epistolary traditions, and forwards, to the emergence of the lives-in-letters mode of biography, the book places Richardson's correspondence in a historical continuum. It explores how the eighteenth century witnesses a transition, from a period in which an author would rarely preserve personal papers to a society in which the personal lives of writers become privileged as markers of authenticity in the expanded print market. It argues that Richardson's letters are shaped by this shifting relationship between correspondence and publicity in the mid-eighteenth century.
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- 2016
34. The changing governance of international trade and implications for business
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Louise Curran
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business.industry ,Corporate governance ,International business ,Business ,International trade - Published
- 2013
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35. Technology and international orientation: sectoral differences in home‐region orientation
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Michael Thorpe and Louise Curran
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Order (exchange) ,business.industry ,Orientation (computer vision) ,Economics ,Psychic distance ,Economic geography ,International business ,International trade ,Business and International Management ,business ,General Business, Management and Accounting - Abstract
PurposeThe aim of this paper is to shed light on recent debates in this journal on differences in home‐region orientation depending on type of company and the home region in which they are based.Design/methodology/approachThe paper looks at the structure of trade (imports and exports) across different types of goods in order to shed light on differences between sectors and types of technology. The paper also explores structures across regions in order to shed light on regional differences.FindingsThis research indicates that there are major differences in structures of trade between different types of goods. However, these differences do not necessarily conform to a clear pattern across different technological levels and differ between regions and the direction of trade. The fact that Asian cultures have greater psychic distance from European and North American cultures is not reflected in higher levels of home‐region orientation.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper helps to clarify some of the hypotheses on home‐region orientation recently identified in this journal and, thus, helps to advance theories about why this orientation is so prevalent. The main limitations are related to the methodology. Using trade data, the paper cannot define the boundaries of the firm and, therefore, can only make conclusions at the macro level. These conclusions can, nevertheless, help to orient work at the micro level to further explore the key questions which recent work has raised.Originality/valueLimited comparative work across sectors or technologies has been undertaken in the context of the debate on home‐region orientation. Differentiating between different types of goods can help to give us insights into why so many companies tend to focus so consistently on their home region, while others are more global.
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- 2013
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36. This Way of Scribbling
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Louise Curran
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Literature and Literary Theory - Published
- 2013
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37. Chinese investment in the EU renewable energy sector: motives, synergies and policy implications
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Ping Lv, Louise Curran, and Francesca Spigarelli
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Renewable Energy, FDI, EU-China relations ,business.industry ,020209 energy ,Supply chain ,05 social sciences ,FDI ,EU-China relations ,Qualitative property ,02 engineering and technology ,International economics ,Foreign direct investment ,International trade ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,Investment (macroeconomics) ,General Energy ,Consolidation (business) ,0502 economics and business ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Economics ,Technology integration ,Renewable Energy ,Open-ended investment company ,business ,China ,050203 business & management - Abstract
This paper addresses three questions: how have trade and investment in wind and solar sectors evolved between the EU and China in recent years? Is there a link between rising trade conflicts and trade and investment trends? And what wider motivations and synergies can be identified in Chinese investments in the EU's RE sector? To address these questions we analyze trade and investment data, as well as qualitative data, including information from media and company reports. Large increases in trade and investment were followed by rapid falls since 2012–13. Trade tensions have not led to increases in investment, rather the inverse. We find that Chinese investment in these two sectors is very concentrated in Germany. The key motivation for investment is market seeking, although R+D is also important, especially for wind. Most investments are greenfield, a preference that has persisted over time. Our qualitative analysis of several key acquisitions indicates that technology integration and the consolidation of capacities across the supply chain were key motivations in most of the cases studied. We conclude with some policy orientations.
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- 2017
38. Chinese Foreign Investment in Wine Production
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Michael Thorpe and Louise Curran
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Wine ,Leverage (finance) ,Economy ,Exploit ,business.industry ,Prestige ,Chinese market ,Business ,International trade ,Foreign direct investment ,China - Abstract
This chapter explores the extent and nature of outward Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI) by Chinese companies in the wine sectors in the Bordeaux region of France and in Western Australia. Primary field research was undertaken along with analysis of secondary trade data. Results indicate that overall, the level of Chinese OFDI is relatively low. The motivations of investors in both wine regions were identified as the following: to exploit growing domestic wine markets; to achieve reliability and security of wine supply and to leverage the prestige that tends to be associated with this industry globally. In Bordeaux the ‘appellation’ was a clear motivation, as were the vineyards’ historic buildings. In Australia, cementing existing business relationships, as well as access to Australian residency were seen to be strong drivers of investment. Recently, both trade to China and new investment from China have fallen in the industry, due, in part, to the impact of an anticorruption drive by the Chinese government. Some managerial implications for the industry are highlighted and directions for future research identified.
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- 2017
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39. Smoke screen? The globalization of production, transnational lobbying and the international political economy of plain tobacco packaging
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Louise Curran and Jappe Eckhardt
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Consumption (economics) ,Economics and Econometrics ,Government ,Sociology and Political Science ,business.industry ,05 social sciences ,Tobacco control ,Context (language use) ,International trade ,Tobacco industry ,Article ,0506 political science ,03 medical and health sciences ,Globalization ,Politics ,0302 clinical medicine ,Political Science and International Relations ,050602 political science & public administration ,Economics ,International political economy ,030212 general & internal medicine ,business - Abstract
In 2012, Australia became the first country in the world to introduce plain tobacco packaging in an effort to reduce tobacco consumption. This move was vehemently opposed by the tobacco industry, which challenged it on several levels: nationally, bilaterally and multilaterally at the World Trade Organization (WTO). The political behaviour of the tobacco companies in this case is puzzling both in terms of scale, operating at multiple levels at the same time, and in terms of the countries mobilized in their defence. WTO litigation is typically the result of multinational enterprises (MNEs) lobbying their own government, but here third countries were mobilized. Lobbying in third country contexts, with the objective of accessing multilateral dispute settlement systems, has been little studied. We thus know very little about the driving factors behind such activities, how target governments are selected and what lobbying strategies are used. This article draws on emerging research on transnational lobbying and a case study of the plain packaging case to explore these issues in detail and, by doing so, aims to further our theoretical understanding of the political economy of international trade in the context of increasing regime complexity and globalization of production. In addition, the article sheds new light on advocacy in the context of disputes about cross-border challenges to domestic regulation.
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- 2017
40. Regional Integration of Trade in South America: How Far Has It Progressed and in Which Sectors?
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Soledad Zignago and Louise Curran
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Commercial policy ,Economic integration ,business.industry ,International trade ,International economics ,Politics ,International free trade agreement ,Regional integration ,Economics ,Production (economics) ,Business and International Management ,business ,Trade barrier ,General Economics, Econometrics and Finance ,Free trade - Abstract
This article looks at the regionalization of trade in South America by looking at trends in trade during the 1994–2007 period. It finds that the increasing political will to strengthen regional arrangements, like Mercosur and the Andean Community, has not impacted extensively the overall level of regionalization of trade, which is relatively low and has not changed significantly over the period. Intermediates trade also remains relatively low within the region, which implies that regional production networks are under-developed, although high-tech and medium-tech consumer goods markets are relatively integrated. Overall high-tech trade is not notably more global than trade in other types of technology, except in imports.
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41. China and Europe’s Partnership for a More Sustainable World : Challenges and Opportunities
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Francesca Spigarelli, Louise Curran, Alessia Arteconi, Francesca Spigarelli, Louise Curran, and Alessia Arteconi
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- Renewable energy sources--China, Renewable energy sources--Europe
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This book gathers the main scientific outputs related to POREEN, a four-year project on partnering opportunities between Europe and China in the renewable energy and environmental industries, financed by the European Commission. It investigates the main challenges and opportunities related to Sino-European cooperation in the green sector with a focus on sustainable growth. The first part of the book outlines the characteristics of Chinese and European cooperation, from a policy, macro and microeconomic point of view. It examines the key elements of green policy developed so far, bilateral trade flows, as well as bilateral investment flows. The second part presents an overview and recommendations on what legal framework is necessary to boost integration between Europe and China. In addition, corporate social responsibility and firm related aspects are considered. The third part of the book focuses on engineering-related research activity. It highlights the state of the art of Europe-China cooperation in key areas such as low carbon buildings, mobility and transportation that may have a huge potential impact on bilateral cooperation between Europe and China in the years ahead.
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- 2015
42. The Liability of Foreignness of EU Environmental Protection Companies in China: Manifestations and Mitigating Strategies
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Lee Keng Ng and Louise Curran
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Value (ethics) ,biology ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Liability ,Chinese market ,Miller ,biology.organism_classification ,Environmental protection ,Originality ,Generalizability theory ,Business ,China ,Practical implications ,media_common - Abstract
Purpose The objective of this chapter is to explore the experience of EU companies in the environmental protection sector in China focusing on their difficulties and the mitigating strategies mobilized. Methodology/approach We adopt a qualitative, case study approach, using interview data to explore the liability of foreignness (LOF) experienced by the companies studied and the strategies adopted to overcome LOF. Findings We found examples of all categories of LOF identified by Eden and Miller (2004), among our case study companies, but the most problematic and persistent were discrimination hazards. Companies adopted various strategies to cope with LOF, including maximizing the use of local employees, developing relationships with local and national government actors, and establishing partnerships with local companies. None had chosen a combative legalistic approach to the unfair treatment they had suffered. Research limitations The relatively small number of cases (six) limits the generalizability of our findings. However, we are convinced that the size of our case companies and their long experience in China mean our findings are well grounded, although more research is needed. Practical implications The experience of our case study companies can help to inform the strategy of companies interested in entering and developing the Chinese market. Originality/value Very few studies have explored LOF through a case study-based qualitative approach. This research therefore helps to supplement findings from more large-scale quantitative analyses. In addition, there is little research on the LOF of foreign companies in China. Given the growing importance of the market, we believe the question merits further analysis.
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- 2016
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43. Trade Policy and Its Implications for Sourcing Fashion Goods
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Louise Curran
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Commercial policy ,Commerce ,business.industry ,Business ,International trade - Abstract
This chapter builds on trade data and a wide range of existing research in the Global Value Chain (GVC) and international economics literature, to highlight the importance of trade policy to sourcing decisions in the fashion sector. Using the EU as an example, it highlights how preferential access through unilateral or bilateral trade regimes, provides incentives to source fashion goods in certain countries and how the conditions attached to market access can impact, both on sourcing and on governance in producing countries. Finally, the issue of anti-dumping action and its actual and potential impacts on the fashion sector is explored. The chapter concludes with some observations on the growing importance of effective oversight of supply chains, in a context where retailers are increasingly being called to account for the impacts of their sourcing choices.
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44. Lady Bradshaigh’sClarissaand the author as correspondent
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Louise Curran
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45. Introduction
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Louise Curran
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- 2016
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46. Editing letters in an age of index-learning
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Louise Curran
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Index (economics) ,Statistics ,Mathematics - Published
- 2016
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47. Samuel Richardson and the Art of Letter-Writing
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Louise Curran
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This fascinating study examines Samuel Richardson's letters as important works of authorial self-fashioning. It analyses the development of his epistolary style; the links between his own letter-writing practice and that of his fictional protagonists; how his correspondence is highly conscious of the spectrum of publicity; and how he constructed his letter collections to form an epistolary archive for posterity. Looking backwards to earlier epistolary traditions, and forwards, to the emergence of the lives-in-letters mode of biography, the book places Richardson's correspondence in a historical continuum. It explores how the eighteenth century witnesses a transition, from a period in which an author would rarely preserve personal papers to a society in which the personal lives of writers become privileged as markers of authenticity in the expanded print market. It argues that Richardson's letters are shaped by this shifting relationship between correspondence and publicity in the mid-eighteenth century.
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- 2016
- Full Text
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48. Forming a style
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Louise Curran
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Style (visual arts) ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Art history ,Art ,Sublime ,media_common - Published
- 2016
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49. TheGrandisonyears
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Louise Curran
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- 2016
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50. Trifling scribes
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Louise Curran
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Literature ,History ,business.industry ,business - Published
- 2016
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