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Showing 1 to 20 of 46 for “"Transnational corporations"”.
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The role of courts in adjudicating human rights violations by transnational corporations
In this era of globalisation, Transnational Corporations (TNCs) operated in an accountability gap that is often leaving these entities largely unregulated in the context of human rights. While globalization has facilitated growth for such entities by lowering legal, financial and technical …
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Tort Litigation against Transnational Corporations in the English Courts: The Challenge of Jurisdiction
… public control over the private operations of transnational corporations (“TNCs”). Their success in addressing the challenges of cross-border business operations, however, depends on the rules governing domestic courts’ power to adjudicate disputes. One of the consequences of globalisation is …
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(Transnational) Corporations and Human Rights: an exploration into the accomodation of capital in international human rights law.
There is empirical evidence that corporations, often in collusion with states, are complicit in, if not instigators of, a variety of human rights violations. Despite this evidence, the international community of states has been unwilling or unable to respond to these violations in any adequate …
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Hegemony, Private Actors, and International Institutions: Transnational Corporations as the agents of transformation of the trade regime from GATT to the WTO
… context of the world order, and (2) the roles of transnational corporations (TNCs) in this transformation. It provides a neo-Gramscian framework for analysis to fill a void in mainstream approaches in IR/IPE literatures on international regimes, which suffer from inadequacies in capturing the …
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Transznacionális vállalatok és hálózataik: Szingapúri tanulságok úton az innováció-vezérelt gazdaság felé = Transnational corporations and their networks Lessons from Singapore on the road towards innovation-driven economy
(...) A transznacionális vállalatok hálózatainak szerepét kutatva, bemutatjuk, értékeljük az elmúlt 15 évben a nemzetközi és hazai szakirodalomban az elemzésükre kialakult kereteket. Magyarországon a három elemzési keret (globális értékláncok (GVC), globális termelési hálózatok (GPN) és globális …
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Neoliberal social policy in the United States before Reagan
… extensive connections to the U.S. government and transnational corporations, such as the Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Commission, played crucial roles in pushing neoliberal policies at the government level. The development of unrestricted trade and the open flow of financial …
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Oil and gas contracts: a law in context analysis using Nigeria as a case study
… and development. However, the objective of transnational corporations is to maximise their profits. Ultimately, it is the exploration licensing contracts that states use to implement oil exploration and exploitation policies. The present research therefore seeks to look at the dynamics of …
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Imperialism, postimperialism and Iran
… theory to explore the reciprocal affects of transnational class formation which came about with the growth of transnational corporations. This approach is well suited to the Iranian case because of the strong ties that Iran under the Shah had with the international community.
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The Role of the ECOWAS in Addressing Challenges of Ineffective Regulation of Transnational Oil Corporations in Nigeria
… effectiveness of regulatory framework for transnational corporations in Nigeria, as well as ameliorating constitutional concerns that hinder effective protection for victims of environmental pollution. It reviews constitutional failures and judicial obstacles within Nigeria that hinder …
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Profits versus human rights : accountability for corporate complicity in human rights violations
… breakdown of the Westphalian state system, transnational corporations (TNCs) have acquired augmented powers at a global level where previously states had been the only players; and yet TNCs have none of the human rights obligations of states, particularly under international law. This …
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The great divide: Exploring the attitudes of sociology and economics faculty toward certain aspects of economic globalization
… financial markets, the proliferation of transnational corporations, the implementation of NAFTA, and the functioning of international trade and financial institutions. My survey data revealed significant differences exist between the attitudes of sociology faculty and economics faculty in …
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GLOBAL PRODUCTION NETWORKS, STRATEGIC COUPLING AND THE DYNAMICS OF INDUSTRIAL UPGRADING IN PEARL RIVER DELTA, CHINA
… region, whether local firms can catch up with transnational corporations is still in question. By using the concept of strategic coupling, this thesis proposes a four-fold typology of coupling to interpret the industrial dynamics of latecomer regions. It argues that the evolutionary nature of …
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Supplier Development framework analysis in South Africa's upstream oil & gas sector
… from 15 detailed interviews conducted with Transnational Corporations, local SMEs, government departments, industry associations, small business support organisations, and international respondents involved in supplier development programmes within the Oil & Gas sector. The aim of the …
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Obstacles to the globalisation of corporate research and development in technologically underdeveloped countries
… They were conducted through case studies of two transnational corporations (TNCs) working in Libya and an interview-based survey with three R&D related managers located in their offices there. Additionally, a questionnaire-based survey was conducted on 30 R&D related managers at 10 Libyan …
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Immigration in a Global Economy: Why the Left Should Embrace Open Borders
… residents by global capital. The ability of transnational corporations to leverage their mobility and bargaining power as a way of pressuring down wages, tax policies, environmental protections, and workplace standards depends on a prone and powerless population. With open borders, by …
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The politics of strategic trade: South Korea and Mexico in a comparative perspective
… case. These factors include a virtual absence of transnational corporations and domestic industrial conglomeration in the South Korean automobile industry. Finally, based on the possible critical importance of these factors for policy implementation and outcomes, the thesis ends with a discussion …
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The NGOization of Indian Agricultural Development and Implications for the Agrarian Question
… governments, international institutions, and transnational corporations. This thesis argues that private, for-profit non-governmental development organizations working in rural India reproduce imperial structures of foreign dependency and increases the subsumption of peasant and agrarian …
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The promiscuity of freedom : development and governance in the age of neoliberal networks
… bring diverse actors - including state planners, transnational corporations, traditional artisans, rural communities, urban technology experts, and transnational activists -- into strategic alliance, or what can become coded as relations of promiscuity. What brings these partnerships together and …
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Race to the Bottom? : A Critical Analysis of Canada's Modern Slavery in Supply Chain Legislation
… the Government of Canada's conceptualization of transnational corporate accountability and exploitative labour in its legislative response to modern slavery in global supply chains. With a primary focus on the government's recently proposed Bill S-216: Modern Slavery Act - which would mandate …
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