Responsible Business 

The Responsible Business research area aims to address pressing societal and environmental challenges, primarily through the analytic lens of global value chains and anchored in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We explore how businesses can innovate and collaborate across borders to align profitability with social and ecological responsibility. By examining the interactions among multinational enterprises (MNEs), small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and diverse stakeholders, our research aims to uncover pathways that enable sustainable value creation, resilience to global disruptions, and a reimagined approach to business strategy that integrates economic activities with broader societal well-being.

Members

Prof Rudolf Sinkovics

References

Sinkovics, N., Liu, C.-L., Sinkovics, R.R., and Mudambi, R. (2021), The dark side of trust in global value chains: Taiwan’s electronics and IT hardware industries, Journal of World Business, 56(4): 101195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2021.101195

Sinkovics, N., Sinkovics Rudolf, R., and Archie-Acheampong, J. (2021), The business responsibility matrix: A diagnostic tool to aid the design of better interventions for achieving the SDGs, Multinational Business Review, 29(1): 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1108/MBR-07-2020-0154

Sinkovics, N., Sinkovics, R.R., and Archie-Acheampong, J. (2021), Small- and medium-sized enterprises and sustainable development: In the shadows of large lead firms in global value chains, Journal of International Business Policy, 4(1): 80-101. https://doi.org/10.1057/s42214-020-00089-z  

Sinkovics, Rudolf R., Denanjalee Gunaratne, and Noemi Sinkovics (2023), Game-Changer Business Models for Sustainable Development, Transnational Corporations, 30(3): 119-127. https://doi.org/10.18356/2076099x-30-3-8