Christoph Dörrenbächer
Biographic Data
| ID | 7989559 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christoph Dörrenbächer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christoph |
| FAMILY NAME | Dörrenbächer |
| SIGNATURE | DÖRRENBÄCHER C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Berlin School of Economics and Law |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1880-2912 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Multinational corporations and grand challenges
Purpose The purpose of this study is to address the relationship between multinational corporations (MNCs) and grand challenges. Stressing the moderating impact of stakeholders and governments, it frames and introduces the six contributions of the special issue, equally divided into those illustrating how MNCs contribute to the existence of grand challenges and those exploring how MNCs contribute to addressing grand challenges. Design/methodology…
The Covid-19 pandemic
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 o…
What shapes industrial relations in foreign affiliates? Comparative case study results from Germany
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop an analytical framework to categorize the quality of industrial relations in foreign affiliates. Using the case of foreign affiliates in Germany, this paper further explores what factors shape the quality of industrial relations in foreign affiliates. Design/methodology/approach Given the scarcity of research on industrial relations in foreign affiliates, this paper is based on conceptual work as we…
Contemporary restructuring trends in European multinational corporations
Purpose This paper addresses the so far hardly understood contemporary restructuring trends in European Multinational corporations (MNCs), their rationales and their labour-related implications. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on a systematic evaluation of academic and non-academic literature, as well as on more than 30 in-depth interviews with academic experts, management consultants, trade union consultants and workers’ represent…
Critical and mainstream international business research
Purpose This paper aims to address the relationship between critical and mainstream international business (IB) research and discuss the ways forward for the former. Design/methodology/approach The paper empirically maps critical IB scholarship by analysing more than 250 academic articles published in critical perspectives on international business ( cpoib ) from 2005 to 2017. The paper also includes a citation analysis that uncovers how critical…
Renewing the call for critical perspectives on international business
Purpose – This paper aims to reflect on the future of critical perspectives on international business ( cpoib ) by considering some key developments in the international business (IB) context since the Journal’s launch in 2005. The Journal’s mission and scope is refreshed in light of these developments. Changes to the editorial team and editorial advisory board are also announced. Design/methodology/approach – A review of some of the key developm…
Introduction from the Editors
Challenging the orthodox
Purpose – This article reflects on the development and impact of critical perspectives on international business ( CPoIB ) during its first decade of existence. The influence that the journal has had through its efforts to challenge orthodox understandings of international business (IB) is considered. The evolution of CPoIB is set against the changing global environment. The contributions to this 10th anniversary issue are outlined. Design/method…
Introduction from the Editors
The futures of critical perspectives on international business
Purpose The purpose of this extended editorial is to elaborate on the possible future trajectories of critical perspectives on international business . In addition, the content of the current issue is introduced. Design/methodology/approach This editorial reviews recent reflections on the field of international business to identify the concerns of mainstream scholars and to contrast these with those of central concern to critical scholars of inte…
Introduction from the Editors
Subsidiary power in multinational corporations
Purpose As subsidiary power has received relatively little attention in existing research, this paper aims to enhance the understanding of genuine sources of subsidiary power and how they work in headquarters-subsidiary relationships. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on a review of the relevant literature and four illustrative case studies, which are written on the basis of secondary sources. Each case was selected because it adequa…
Fleeing or Exporting the German Model? — The Internationalization of German Multinationals in the 1990s
This article examines the question of whether German companies flee or export the German model. On the basis of data from the Deutsche Bundesbank and mergers and acquisitions data, the article argues that job exports from Germany in the last fifteen years have been rather marginal. Thus, German multinational corporations (MNCs) do not flee the German model to the extent suggested by many critics of Germany as a production location. In addition, t…
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Fleeing or Exporting the German Model? — The Internationalization of German Multinationals in the 1990s
This article examines the question of whether German companies flee or export the German model. On the basis of data from the Deutsche Bundesbank and mergers and acquisitions data, the article argues that job exports from Germany in the last fifteen years have been rather marginal. Thus, German multinational corporations (MNCs) do not flee the German model to the extent suggested by many critics of Germany as a production location. In addition, t…
Subsidiary power in multinational corporations
Purpose As subsidiary power has received relatively little attention in existing research, this paper aims to enhance the understanding of genuine sources of subsidiary power and how they work in headquarters-subsidiary relationships. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on a review of the relevant literature and four illustrative case studies, which are written on the basis of secondary sources. Each case was selected because it adequa…
Introduction from the Editors
The futures of critical perspectives on international business
Purpose The purpose of this extended editorial is to elaborate on the possible future trajectories of critical perspectives on international business . In addition, the content of the current issue is introduced. Design/methodology/approach This editorial reviews recent reflections on the field of international business to identify the concerns of mainstream scholars and to contrast these with those of central concern to critical scholars of inte…
Introduction from the Editors
Challenging the orthodox
Purpose – This article reflects on the development and impact of critical perspectives on international business ( CPoIB ) during its first decade of existence. The influence that the journal has had through its efforts to challenge orthodox understandings of international business (IB) is considered. The evolution of CPoIB is set against the changing global environment. The contributions to this 10th anniversary issue are outlined. Design/method…
Introduction from the Editors
Renewing the call for critical perspectives on international business
Purpose – This paper aims to reflect on the future of critical perspectives on international business ( cpoib ) by considering some key developments in the international business (IB) context since the Journal’s launch in 2005. The Journal’s mission and scope is refreshed in light of these developments. Changes to the editorial team and editorial advisory board are also announced. Design/methodology/approach – A review of some of the key developm…
Critical and mainstream international business research
Purpose This paper aims to address the relationship between critical and mainstream international business (IB) research and discuss the ways forward for the former. Design/methodology/approach The paper empirically maps critical IB scholarship by analysing more than 250 academic articles published in critical perspectives on international business ( cpoib ) from 2005 to 2017. The paper also includes a citation analysis that uncovers how critical…
Contemporary restructuring trends in European multinational corporations
Purpose This paper addresses the so far hardly understood contemporary restructuring trends in European Multinational corporations (MNCs), their rationales and their labour-related implications. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on a systematic evaluation of academic and non-academic literature, as well as on more than 30 in-depth interviews with academic experts, management consultants, trade union consultants and workers’ represent…
The Covid-19 pandemic
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 o…
What shapes industrial relations in foreign affiliates? Comparative case study results from Germany
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop an analytical framework to categorize the quality of industrial relations in foreign affiliates. Using the case of foreign affiliates in Germany, this paper further explores what factors shape the quality of industrial relations in foreign affiliates. Design/methodology/approach Given the scarcity of research on industrial relations in foreign affiliates, this paper is based on conceptual work as we…
Multinational corporations and grand challenges
Purpose The purpose of this study is to address the relationship between multinational corporations (MNCs) and grand challenges. Stressing the moderating impact of stakeholders and governments, it frames and introduces the six contributions of the special issue, equally divided into those illustrating how MNCs contribute to the existence of grand challenges and those exploring how MNCs contribute to addressing grand challenges. Design/methodology…
Political science (13 works) · Law (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Engineering (7 works) · Engineering ethics (7 works) · International Business and FDI (6 works) · Originality (6 works) · Business (5 works)