Lei, L, Voss, H orcid.org/0000-0002-0691-4706, Clegg, LJ et al. (1 more author) (2017) Climate change strategies of multinational enterprises in China. Journal of Cleaner Production, 160. pp. 98-108. ISSN 0959-6526
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to identify the decision process Chinese subsidiaries of multinational enterprises follow to develop and deploy a climate change strategy. These foreign subsidiaries have to be responsive to local institutional and economic demands as well as to the directives from their headquarters. Our findings suggests that considering and developing climate change strategies is a multi-stage process that alternates between managerial cognition and capabilities and is most effective when locally embedded. The foreign subsidiary develops its own understanding of climate change and an adequate response rather than follows headquarter directives. This allows the subsidiary to be at the adaptation forefront and, potentially, influence the global network of the multinational enterprise. The process can be stopped when cognition, capabilities or both are not developed or realised.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper published in the Journal of Cleaner Production. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Multinational enterprises; Climate change; Strategy; Decision-making; China |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > International Business Division (LUBS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 27 Mar 2017 14:10 |
Last Modified: | 23 Mar 2018 01:39 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.03.150 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.03.150 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:114070 |