Report 2006 "Transnational Corporations and Development"

1. Conveners

Michael W. Hansen
Copenhagen Business School
mwh.ikl(AT)cbs.dk

Eric Rugraff
Université Robert Schuman de Strasbourg
eric.rugraff(AT)urs.u-strasbg.fr

2. Members of the working group

Filip de Beule
Soeren Jeppesen
Michael Hansen
Eric Rugraff
Alfredo Coelho
Claire Mainguy
Brigitte Hamm
Jens Lehrmann Rasmussen
Henrik Schaumburg-Muller
Andrew Sumner
Diego Sanchez
Andrew Crabtree
David Durkee

filip.debeule(AT)ua.ac.be
sj.ikl(AT)cbs.dk
mwh.ikl(AT)cbs.dk
eric.rugraff(AT)urs.u-strasbg.fr
victorm(AT)cucea.udg.mx
Claire.Mainguy(AT)urs.u-strasbg.fr
hamm(AT)uni-duisburg.de
jlr(AT)net.dialog.dk
hsm.ikl(AT)cbs.dk
sumnerap(AT)lsbu.ac.uk
Diego.Sanchez(AT)sas.ac.uk
ac.ikl(AT)cbs.dk

3. Activities 2006

Seminar in London (at the Overseas Development Institute), 22-23 June 2006

3 sessions:

  • TNCs and industrial linkages
  • TNCs and Corporate social responsibility
  • TNCs, poverty and inequality

Papers presented:

Author

Title of the paper

Affiliation

TNCs and industrial linkages

I. Vind

Vietnam's entry into the global production networks of the electronics industry

University of Copenhagen

S. Jessen

TNCs and the pharmaceutical industry in India

University of Copenhagen

J.D Pedersen

The second wave of Indian Investments abroad

University of Aarhus

E. Rugraff

Multinationals and inter-firm relations in the central European countries: a 'varieties of capitalism' approach

University of Strasbourg

M. Larsen, P. Yankson, N. Fold

Restructuring and new linkages in the gold mining in Ghana

University of Copenhagen and University of Ghana

TNCs and CSR

A. Crabtree

Is serving the poor profitability serving the poor?

Copenhagen Business School (CBS)

D. Durkee

Risks and Threats of FDI for the Recipient

Warsaw School of Economics

C. Mainguy and S. Jeppensen

Exploring impact of FDI on host developing countries

University of Strasbourg and CBS

TNCs, poverty and inequality

M. Tiwari

TNCs, the nature of FDI and impact on multidimensional poverty: The case study of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka

UEL

A. Sumner and N M Tuan

FDI, growth and poverty: does government policy matter? The case of Vietnam

LSBU an Ministry of planning and Investment of Vietnam

D. Sanchez

Transnationals and economic integration in small countries: Central America under CAFTA

University of London

4. Future activities (2007)

  • Project of publication of a book based on the paper presented at the seminar of London and some other papers (Palgrave Publishers).
  • Next Workshop will take place in Strasbourg in June 2007.