Power, Politics, and Profit: The High-Stakes Game of Global Business

Do sanctions stop companies from engaging in international trade? The simple answer is “no.” While such measures can destabilise both home and host business environments, multinational corporations have always found alternative ways to engage in international trade and so have firms from the countries imposing the restrictions. This is not surprising, given the significant profits at stake and the fact that many businesses are largely insulated from these disruptions. Over time, they have built up a wealth of experience, skills, knowledge, and international connections, allowing them to navigate around sanctions by forging ties with influential actors and playing the political game.

Bio

Anna Earl is Senior Lecturer at University of Canterbury Business School, Management, Marketing and Tourism. Anna’s key research interests include: navigating sanctions in international business, the relationship between government and multinational enterprises, internationalisation of firms. She is also interested in methodological issues related to conducting research during sanctions. Being originally from Russia, sparks Anna’s research interests in international business and how multinational companies from emerging and developed markets navigate complex institutional environments. She has published in Journal of International Management, International Journal of Emerging Markets; AIB-Insights, Tourism Management Perspectives, Journal of Business and Industries Marketing and others, and co-authored a book “Institutional theory in tourism and hospitality” and serves on editorial boards for Journal of International Management, International Journal of Emerging Markets and Review of International Business and Strategy, and has been a Guest Editor for special issues in Review of International Business and Strategy and Journal of Heritage Tourism.

Event

Tuesday 16 September, 6:30pm @C1 Espresso, 185 High Street, Christchurch Central 8142

Also speaking at this location at 8:00pm is Stephen Hickson