Work

Paving the way

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: This article looks at the role played by a category of actors –the brokers- in the expansion of multinationals. Frequently invisible, their actions are nonetheless crucial in establishing the global connections that enable multinationals to grow and prosper around the world. With this figure, we propose to study the groundwork on which these global connections are built. Our investigation is based on the ethnography of a renewable energy infrastructure development project on Lubang Island in the Philippines. We show that the role of the broker is not only to connect people who are strangers to each other, but also and above all to prepare the ground for the territorialization of multinationals.

Source: Revue d anthropologie des connaissances

DOI: 10.4000/131i2

Author: Jean Daniélou

Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre de sociologie de l'innovation, Centre d’Économie et de Décision Publique (CEDP), Institut Interdisciplinaire de l'Innovation, École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris

Language: English

Topic: International Business and FDI

Subfield: Strategy and Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Partnerships for the goals, Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4406153463

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Cites: 32

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