International Partnerships for Social Value Creation: New Insights from Multinational Enterprises

Call for Papers

International Partnerships for Social Value Creation: New Insights from Multinational Enterprises

Journal: Multinational Business Review
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Manuscript Submission Deadline: 31 March 2027

Multinational Business Review invites submissions for its Special Issue on International Partnerships for Social Value Creation: New Insights from Multinational Enterprises.

About the Special Issue

As multinational enterprises (MNEs) increasingly collaborate across borders to address global societal challenges, international partnerships have become essential for creating social value alongside economic value. Despite growing attention to sustainability and stakeholder engagement, limited research has examined how MNEs navigate institutional complexities, partnership structures, and cross-border collaborations to generate meaningful social outcomes.

This Special Issue seeks theoretical and empirical research that advances understanding of how international partnerships enable social value creation. It welcomes multidisciplinary studies exploring alliance management, dynamic capabilities, institutional environments, governance, digital ecosystems, and stakeholder collaboration across diverse international contexts.

Topics of Interest

Submissions may include, but are not limited to:

• International partnerships for social value creation

• Multinational enterprises and sustainability

• Cross-border alliances and joint ventures

• Equity and non-equity partnerships

• Multi-stakeholder collaboration

• Dynamic capabilities in international partnerships

• Social purpose and corporate strategy

• Institutional frictions and cross-border collaboration

• Home and host country institutional support

• Governance and decision-making in partnerships

• Global value chains and social value

• Platform firms and digital ecosystems

• Industry and country-specific partnership challenges

• Social innovation and stakeholder value creation

• International business and societal grand challenges

Preferred Article Types

The journal welcomes:

• Empirical Research Articles

• Theoretical Papers

• Multidisciplinary Studies

• Comparative Research

Submission Information

• Manuscript Submission Opens: 01 March 2027

• Manuscript Submission Deadline: 31 March 2027

• Manuscripts must be submitted through the ScholarOne Manuscripts submission system.

• Authors should select the appropriate Special Issue during the submission process.

• All submissions must strictly follow the journal's official Author Guidelines.

• Manuscripts must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration elsewhere.

Guest Editors

• Huda Khan

• Zaheer Khan

• Hemant Merchant

• Saqib Shamim

• Muhammad Saad Baloch

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