{"id":5999,"date":"2024-08-23T16:28:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T20:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/?p=5999"},"modified":"2024-08-23T16:28:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T20:28:57","slug":"corporate-power-in-a-global-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/2024\/08\/23\/corporate-power-in-a-global-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporate Power in a Global Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment6000\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment6000\" style=\"width: 573px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eci\/files\/2024\/03\/sean-pollock-PhYq704ffdA-unsplash-636x424.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"375\" class=\"wp-image-6000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2024\/03\/sean-pollock-PhYq704ffdA-unsplash-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2024\/03\/sean-pollock-PhYq704ffdA-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2024\/03\/sean-pollock-PhYq704ffdA-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2024\/03\/sean-pollock-PhYq704ffdA-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2024\/03\/sean-pollock-PhYq704ffdA-unsplash-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment6000\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Sean Pollock via Unsplash.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By Brian Roach<\/p>\n<p>Standard economic theory fails to address the economic and political significance of modern multinational corporations. In this module, explanations of firm growth based on economies of scale and scope are supplemented with a discussion of the transnational mobility and influence of large corporations. The social and environmental responsibilities of multinationals are considered, with an emphasis on externalities and the need for a \u201ctriple bottom line.\u201d The module concludes with a discussion of ways to encourage large firms to adopt goals that are aligned with the broader goals of society.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2023\/09\/Corporate-Power-Module.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Teaching Module<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Brian Roach Standard economic theory fails to address the economic and political significance of modern multinational corporations. In this module, explanations of firm growth based on economies of scale and scope are supplemented with a discussion of the transnational mobility and influence of large corporations. The social and environmental responsibilities of multinationals are considered, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22900,"featured_media":6000,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[173,168,107,158,162,170,167,329,171],"tags":[330,239,418,375,298,416,417,419],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5999"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22900"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5999"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6251,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5999\/revisions\/6251"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}