Engaging with geopolitical uncertainty : discursive riskwork and western MNEs’ divestment announcements at the onset of the Ukraine War

Mavretić, Ana (avtor), Vangeli, Anastas (avtor)

This paper studies the geopolitical riskwork practices employed by Western multinational enterprises (MNEs) in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, focusing specifically on divestment announcements. Using a discursive riskwork framework, the study analyses how Western MNEs articulate and legitimize their divestment decisions in a novel geopolitical context. The findings reveal that Western MNEs align their corporate actions with emerging liberal geopolitical norms and values, thereby rhetorically establishing their role as responsible geopolitical actors. The paper advances the discourse-oriented study of international business phenomena, the study of geopolitical risk management beyond adherence to sanctions and reputation management, the concept of riskwork, and the empirical studies of divestment announcements.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: multinational enterprises, geopolitical uncertainty, riskwork, divestment, Russia–Ukraine conflict
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: EF - Ekonomska fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2024
• Št. strani: Str. 265-283
• Številčenje: Vol. 26, iss. 4, article no. 4
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-166419
• UDK: 005.3
• ISSN pri članku: 2335-4216
• DOI: 10.15458/2335-4216.1348
• COBISS.SI-ID: 218460419
• Datum objave v RUL: 10.01.2025

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Economic and business review
• Založnik: Univerza v Ljubljani, Ekonomska fakulteta
• ISSN: 2335-4216
• COBISS.SI-ID: 268649216

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva-Nekomercialno-Brez predelav 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: Najbolj omejujoča licenca Creative Commons. Uporabniki lahko prenesejo in delijo delo v nekomercialne namene in ga ne smejo uporabiti za nobene druge namene.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: Ukrajina, mednarodno podjetje, vojne, negotovost

Projekti

• Financer: ARIS - Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P5-0177-2022
• Naslov: Slovenija in njeni akterji v mednarodnih odnosih in evropskih integracijah