20.500.12556/RUL-166419 Engaging with geopolitical uncertainty discursive riskwork and western MNEs’ divestment announcements at the onset of the Ukraine War 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. multinational enterprises geopolitical uncertainty riskwork divestment Russia–Ukraine conflict Ukrajina mednarodno podjetje vojne negotovost true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2025-01-10 14:43:36 2025-01-10 14:47:06 2025-01-11 04:01:42 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2024 0 0 Str. 265-283 iss. 4, article no. 4 Vol. 26 Dec. 2024 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 005.3 2335-4216 10.15458/2335-4216.1348 218460419 https://www.ebrjournal.net/home/vol26/iss4/4/ 1 2dd4ed07-cf58-11ef-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=198031 4.3_Engaging_with_Geopolitical_Uncertainty__Discursive_Riskwork_and_W.pdf 4.3_Engaging_with_Geopolitical_Uncertainty__Discursive_Riskwork_and_W.pdf 1 4C441BF567DDDDD281047397C92FA1EF 7f0d6b3a75bc4a5dad84a0ebbdba9936368e50759cd229499accc0658e30282d c720bf92-cf58-11ef-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=198033 Ekonomska fakulteta 0 0 0