MNEmerge – A Framework Model on MNE’s Impact on Global Development Challenges in Emerging Markets

MNEmerge is a three-year (2014-2016) international research project that has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under Grant Agreement No. 612889. MNEmerge project explores the role of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in addressing global development challenges by mirroring the impacts of the operations of MNEs against the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

MNEmerge aims to provide a comprehensive framework for understanding the impact of MNEs on MDGs in developing countries using case studies, quantitative data as well as policy analysis. The project’s research team studies how MNEs manage their activities in FDI, business functioning, technology and innovation strategies, corporate philanthropy or socially responsible investments and how these issues can contribute to the attainment of poverty alleviation, food security, health security, environmental security and electrification in developing countries.

The four objectives of the project are:

  • Developing a comprehensive framework to analyse the impacts of MNEs towards socio-economic development;
  • Developing a model that describes the relationships between MNEs, FDI and the economy;
  • Performing case studies and quantitative analysis to verify the developed model;
  • Analysing the role of public policies in supporting responsible business practices and the MDGs.

Researchers

  • Professor Juha Väätänen – Lappeenranta University of Technology (Finland)
  • Professor Pervez Ghauri – University of Birmingham (United Kingdom)
  • Dr Suraksha Gupta – University of Kent (United Kingdom)
  • Professor Xiaolan Fu – University of Oxford (United Kingdom)
  • Professor Kari Liuhto – University of Turku (Finland)
  • Professor Shyama Ramani – UNU Merit (Netherlands)
  • Assistant Professor Habib Hasan – Public Health Foundation of India (India)
  • Director George Essegbey – Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (Ghana)
  • Professor Mauro Rosa – INESC P&D Brasil (Brazil)

Project outcomes

Publications