Sustainable development of the automotive industry in the face of growing global turbulence
https://doi.org/10.31432/1994-2443-2020-15-4-67-76
Abstract
The paper discusses the growing influence of big business in the world economy and the level of its social responsibility in the context of global turbulence. On the example of the automotive industry, the authors reveal the positive effects of various aspects of the economic activity of multinational corporations based on the paradigm of sustainable development. The paper identifies new challenges that automotive corporations are facing and that are triggered by the global trend of business engagement in achieving the sustainable development goals. The strategies of a number of corporations to overcome these challenges and strengthen their positions in the global market are specified.
About the Authors
V. R. Partsvaniya
RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ph.D. in Economics, Associate Professor of the Department of Public Administration and Public Policy, Institute of Social Sciences, Moscow, Russia
N. A. Sluka
M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
D.Sc. in Geography, Professor of the Department of Geography of the World Economy, Senior Researcher, Moscow, Russia
A. Y. Syzrantsev
Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University
Russian Federation
Student, Moscow, Russia
Russian Federation
Student, Moscow, Russia
I. S. Vorobiev
RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Student, Institute of Social Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Russian Federation
Student, Institute of Social Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Partsvaniya V.R., Sluka N.A., Syzrantsev A.Y., Vorobiev I.S. Sustainable development of the automotive industry in the face of growing global turbulence. Information and Innovations. 2020;15(4):67-76. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31432/1994-2443-2020-15-4-67-76
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