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This study aims to explore how a Japanese heat-pump multinational enterprise manages corporate responsibility in the volatile policy framework of the EU Green Deal.

July 15, 2026Asian Business & ManagementOpen Access

Sand in the gears: A case of a Japanese MNE in Poland

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RSRolf D. SchlunzeRitsumeikan University TDTomasz DorożyńskiUniversity of Łódź XWXuesong WangRitsumeikan University

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Exploratory case study shows corporate responsibility strategies in a Japanese MNE amidst EU Green Deal challenges.

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This study aims to explore how a Japanese heat-pump multinational enterprise manages corporate responsibility in the volatile policy framework of the EU Green Deal.
Conducted embedded unit interviews with headquarters and subsidiaries in Poland and Japan
Included archival analysis to support findings
Applied the Gioia methodology informed by an inductive-abductive approach.
Identified managerial action modes including adapting and lobbying as key processes for corporate responsibility
Found that institutional capacity variability leads to reversible, rather than cumulative, embeddedness
Proposed a process-based mechanism linking corporate spatial responsibility activities to green economy embeddedness.

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Schlunze et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a57236f88b21df87548016d https://doi.org/10.1057/s41291-026-00345-9

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Sand in the gears: A case of a Japanese MNE in Poland

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