Abbreviations
| ACAL | Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine |
| AD | anno domini |
| ANOVA | analysis of the variance |
| APII | Agency for the Promotion of Industry and Innovation |
| ARA | activity-resource-actor |
| BC | before Christ |
| BOP | bottom of the pyramid |
| BtoB | business to business |
| CEO | chief executive officer |
| COP | Conference of Parties |
| CSR | corporate social responsibilities |
| DITC | Division of Labour Inspection and Conciliation |
| ERPG | ethnocentric, regiocentric, polycentric and geocentric |
| ESI | European Stability Initiative |
| FDI | foreign direct investment |
| FIEA | Financial Instruments and Exchange Act |
| GHG | greenhouse gas emissions |
| HRM | human resources management |
| HRMI | international human resources management |
| ILO | International Labour Organization ... |
