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Focal firms and interorganisational relationships in small economies: Towards a multi-level theoretical framework for enhancing value co-creation and performance J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Zuberia Hosanoo, Parth Patel, Verma Prikshat, Rama Prasad Kanungo, Surkasha Gupta
Underpinning Resource-Based View (RBV) and Relational View (RV) as theoretical premises, we examine the influence of the macro and micro-level factors on inter-organisational relationship/alliances dynamics and competitive advantage of Focal Firms (FF) operating in an emerging Small Island Economy (SIE), Mauritius. Data gathered from in-depth interviews of boundary spanners of FF from diverse industries
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Strategic renewal during crises - A pragmatist proposition for multinational enterprises in a globalized world J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Amitabh Anand, Sanjay Kumar Singh, Melanie Bowen, Deva Rangarajan
Unforeseen environmental shocks, such as the Covid-19 pandemic, often throw organizations into disarray and chaos. Although some organizations can successfully navigate these crises by implementing effective coping strategies, others need more knowledge on crisis management. This paper proposes strategic renewal for multinational enterprises (MNEs) facing such challenges and emphasizes the importance
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The impact of liability of foreignness on performance in hybrid organizations J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Tigist Woldetsadik Sommeno, Roy Mersland, Trond Randøy
This study extends the concept of liability of foreignness from for-profit firms to “hybrid” organizations that combine financial and social goals. By using a global dataset of 655 microfinance institutions (MFIs) observed in 77 countries between 1998 and 2015, we investigate the effect of foreignness on the financial and social performance of MFIs. The results suggest a negative effect of foreignness
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Aspiring to go abroad: How and when international entrepreneurial aspiration fuel emerging markets entrepreneurial ventures’ internationalisation speed J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Michael Asiedu Gyensare, Domnan Miri, Nadia Zahoor, Mahmoud Alajaty
While the international entrepreneurship literature suggests that international entrepreneurial orientation (IEO) is a critical strategic posture that can enhance the speed of internationalisation, the drivers pertaining to entrepreneurial aspiration in the international entrepreneurship context remains underexplored. Using the theory of planned behaviour, this study explored how IEO arising from international
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Disguise or disclose? How identities of individual entrepreneurs on digital platforms influence their international success J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2024-02-11 Noman Shaheer, Yu Chen, Hoik Kim, Sali Li
This study aims to bridge the research on entrepreneur's identity with the literature on cross-country institutions in a digital platform context. It investigates how cross-country institutions impact the effectiveness of digital identities in influencing individual entrepreneurs' success on digital platforms. We offer a granular approach to understanding the role of digital identity by dividing it
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How does perceived organizational support improve expatriates' outcomes during global crises? The mediating role of the ethical organizational climate in global organizations J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Andri Georgiadou, Amina Amari, Abdelaziz Swalhi, Mahrane Hofaidhllaoui
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted expatriates' work experiences, emphasizing the need to understand how organizations can mitigate negative consequences through meaningful support. However, a research gap exists regarding the association between perceived organizational support and cross-cultural psychological capital, creativity, and turnover intentions among expatriates during global crises
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The internationalization of hidden champions from Germany and the UK: An extension to the Born-Again Global path J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Alessa Witt, Mahmoud Khalik, Jose Godinez
Although internationalization has been extensively studied, the majority of analyses have focused on motives and enablers, also known as triggers, with less attention paid to internationalization paths. To add to the internationalization paths debate, we explore global niche players dubbed as Hidden Champions from Germany and Britain. Our findings show that a large portion of these firms experience
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The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA): Taking stock and looking ahead for international business research J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Yaw A. Debrah, Oluwaseun E. Olabode, Femi Olan, Richard B. Nyuur
The establishment of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has opened new avenues of research interest in International Business and International Management. However, scholarly work in this fledgling area of research has been disparate and often lacking in the assessment of core international business implications of the emergence of the AfCFTA on member states as well as non-member states
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Role of resource investment management and strategic resource deployment capabilities in internationalization-performance relationship J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Anish Purkayastha, Amit Karna, Sunil Sharma, Dhiman Bhadra
The performance implications of internationalization have been a matter of debate in management literature for decades. Similar to developed market multinational enterprises (DMNEs), scholars found that emerging-market internationalizing firms (EMIFs) have initial costs and subsequent benefits of internationalization such that internationalization-performance (I-P) relationship is U-shaped. Emergingness
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Effect of inward foreign direct investment on entrepreneurship productivity in emerging markets J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Zhongfeng Su, Jiatao Li, Shihao Wei, Zhan Wu
This study explores the effect of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) on entrepreneurship productivity, which reflects the quality of entrepreneurship and is measured through the ratio of opportunity-to-necessity entrepreneurship, in emerging markets. Using data across 67 emerging markets during 2002 and 2018, we find that inward FDI has a positive effect on entrepreneurship productivity and this
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Firm performance drivers within a dynamic emerging market ecosystem J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Magdalena Viktora-Jones, Ronaldo Parente, Netanel Drori, Yue Zhao
Business ecosystem participants face a significant challenge in navigating the dynamic environment due to high levels of interdependencies. Integrating dynamic capabilities theory and the business ecosystem perspective, we examine how business ecosystem participants increase performance in such an environment. Using longitudinal data from the Brazilian automotive cluster, we find that a higher degree
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African returnees in international knowledge transfer: A social capital perspective J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Mingchu Wang, Yingqi Wei, Gideon Azumah, Catherine L. Wang
In response to the fast growing number of African returnees and the important roles that they play in transferring international knowledge back to the African continent, this qualitative, exploratory study unpacks the role of African returnees in delivering international knowledge obtained from another social context of the Global South through their work and/or study experience, and identifies social
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Geographic distance in cross-border acquisitions: The impact of CEO's psychological attributes J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Viswa Prasad Gada, Manish Popli, Shavin Malhotra
This study examines the influence of acquiring firm CEOs' psychological attributes on the geographic distance of target firms in cross-border acquisitions. Drawing on the regulatory focus theory, we argue that CEOs with a higher dispositional prevention focus are more vigilant and loss-aversive, avoiding target firms at a greater geographic distance in cross-border acquisitions. Furthermore, building
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Business model innovation and international performance of emerging market international businesses J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Michael Christofi, Nadia Zahoor, Elias Hadjielias, Samuel Adomako
This article is set to examine the effects of foreign market conditions – i.e. foreign market customer demandingness and foreign market stakeholder engagement – on business model innovation of emerging market international businesses (EMIBs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. First, it examines the impact of foreign market customer demandingness and foreign market stakeholder engagement on business model
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Perspectives on dynamic capabilities and ambidexterity in born-global companies: Theoretical framing, review and research agenda J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Marco Figueiredo, João J. Ferreira, Demetris Vrontis
While research on born-global firms has been subject to broad review, little is known about their dynamic capabilities and the connection of these firms with ambidexterity. To fill this void, we critically examine the extant dynamic capabilities and ambidexterity in born-global firms research from 1996 to 2022. We systematically review 74 articles interconnected with the accumulated but fragmented
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Charity can still begin at home: Examining the drivers and boundary conditions of Africa-to-Africa outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Diana Owusu-Yirenkyi, Portia M. Akolgo, Gilbert Zana Naab, Francis Donbesuur, Albert Danso
Recent studies on ‘Africa Rising’ and ‘Africa-to-Africa Internationalization’ have propelled conversations on how African Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) can continue to internationalize within African countries. From the tenets of the institutional theory and the dynamic capabilities perspectives, this study proposes and tests a framework of how and when dysfunctional competition drives
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Blockchain-based connectivity within digital platforms and ecosystems in international business J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Aušrinė Šilenskytė, Jurgita Butkevičienė, Andrius Bartminas
Digital globalization enabled by disruptive technologies has opened a myriad of ways to create value, warranting a cross-disciplinary research agenda on digital connectivity in international business (IB). Given the scarcity of understanding about the role of specific technologies enabling value creation through digital connectivity, we investigate how blockchain-based digital connectivity shapes value
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Understanding employer branding within MNC subsidiaries: Evidence from MNC hotel subsidiaries in Indonesia J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Arnold Japutra, Ringkar Situmorang, Marcello Mariani, Vijay Pereira
Employer branding is an important process in marketing to ensure the smooth delivery of branding strategies. Nevertheless, research focusing on the process of employer branding within international subsidiaries is scant. Thus, this research explores the process of developing employer branding for international subsidiaries to suit the multinational company (MNC) hotels' branding strategies. In particular
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Vox populi, vox dei: A concept and measure for grassroots socio-political risk using Google Trends J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Harald Puhr, Jakob Müllner
In this paper, we propose a concept of grassroots socio-political risk (SPR) and provide a measure for it that is based on individual-level Google Trends data that captures issue salience. Our concept provides a bottom-up complement to established measures that focus more on political and institutional players and the institutional constraints they face. Our grassroots SPR index attempts to capture
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Political lobbying by foreign firms: A new firm-level data set J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Dinesh Hasija, Lee Warren Brown
In this paper, we advance recent calls to deliver a novel lobbying data source through which researchers can analyze national and international sociopolitical environments and their impact on foreign firms. Our focus is mainly on lobbying activities by foreign firms in the US. The lobbying activities by foreign firms in the US have increased tremendously in the last two decades. However, due to data
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Achieving Global Convergence? Integrating disruptive technologies within evolving SME business models: A micro-level lens J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-11-18 Veronica Scuotto, Robert James Crammond, Alan Murray, Manlio Del Giudice
This research responds to the call on global convergence in the international business management domain. Global convergence requires new evolutionary, devolutionary and even revolutionary strategies that are framed in the context of digital transformation. The digital transformation phenomenon has led to different theoretical and managerial perspectives on disruptive technologies provoking the need
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Second-Class Citizens or Free Agents? Social Construction of Equity Perceptions of Contractors in Global Offshoring Arrangements J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-11-11 Jennifer L. Gibbs, Julia Eisenberg, Dina Nekrassova
This study examines the ways in which perceptions of equity are socially constructed among contractors involved in global offshoring arrangements. A comparative case study of two global software organizations involved in offshore outsourcing reveals that global contractors across sites constructed different equity perceptions of similar foreign assignments due to a number of contextual factors. These
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What determines subunit integration in the multinational firm? A meta-analysis J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-11-11 Daniel S. Andrews, Stav Fainshmidt, William Newburry, Ronaldo Parente, Kira Haensel
Although subunit integration matters to performance outcomes in the multinational firm, the determinants of integration remain unclear. We distinguish between formal integration—the centralization of strategic decision-making and the formalization of policies and procedures and informal integration through socialization toward shared goals and a cohesive identity. We argue that corporate parents'
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Nationalistic political rhetoric: measurement and preliminary insights J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Murad A. Mithani
While nationalistic political rhetoric has become a critical concern for international business, the research in this area has lagged because of the unavailability of a representative measure. In this study, I introduce a largely unexplored source of data for international business research: Global Database of Events, Language, and Tone (GDELT), and explain how GDELT can be used to operationalize politicians'
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Information distance: Conceptual development and empirical tests of a novel measure of cross-national distance J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-11-03 Thomas Lindner, Jonas Puck
Socio-political risks (SPRs) are important drivers of firm-level risk. Beyond unexpected variation in socio-political environments over time, the difference between home and host country socio-political contexts induces risk as it increases the difficulty to understand a foreign environment. This risk is specifically important for internationally active firms, as they need to gather and interpret information
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Towards the co-evolution of multinationals' and local firms' global strategies in an uncertain environment: Insights from International Joint Ventures J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-11-04 Jihene Cherbib, Fadia Bahri, Sarra Berraies, Hela Chebbi
Multinational firms invest in countries characterized by heterogeneous markets and develop different activities to face uncertainty in those markets. This uncertainty can be caused by economic, political, or institutional conditions. Research in international business analyzed multinationals' (MNCs) global strategies and local firms' behaviors in isolation. This study fills a gap in the literature
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Leveraging foreign diversification to build firm resilience: A conditional process perspective J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Dominic Essuman, Diana Owusu-Yirenkyi, William Tsiatey Afloe, Francis Donbesuur
Foreign diversification is crucial for risk management, but its role in building resilient international firms is underexplored. This research combines the organizational information processing theory with international business literature to examine how and when foreign diversification relates to firm resilience in the context of SME exporters. The study suggests that while foreign diversification
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Making Sense of Socio-Political Risks in International Business: A Configurational Approach to Embracing Complexity J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-10-12 Thomas C. Lawton, Maria Andrea De Villa, Sandra Milena Santamaria-Alvarez
As social and political contexts have become major sources of uncertainty for international business, we have witnessed renewed efforts to study the impact of socio-political risks on multinational enterprises. However, predominant methods in the field of international business are, for the most part, limited in their capacity to directly address the complexity intrinsic to socio-political risks. We
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International R&D and MNCs' innovation performance: An integrated approach J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-10-11 René Belderbos, Bart Leten, Shinya Suzuki
We propose an integrated framework establishing the environmental and organizational contingencies under which the international dispersion of R&D activities benefits innovation performance in multinational firms. We suggest that R&D dispersion is more likely to enhance innovation performance – the smaller economies of scale and scope in R&D, the greater the technological strength of R&D locations
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Realizing subsidiary initiatives: A network mobilization view J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-09-20 Tina C. Ambos, Esther Tippmann, Phillip C. Nell
Subsidiaries draw on different networks to undertake entrepreneurial initiatives. While previous literature has emphasized the subsidiary's relational embeddedness as a key factor enabling initiatives, we know much less about the selective network mobilizations of different groups of actors. Our research takes a network mobilization view and uncovers the practices of network mobilization and avoidance
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Playing games with QCA: The Banzhaf index as a context-sensitive measure of explanatory power in international management J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-09-17 Claus-Jochen Haake, Martin R. Schneider
Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) enables researchers in international management to better understand how the impact of a single explanatory factor depends on the context of other factors. But the analytical toolbox of QCA does not include a parameter for the explanatory power of a single explanatory factor or “condition”. In this paper, we therefore reinterpret the Banzhaf power index, originally
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Managing mentoring for the labor market integration of humanitarian migrants J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-09-16 Sylvie Chevrier, Elise Goiseau, Peter Lugosi, Jean-François Rase
This paper examines the design and operational challenges of managing a mentoring program supporting the labor market integration of humanitarian migrants. Data were collected using extended participant observation of organizational activities and processes, analysis of internal and external-oriented documents and communications, and interviews with a range of program stakeholders in a French organization
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Smoke signal: When firms' patent strategy and local patent protection system affect equity stakes in cross-border acquisitions J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-09-16 Christian Gnekpe, Alfredo Jimenez
A distinctive feature of many international acquisitions of firms with technology resources is the extreme uncertainty about the value of the target's resources. Such uncertainty increases the complexity of ownership decisions in target firms. Drawing from signaling theory, we articulate how international acquirers perceive the pre-emptive power of target firms' patent portfolio as a positive signal
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The role of context in the psychological contract of skilled migrants J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-09-16 Renata Casado, Donella Caspersz
This qualitative longitudinal study investigates how the psychological contracts (PCs) of skilled migrants change in response to contextual conditions. It combines three phases of in-depth interviews with secondary data analysis (n = 111). In Phase 1 (2010−2012), 26 skilled migrants participated in the res. Repeat interviews were conducted in 2013 (n = 13) and 2014 (n = 14). The findings show how the
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Understanding divestment from an Uppsala school perspective J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-08-26 Bernardo Castellões, Bernardo Silva-Rêgo, Luís Antônio Dib
Firms from the energy sector are being pressed to increase their orientation towards climate change mitigation so that the Paris Agreement goals are met. Consequently, this sector is currently experiencing a substantial restructuring, which encompasses divestment strategies. We argue that both learning and commitment are important variables in understanding this phenomenon. Hence, we draw on the Uppsala
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Refugees' language learning and career aspirations: An agentic lens J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-08-14 Maria Hokkinen, Wilhelm Barner-Rasmussen
This paper extends language-sensitive research in international management by shedding light on the role of language skills in the integration and employment of refugees. We approach refugees as agents whose actions are shaped by their own habits, imagination, judgment and motivations, even while severely constrained by external forces. We explore how refugees perceive the role of language skills as
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Combatting global disruption through tertius iungens orientation of CEOs: A moderated-mediated mechanism J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Arpita Agnihotri, Saurabh Bhattacharya, Vahid Jafari-Sadeghi
Utilizing microfoundations theory of internationalization, we explore how micro-multinationals' CEOs tertius iungens orientation, i.e., ability to enhance co-ordination among different parties, influence mMNEs performance during disruptive forces set by the COVID-19 pandemic. We assert that CEOs' tertius iungens orientation leads to better organizational resiliency, i.e., swiftly responding to disruptive
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The role of environmental sustainability in the relocation choices of MNEs: Back to the home country or welcome in a new host country? J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-08-04 Martina Barbaglia, Roberto Bianchini, Vincenzo Butticè, Stefano Elia, Marcello M. Mariani
This study investigates how firms' awareness of environmental sustainability affects the revision of their internationalization strategies. Combining Stakeholder and Signalling theories, we argue that firms concerned with environmental sustainability have a higher propensity to return to their home country when confronted with the need to relocate foreign manufacturing subsidiaries, in order to match
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Transnational entrepreneurship. Insights from female entrepreneurs in the modest fashion industry J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Diala Kabbara, Antonella Zucchella
This paper aims to explore transnational entrepreneurship, with a particular focus on the processes of exploring and exploiting opportunities across borders for female entrepreneurs in the modest fashion industry. Modest fashion (MF) -conservative and non-revealing clothing- provides an understudied and relevant research context in which it is possible to analyse the role of transnational communities
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Evolution of strategy for global value creation in MNEs: Role of knowledge management, technology adoption, and financial investment J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-07-26 Sheshadri Chatterjee, Ranjan Chaudhuri, Balakrishna Grandhi, Antonino Galati
Global value creation (GVC) by a multinational enterprise (MNE) is an important aspect for maintaining global competitiveness. A firm's dynamic capabilities enable it to integrate, build, and reconfigure internal and external resources and competencies to address and meet customer demands in a rapidly changing business environment in a globalized world. Maintaining an MNE's competitiveness is also
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The contingency impact of culture on health security capacities for pandemic preparedness: A moderated Bayesian inference analysis J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-07-26 Wolfgang Messner
Managing pandemics is an enduring societal problem because major health emergencies have historically led to substantial changes and developments. While extant research has examined cultural and institutional factors that have influenced how governments have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been far less exploration of the factors associated with differences in the provision of preventative
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International business sustainability and global value chains: Synthesis, framework and research agenda J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-07-19 Panagiotis Dimitropoulos, Konstantinos Koronios, Georgia Sakka
Global value chains (GVCs) have increased in importance and prominence within international scholarly literature over the last several years, with substantial contributions in the domains of international business, management, and corporate responsibility. The significance of GVC has been particularly highlighted over the past few years due to business interruptions and contextual turbulence (Covid
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Examining how organizational continuities and discontinuities affect the job satisfaction of global contractors J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-07-18 Jennifer L. Gibbs, Julia Eisenberg, Chengyu Fang, J. Nan Wilkenfeld
Global offshoring has become a key strategy for international staffing, especially in the software industry. Global software teams engage in boundary spanning activities that may help MNEs achieve international connectivity and cope with external disruptions through their use of virtual work. However, offshoring IT professionals who bridge these boundaries in offshoring MNEs must contend with discontinuities
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Nighttime lights data and their implications for IB research J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-07-18 Daniel Shapiro, Chang Hoon Oh, Peng Zhang
Researchers in the social sciences have increasingly employed nighttime lights (NTL) data to examine a variety of questions relating to various political, social and natural risks associated with economic sanctions, conflicts, natural disasters, climate change, poverty and inequality. These same issues have emerged in the international business (IB) literature, but IB researchers have not yet used
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Non-market strategies and disruptive innovation in the platform economy J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-07-16 Zaheer Khan, Jing Zeng, Gary Knight, Tazeeb Rajwani, Chinmay Pattnaik
Due to their direct and indirect network effects, platform firms play a significant role in the global economy. These firms have disrupted the innovation value chain by creating and capturing value from the scaling up of their business activities. Despite the role they play in disruptive innovation, we know relatively little about the ways in which platform firms engage with their institutional and
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R&D alliance portfolio and innovation in an emerging market: The role of business group affiliation and institutional reforms J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-07-05 Dhirendra Mani Shukla, Israr Qureshi, Amita Mital
The role of institutional factors in shaping the outcomes of research and development (R&D) alliance portfolios (APs) is underexplored in the extant literature. This study examines how institutional contingencies in an emerging market context affect the relationship between R&D AP composition (i.e., size and diversity) and firm innovation performance. This study draws on institutional perspective to
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Linking Dynamic Absorptive Capacity and Service Innovation for Born Global Service Firms: An Organization Innovation Lens Perspective J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-06-23 Abhishek Behl, Shampy Kamboj, Naman Sharma, Vijay Pereira, Prashant Salwan, Meena Chavan, Anil Anand Pathak
Grounded in the dynamic capabilities approach and organizational sub-system view on internationalization, this quantitative study develops and empirically tests a model of international market performance of born global service firms. While several scholars highlighted innovativeness as a driver of competitiveness for born global firms, the capacities underlying the born global firm's innovativeness
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Do R&D activities foster globalization of young innovative companies? Empirical evidence from the Italian energy industry J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-06-14 Diego Matricano, Laura Castadi
Although executives and scholars interested in “globalization” and “R&D activities” mainly focus their attention on corporations, the relevance that young innovative companies – YICs are assuming is compelling them to redefine their focus. With reference to YICs, some scholars investigate the influence of globalization on R&D activities, while others inquire the impact of R&D activities on their globalization
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Dealing with high-risk environments: Institutional-based tools to reduce political risk costs J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-05-06 Gilbert Kofi Adarkwah, Gabriel R.G. Benito
The international business (IB) literature on political risk mitigation has assigned explanatory preeminence to the organizational capabilities of multinational corporations (MNCs). The literature has assumed that political risk is avoidable for MNCs with specific political capabilities. We argue that political risk is inevitable. We posit that even if MNCs have political capabilities, host countries'
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Marketplace platforms as game changers: Internationalization of smaller enterprises J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-05-06 Nitish Singh, Surender Munjal, Sumit K. Kundu
Despite resource constraints, smaller enterprises (SEs) are increasingly participating in international markets and becoming part of the global economy. E-commerce marketplace platforms are propelling this internationalization of SEs by alleviating SEs' resource constraints. However, there is a paucity of research in the nascent area of platform-based internationalization of SEs. Using an abductive
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International corporate social responsibility and post-entry performance of developing market INVs: The moderating role of corporate governance mechanisms J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-05-05 Nadia Zahoor, Yong Kyu Lew, Ahmad Arslan, Michael Christofi, Shlomo Y. Tarba
Building on the stakeholder, agency, and resource dependence theories; this paper investigates the role of international corporate social responsibility (CSR) for the post-entry performance of developing market international new ventures (INVs) in the presence of corporate governance mechanisms to overcome their agency and environmental problems. We test and validate the conceptual model using survey
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Sustaining competence creation in the multinational enterprise: The role of piloting in subsidiaries J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-04-29 Marty Reilly, Pamela Sharkey Scott, Esther Tippmann, Vincent Mangematin
While competence-creating subsidiaries have been widely acknowledged as a source of new capabilities for the multinational enterprise (MNE), less is known about how such subsidiaries continually renew their capabilities to sustain their competence-creating role over time. In this paper, we bring together theories of capability lifecycles and subsidiary capability to explore multiple case studies of
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Heterogenous internationalization processes of emerging economy MNEs: A review and research agenda J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-04-24 Aditi Sarkar Sengupta, Ingo Kleindienst, Thomas Hutzschenreuter
The internationalization of emerging economy MNEs (EEMNEs) is a major topic in international business (IB) research. IB scholars testing the applicability of existing internationalization theories to EEMNEs, or developing new EEMNE theories, have failed to explain that the heterogeneity in EEMNE internationalization is due to their being based in different countries, being active in different industries
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Peer performance evaluations in global virtual teams: A longitudinal analysis of surface- and deep-level attributes J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-03-22 Ernesto Tavoletti, Theresa Bernhard, Longzhu Dong, Vas Taras
Most research on peer performance evaluations (PPEs) has been conducted using co-located teams, assuming that PPEs are static, and focusing on the effects of PPEs, while ignoring how attributes of the evaluated individual influence PPEs, and if PPEs may vary over time. The present study advances this line of research by applying theory on impression formation and Tuckman's team stages model to explore
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Subsidiary managers' initiative pursuit: A behavioral agency model J. Int. Manag. (IF 5.526) Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Tina C. Ambos, Mathew (Mat) Hughes, Thomas Niemand, Sascha Kraus
Subsidiary managers' decisions to pursue initiatives for innovative product introductions in their host markets provide opportunities for rent creation, but also bear risks for the multinational corporation (MNC). However, we lack insights into which factors drive such decisions. Grounded in behavioral agency theory, our study investigates which factors at the individual level, the corporate level