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作者：Buckley, Peter J.; Murphree, Michael; Anderson, John
作者单位：University of Manchester; University of Sydney; University of Northern Iowa
摘要：The focus of this article is the examination of the factors that trigger the addition of horizontal subcontracting to the structure of global factories. Horizontal subcontracting takes place when one firm is contracted to produce a given item, fills as much of the order as they are able to based on their available capacity, and subsequently subcontracts the remainder to a qualitatively identical firm. We find that similar entrepreneurial backgrounds of contract manufacturers lead to strong bus...
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作者：Berger, Allen N.; Guedhami, Omrane; Kirimhan, Destan; Li, Xinming; Zhao, Daxuan
作者单位：University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia; University of Pennsylvania; Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU); American University of Sharjah; Nankai University; Renmin University of China
摘要：Universal banking powers are permissions for a nation's banks to provide financial services beyond plain vanilla banking activities. Some nations restrict banking activities to only services such as loans and deposits, while others permit commercial banks to also engage in investment banking, insurance underwriting, and/or real estate investment activities. Despite the research and policy importance of this issue, the literature essentially neglects how these powers affect the primary role of ...
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作者：Reuber, A. Rebecca; Prashantham, Shameen; Chen, Liang
作者单位：University of Toronto; China Europe International Business School; Singapore Management University
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作者：Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Estrin, Saul; Narula, Rajneesh
作者单位：University of Sheffield; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; University of Reading
摘要：The international business (IB) literature has emphasised the heterogeneity of firm strategies in shaping MNE-state bargaining, but largely ignored the heterogeneity of states. In contrast, the international political economy (IPE) literature provides a more nuanced consideration of state strategies and their economic and political priorities. We seek to address this oversight by making two related contributions. In the context of MNE-state bargaining, we first discuss how differences in polit...
