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作者：Wang, Di; Weiner, Robert J.; Li, Quan; Jandhyala, Srividya
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin; George Washington University; Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; ESSEC Business School
摘要：Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) are important but understudied state investors. We investigate whether geopolitics influences SWFs foreign acquisitions, asking if and how their FDI patterns differ from those of private firms. Theoretical expectations are mixed. On the one hand, limited managerial control of target firms suggests that SWFs may be unable to pursue political goals, and thus they are no more sensitive to geopolitics than private firms. On the other hand, state ownership of SWFs can ...
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作者：Froese, Fabian Jintae; Stoermer, Sebastian; Reiche, B. Sebastian; Klar, Sebastian
作者单位：University of Gottingen; Yonsei University; Technische Universitat Dresden; University of Navarra; IESE Business School
摘要：Knowledge transfer within multinational enterprises is a source of competitive advantage. However, we know little about repatriates' role in reverse knowledge transfer upon their return to headquarters (HQ). Using an organizational embeddedness perspective, we conceptualized how embeddedness fit - individuals' perceived match between their knowledge and skills and the job requirements - during the expatriation assignment and upon repatriation predicts repatriate knowledge transfer. To test the...
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作者：Trevino, Len J.; Doh, Jonathan P.
作者单位：Villanova University
摘要：While internationalization process theory has deepened our understanding of international expansion, it and many other international business (IB) theories have largely neglected the underlying managerial processes and decision-making contexts of internationalization. In response, we articulate a model that accounts for both the external context and the internal processes leading to internationalization decisions. We argue that internationalization decisions are grounded in contestation and st...
