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作者：Coviello, Nicole; Kano, Liena; Liesch, Peter W.
作者单位：Wilfrid Laurier University; University of Calgary; University of Queensland
摘要：Vahlne and Johanson (2017) present the multinational business enterprise(MBE) as a new form of cross-border organization that supersedes the multinational enterprise (MNE). They offer a 'generalmodel of the evolution of the MBE,' arguing that the MBE evolves through ongoing internationalization processes by proactively and entrepreneurially engaging in business exchange rather than production. In this counterpoint, we focus on two critical dimensions absent from Vahlne and Johanson's (2017) ar...
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作者：Brander, James A.; Cui, Victor; Vertinsky, Ilan
作者单位：University of British Columbia; University of Manitoba
摘要：China is not meeting its international obligations to protect intellectual property rights (IPRs), harming the innovation process in China and elsewhere. We review the benefits of IPR protection and discuss the magnitude and cost of China's IPR violations. We also emphasize that these violations undermine the international rule of law and impair China's legitimacy as a leader in evolving global governance institutions. We criticize the argument that China will endogenously improve IPR protecti...
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作者：Meyer, Klaus E.; van Witteloostuijn, Arjen; Beugelsdijk, Sjoerd
作者单位：China Europe International Business School; Tilburg University; University of Antwerp; Cardiff University; University of Groningen
摘要：Social science research has recently been subject to considerable criticism regarding the validity and power of empirical tests published in leading journals, and business scholarship is no exception. Transparency and replicability of empirical findings are essential to build a cumulative body of scholarly knowledge. Yet current practices are under increased scrutiny to achieve these objectives. JIBS is therefore discussing and revising its editorial practices to enhance the validity of empiri...
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作者：El Ghoul, Sadok; Guedhami, Omrane; Kim, Yongtae
作者单位：University of Alberta; University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia; Santa Clara University
摘要：Drawing on transaction cost theories and the resource-based view of a firm, we posit that the value of corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives is greater in countries where an absence of market-supporting institutions increases transaction costs and limits access to resources. Using a large sample of 11,672 firm year observations representing 2445 unique firms from 53 countries during 2003-2010 and controlling for firm-level unobservable heterogeneity, we find supportive evidence tha...
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作者：Miletkov, Mihail; Poulsen, Annette; Wintoki, M. Babajide
作者单位：University System Of New Hampshire; University of New Hampshire; University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; University of Kansas
摘要：Foreign directors can affect firm value through their advising and monitoring functions. However, the demand for these directors, as well as their effect on firm performance is likely to be influenced by firm-and country-level characteristics. In a large sample of non-US firms, we find that foreign directors are more likely to be associated with firms that have more foreign operations and an international shareholder base, and firms that are located in countries with a limited supply of potent...
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作者：Hakanson, Lars; Kappen, Philip
作者单位：Copenhagen Business School; Uppsala University
摘要：Forty years after the publication of the original Uppsala Model, we revisit the empirical observations that inspired its conceptual development. The empirical evidence, we suggest, invites the formulation of an alternative and complementary model of the internationalization process of the firm, one that we have named the 'Casino Model' of internationalization. The Casino Model uncovers a number of new research issues pertaining to internationalization and to the nature of strategic decision-ma...
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作者：Gineikiene, Justina; Diamantopoulos, Adamantios
作者单位：ISM University of Management & Economics; University of Vienna
摘要：Drawing from negativity bias, fading affect bias, and ambivalence literature, we provide evidence that consumer nostalgia acts as a countervailing force to consumer animosity in historically connected markets (HCMs), that is, trading countries that previously were part of the same country but are now independent. For both Soviet-era and (new) Russian brands, our findings show that nostalgia can compensate for the negative effects of animosity on product judgment and product ownership in HCMs c...
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作者：Calluzzo, Paul; Dong, G. Nathan; Godsell, David
作者单位：Queens University - Canada; Columbia University; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
摘要：We examine US firm-level campaign finance contributions preceding and subsequent to equity investment by a sovereign wealth fund (SWF). Our empirical results suggest that SWFs are attracted to firms engaged in US campaign finance and that firm campaign finance contributions increase after SWF investment. SWF attraction to campaign finance firms increases (1) after an exogenous legal shock that liberalized corporate campaign finance activities, and (2) in a subset of industries vulnerable to re...
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作者：Heinberg, Martin; Ozkaya, H. Erkan; Taube, Markus
作者单位：University of Leeds; California State University System; California State Polytechnic University Pomona; University of Duisburg Essen; Nankai University
摘要：This study explores how positioning a brand as global and/or local iconic can moderate the impact of advertising frequency (AF) on brand attitudes in an emerging market context. We argue that brands may be seen as the source of an advertisement and that the positioning of a brand can thus enhance source attractiveness, and/or source credibility, which in turn facilitate the impact of AF on brand attitudes. Our results support that both a global and a local iconic positioning enhance the AF-bra...
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作者：Qi, Yaxuan; Roth, Lukas; Wald, John
作者单位：City University of Hong Kong; University of Alberta; University of Texas System; University of Texas at San Antonio
摘要：We examine how legal creditor rights are related to debt financing and corporate investment over the business cycle. Using firm-level data from 40 countries, we find that creditor rights are associated with greater debt financing and investment during economic downturns, but creditor rights have a significantly smaller effect during expansions. The beneficial effects of creditor rights during recessions are stronger for firms that are more likely to have severe shareholder-bondholder agency pr...
