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作者：Fung, Simon Yu Kit; Zhou, Gaoguang (Stephen); Zhu, Xindong (Kevin)
作者单位：Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Hong Kong Baptist University; City University of Hong Kong
摘要：We examine whether monitors are likely to compromise their monitoring objectivity in the face of economically important clients in international business settings. In the context of external auditing and assurance services, we measure monitor objectivity by whether auditors are more (or less) likely to issue to their important clients modified audit opinions, that is, audit opinions provided to outside investors about the firm that demotes explicit areas of concern. Using a large cross-country...
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作者：Un, C. Annique
作者单位：Northeastern University
摘要：I analyze differences in the innovativeness of domestic firms and subsidiaries of foreign firms operating in the same country. I argue that domestic firms suffer a liability of localness in innovation, or a competitive disadvantage in product innovation relative to subsidiaries of foreign firms. I propose that this liability of localness is driven by the relatively lower levels of multiculturalism in employees of domestic firms in comparison with subsidiaries, which limit the identification, t...
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作者：Ault, Joshua K.
作者单位：University of Victoria
摘要：This study applies an institutional perspective to a current debate in social entrepreneurship about the relative effectiveness of commercial vs non-profit methods of building inclusive markets for the poor. While some observers argue that for-profit ventures are needed to serve the poor on a large scale, others express concern that commercialization causes mission drift, a phenomenon. where ventures migrate to wealthier clients over time. A multilevel analysis of 2679 for-profit and non-profi...
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作者：Lew, Yong Kyu; Sinkovics, Rudolf R.; Mo Yamin; Khan, Zaheer
作者单位：Hankuk University Foreign Studies; University of Manchester; Alliance Manchester Business School; Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT; University of Sheffield
摘要：In the information age, the firm's performance hinges on combining partners' specialist knowledge to achieve value co-creation. Combining knowledge from different specialties could be a costly process in the international technology alliances (ITAs) context. We argue that the combination of different specializations requires the development of trans-specialization understanding (TSU) instead of the internalization of partners' specialist knowledge. This article examines the extent to which int...
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作者：Boubakri, Narjess; Guedhami, Omrane; Kwok, Chuck C. Y.; Saffar, Walid
作者单位：American University of Sharjah; University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia; Hong Kong Polytechnic University
摘要：Using a large hand-collected database of 605 privatized firms from 48 countries, we examine the relationship between the collectivism measure of culture and residual state ownership in privatized firms. We find that the continued role of government in privatized firms is positively related to collectivism. This result is robust to using alternative measures of collectivism and government control, as well as when we address the endogeneity of collectivism. Finally, we examine the economic outco...
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作者：Tenzer, Helene; Pudelko, Markus
作者单位：Eberhard Karls University of Tubingen
摘要：This study investigates the impact of language barriers on multilingual virtual teams members' choice between different communication media in their inner team interactions. Through interviewing team leaders and members in both mono- and multilingual virtual teams, we discover discrepancies in media choice and media performance between these two settings and identify foreign language-induced cognitive load as a key reason for these divergences. Our study advances research on communication and ...
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作者：Shaffer, Margaret A.; Reiche, B. Sebastian; Dimitrova, Mihaela; Lazarova, Mila; Chen, Shoshi; Westman, Mina; Wurtz, Olivier
作者单位：University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Milwaukee; University of Navarra; IESE Business School; Oakland University; Simon Fraser University; Tel Aviv University; University of Vaasa
摘要：Although the original model of expatriate adjustment proposed by Black and colleagues has received substantial empirical support, it has come under increased academic scrutiny, due to both the conceptual overlap among its dimensions and its limited applicability for global professionals who interact with individuals from diverse cultures. Drawing on role theory, we conceptualize and develop a multidimensional scale of the work-and family-role adjustment of global professionals. We assess this ...
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作者：Kostova, Tatiana; Hult, G. Tomas M.
作者单位：University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia; Michigan State University
摘要：In this commentary we provide an assessment of the JIBS Decade Award-winning article by Meyer and Peng and its impact on the field of international business (IB). We highlight Meyer and Peng's focus on a relevant and important phenomenon the emergence of transition economies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) as a new class of markets. We address the CEE focus within the context of Meyer and Peng's insightful organizing framework built on three organizational archetypes (foreign entrants, loc...
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作者：Alcacer, Juan; Cantwell, John; Piscitello, Lucia
作者单位：Harvard University; Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Newark; Rutgers University New Brunswick; Polytechnic University of Milan
摘要：The new techno-economic paradigm of the information age has brought about new structures and processes in international business (16). In this article, we examine the changing nature of the competitive advantages of places, the competitive advantages and strategies of firms, and the governance structure of IB networks in what has also been called the third industrial revolution. These three areas of change in IB activities can be mapped respectively to the location (L), ownership (O) and inter...
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作者：Gooris, Julien; Peeters, Carine
作者单位：Vlerick Business School
摘要：This study shows that, when sourcing business services in foreign countries, the fragmentation of processes across production units acts as an operational-level adjustment variable for firms to adapt their information protection approach to the regulative environment of the host country they have selected and to the possibility to use internal controls over the activities performed abroad. We hypothesize that, when the above mechanisms are not available, firms are more likely to fragment proce...
