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作者：Hennart, Jean-Francois; Slangen, Arjen H. L.
作者单位：University of Pavia; Queens University Belfast; Singapore Management University; Tilburg University; Erasmus University Rotterdam; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC
摘要：In a recent commentary published in this journal, Shaver raises the provocative question of whether we need more entry mode studies. After assessing the reasons for Shaver's doubts and further developing his broad research suggestions, we conclude that this question should be answered affirmatively. We derive three important questions for future entry mode research: (1) What determines the evolution of operations resulting from suboptimal mode choices? (2) What causes the replication of past m...
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作者：Williams, David W.; Gregoire, Denis A.
作者单位：University of Tennessee System; University of Tennessee Knoxville; Universite de Montreal; HEC Montreal
摘要：Past research established distance's key influence on internationalization. However, theoretical issues, methodological challenges, and inconsistent results hinder scholarship on why distance plays such an influential role. To address these problems, we draw from cognitive research on similarity comparisons to re-conceptualize distance and test a model of internationalization decisions. Analyzing the verbal protocols of executives considering a series of internationalization opportunities, we ...
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作者：Stahl, Guenter K.; Tung, Rosalie L.
作者单位：Vienna University of Economics & Business; Simon Fraser University
摘要：The results of a content analysis of 1141 articles published in the Journal of International Business Studies over a 24-year time period (1989-2012) reveal that a pervasive tendency exists in the international business (IB) literature towards emphasizing the adverse outcomes associated with cultural differences more than the positive effects. We argue that this imbalance is not an accurate reflection of the reality of cross-cultural contact in IB and that it has hindered our understanding of t...
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作者：Hoenen, Anne Kristin; Kostova, Tatiana
作者单位：Vienna University of Economics & Business; University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia
摘要：The nature of global business today increases the complexity of multinational companies and highlights the challenges of managing headquarters-subsidiary (HQ-Sub) relationships. We identify key unresolved issues in HQ-Sub relations including closing the gap between headquarters' expectations and subsidiary performance, managing the nested hierarchical relationships across multiple organizational layers, and aligning these relationships across diverse subunits embedded in different social conte...
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作者：Chung, Chris Changwha; Park, Hye Youn; Lee, Jeoung Yul; Kim, Kwanghyun
作者单位：Korea University; Korea University; Korea University; Korea University; Hongik University; University of Leeds
摘要：This research proposes a strategic human capital alignment framework to examine whether the alignment between subsidiary strategy (i.e., export-oriented vs local market-oriented strategy) and human capital (i.e., parent firm vs local-specific human capital) is positively related to subsidiary performance in multinational enterprises (MNEs). We further explore two important exogenous (i.e., foreign exchange rate change) and endogenous (i.e., MNE international experience) boundary conditions, si...
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作者：Bordia, Sarbari; Bordia, Prashant
作者单位：Australian National University
摘要：Language holds a central role in sustainable international expansion for multinationals. The choice of the functional language can facilitate or hinder communication between headquarters and subsidiary locations. In order to communicate effectively with the parent organization, host country employees often have to adopt a language that is not native to the subsidiary region. We take a subsidiary employee perspective in presenting an interdisciplinary theoretical model of host country employees...
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作者：Maitland, Elizabeth; Sammartino, Andre
作者单位：University of New South Wales Sydney; University of Melbourne
摘要：How do the senior decision-makers within a multinational enterprise (MNE) think through and determine an internationalization decision? Despite the cognitive foundations of several key constructs, standard internationalization models do not explicitly incorporate managerial cognition. We argue that the boundedly rational decision-maker is underspecified in international business models and this oversight contributes to weak empirical findings on experience, learning, internationalization strat...
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作者：Liang, Hao; Ren, Bing; Sun, Sunny Li
作者单位：Tilburg University; Nankai University; University of Missouri System; University of Missouri Kansas City
摘要：Integrating agency theory with institutional analysis in international business, we propose a state-control perspective to analyze government-control mechanisms in emerging economies' globalization of state-owned enterprises (SOEs). We identify two types of state control that influence SOEs' globalization decisions and the degree of globalization (DOG): state ownership control and executives' political connections, both of which are contingent upon the home country's evolving institutional env...
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作者：Cavusgil, S. Tamer; Knight, Gary
作者单位：University System of Georgia; Georgia State University; Willamette University
摘要：Our 2004 Journal of International Business Studies article, Innovation, Organizational Capabilities, and the Born Global Firm provided a framework for the phenomenon of early and rapid internationalization among young, entrepreneurial firms. This work can be characterized as an integration of marketing, entrepreneurial, and capability-based thinking around exporting, positioned as the born global exporter. The article also reported findings from a national study of start-up firms that expanded...
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作者：Joshi, Amol M.; Lahiri, Nandini
作者单位：Oregon State University; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Temple University
摘要：How does language friction affect alliance formation? Language friction is a form of cultural friction arising from structural differences in the respective languages used by potential partners to reason and solve problems together. A little language friction may prompt partners to rethink solutions, thereby enhancing collaboration, but excessive friction may impede collaboration. We develop a Language Friction Index (LFI) to quantify relative differences in linguistic structure for any langua...
