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作者：Liu, Leigh Anne; Adair, Wendi L.; Bello, Daniel C.
作者单位：University System of Georgia; Georgia State University; University of Waterloo
摘要：We propose that metaphorical descriptions of newly formed international joint ventures (IJVs) contain important, diagnostic information regarding the way these cross-border alliances are managed and perform. In three studies, we examine how relational metaphors reflect semantic fit, or the IJV partners' cognitive match of managerial schemas and their capability to recontextualize communications regarding alliance operations. We find IJV partners that share relational metaphors achieve superior...
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作者：Jiang, Yuan; Colakoglu, Saba; Lepak, David P.; Blasi, Joseph R.; Kruse, Douglas L.
作者单位：Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Koc University; Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick
摘要：Work practices that involve employees are generally assumed to be less effective in more hierarchical societies where employees' values are not aligned with such practices. In this study, we challenge this assumption by developing a theory that differentiates between the symbolic and instrumental aspects of involvement work systems and proposing that their symbolic impact will be more pronounced in egalitarian societies, whereas their instrumental impact will be more pronounced in hierarchical...
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作者：Herrmann, Don; Kang, Tony; Yoo, Yong Keun
作者单位：Oklahoma State University System; Oklahoma State University - Stillwater; McMaster University; Korea University
摘要：Our study explores the source of improvement in the information environment from cross-listing shares on US stock exchanges. Are the improvements from cross-listing in the United States achieved more through public or private information channels? While we find evidence that US cross-listing is significantly associated with improvements in both public and private information precision, the association is stronger between cross-listing and improvements in private information precision. This sug...
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作者：Sebastian Reiche, B.; Harzing, Anne-Wil; Pudelko, Markus
作者单位：University of Navarra; IESE Business School; Middlesex University; Eberhard Karls University of Tubingen
摘要：Extending existing international business (IB) research, we conceptualize shared social identity as an outcome rather than only an antecedent of multinational enterprise knowledge flows to provide an alternative reason for why such knowledge flows occur. We further argue that shared language among subsidiary and headquarters (HQ) managers is an insufficient condition for subsidiary knowledge receipt. Accordingly, we develop a moderated mediation model at the subsidiary level to examine how sha...
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作者：Cuypers, Ilya R. P.; Ertug, Gokhan; Hennart, Jean-Francois
作者单位：Singapore Management University; University of Pavia; Queens University Belfast; Tilburg University
摘要：We study the effects of linguistic distance and lingua franca proficiency on the equity stake taken by acquirers from 67 countries in 59,092 acquisition targets in 69 host countries. We theorize and find that acquirers take lower equity stakes in foreign targets when linguistic distance and differences in lingua franca proficiency between them are high, and take higher stakes when the combined lingua franca proficiency of the parties is high. We also find that linguistic and cultural distance ...
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作者：Caprar, Dan V.; Devinney, Timothy M.; Kirkman, Bradley L.; Caligiuri, Paula
作者单位：University of New South Wales Sydney; University of Leeds; North Carolina State University; Northeastern University
摘要：Understanding the influence of culture on business operations has been one of the most enduring components of international business (IB) and international management (IM) theorizing and empirical investigation. While several critiques and debates questioned the significant progress made in this domain, the special issue we introduce here is meant to demonstrate that further advancement on how we conceptualize and measure culture is not only needed, but also possible. We provide an overview of...
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作者：Sugathan, Anish; George, Rejie
作者单位：Indian Institute of Management (IIM System); Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad; Harvard University; Indian Institute of Management (IIM System); Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
摘要：In this article we develop a conceptual model to examine the influence of quality of country-level governance infrastructure and corporate governance effectiveness on profit shifting. We empirically test propositions derived from the model with a unique firm-level data set and using multiple indicators of governance infrastructure quality and corporate governance mechanisms. We estimate that on average about 6% of total pre-tax income is shifted out of foreign-owned firms in India. We show tha...
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作者：Coviello, Nicole
作者单位：Wilfrid Laurier University; University of Turku
摘要：Knight and Cavusgil's Journal of International Business Studies Decade Awardwinning article offers numerous contributions to international business research. As one example, it advances cross-disciplinary conversation about entrepreneurial internationalization. A critical review of their study reveals, however, that certain findings require reinterpretation. This commentary does so, discussing the resultant implications and the question of when it is (in)appropriate to use the term born global...
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作者：Luiz, John M.
作者单位：University of Cape Town
摘要：We introduce a measure called ethno-linguistic fractionalization (ELF), which captures the ethnic and/or linguistic diversity in a country and examine its implications on existing cultural measures. Not only do high levels of fractionalization affect the use of statistical means to account for cultural distance (CD), we show that it is not constant and therefore the dynamics of change need to be addressed. We pursue the study of the dynamics and potential endogeneity through an in-depth case s...
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作者：Huang, Tao; Wu, Fei; Yu, Jin; Zhang, Bohui
作者单位：Jiangxi University of Finance & Economics; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; University of New South Wales Sydney
摘要：We examine the impact of political risk on firms' payout policy. Using a large international sample across 35 countries over the period from 1990 to 2008, we find that global political crises raise the market perceived uncertainty and cost of external financing. Using crisis events as a proxy for political risk, we document that past dividend payers are more likely to terminate dividends and that non-payers are less likely to initiate dividends during periods of high political risk. These find...
