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作者：Ioannou, Ioannis; Serafeim, George
作者单位：University of London; London Business School; Harvard University
摘要：Based on Whitley's national business systems (NBS) institutional framework, we theorize about and empirically investigate the impact of nation-level institutions on firms' corporate social performance (CSP). Using a sample of firms from 42 countries spanning seven years, we construct an annual composite CSP index for each firm, based on social and environmental metrics. We find that the political system, followed by the labor and education system, and the cultural system are the most important...
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作者：Laursen, Keld; Masciarelli, Francesca; Prencipe, Andrea
作者单位：Copenhagen Business School; Norwegian School of Economics (NHH); G d'Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara; Luiss Guido Carli University
摘要：Drawing on social capital theory and the international business literature, we argue that domestic geography, in terms of localized potential social capital, facilitates individual firms' awareness of business opportunities, including knowledge related to involvement in the foreign markets for goods and technology, thereby enhancing firms' involvement in those foreign markets. When potential social capital reaches a certain threshold, it may work to trap firms into operating only within their ...
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作者：Peltokorpi, Vesa; Vaara, Eero
作者单位：Japan Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (JAIST); Hanken School of Economics; emlyon business school
摘要：This study adopts a recontextualization perspective on language policies and practices in wholly owned foreign subsidiaries. Drawing on a field study of 101 subsidiaries in Japan, we develop a contingency model that distinguishes between four different types of recontextualization with characteristic language policies and practices: developing/locally adaptive, developing/globally integrated, established/locally adaptive, and established/globally integrated. Our analysis shows how each of thes...
