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作者：Singh, Jagdip; Lentz, Patrick; Nijssen, Edwin J.
作者单位：Eindhoven University of Technology; University System of Ohio; Case Western Reserve University; Dortmund University of Technology
摘要：Consumers' conceptions of a market's institutional logic affect mechanisms of firm-consumer relationships, but are generally neglected in comparative studies of international marketing. This study bridges institutional and relationship marketing theories to examine two questions: do consumers hold meaningful mental models of a market's institutional logics, and do these mental models explain differentiated patterns of market relationships across international contexts? Building on contract-rel...
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作者：Bertrand, Olivier
作者单位：Saint Petersburg State University; Universite de Toulouse; Universite Toulouse 1 Capitole; Toulouse School of Economics
摘要：We examine the effect of offshore outsourcing on the export performance of firms. Building on the theories of international business, the resource-based view and transaction cost economics, we argue that offshore outsourcing helps firms - directly or indirectly - to export more. It may reduce their production costs and enhance their flexibility. It may also provide them with new resources and market knowledge. However, the impact of offshore outsourcing depends on the resources and capabilitie...
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作者：Lawler, John J.; Chen, Shyh-jer; Wu, Pei-Chuan; Bae, Johngseok; Bai, Bing
作者单位：National Sun Yat Sen University; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; National University of Singapore; Korea University; University Redlands
摘要：This study examines the implementation of high-performance work systems (HPWSs) in 217 subsidiaries of American-based multinational enterprises operating in 14 countries in Asia, Africa, and Europe. Specifically, this paper explores the effect of host-country institutional factors on the extent of HPWS implementation in subsidiaries, and focuses on strong agency influences and dominance effects. The proposed model was more successful in explaining the effect of HPWSs on rank-and-file employees...
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作者：Brenner, Steffen
作者单位：Copenhagen Business School
摘要：We study revelation behavior at illegal international cartels. Our hypotheses suggest that a resource advantage induces executives of large multinational enterprises (MNEs) to be more likely to reveal the cartel and to cooperate with the antitrust agency during the prosecution stage. Moreover, we expect the cultural background to influence the firm's inclination to reveal incriminating evidence. Empirical tests based on data about cartel breakdowns under the EU Leniency Program show that large...
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作者：Muethel, Miriam; Hoegl, Martin; Parboteeah, K. Praveen
作者单位：WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management; University of Wisconsin System
摘要：Employees' prosocial values have been shown to foster helping, cooperating, and volunteering behaviors, which in turn increase firm performance. However, despite the importance of prosocial values, there is a general neglect of this area in the international arena. As more trade occurs globally, interest in cross-cultural prosocial values is growing. We therefore build on socialization theory and introduce national business ideology as a country-level determinant of employees' prosocial values...
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作者：Qi, Yaxuan; Roth, Lukas; Wald, John K.
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas at San Antonio; Concordia University - Canada; University of Alberta
摘要：We examine how country-level legal and institutional investor protection shapes contractual creditor protection. We examine debt covenant information from foreign corporate bonds issued in the US from more than 50 countries between 1991 and 2007. We find that bonds of firms incorporated in countries with stronger creditor rights use fewer covenants. This finding suggests that creditor protection substitutes for covenants in reducing the agency cost of debt. In contrast, bonds of firms with str...
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作者：Sharma, Piyush
作者单位：Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Hong Kong Polytechnic University
摘要：Despite growing evidence about differences in the attitudes and behaviors of consumers in emerging and developed markets, there is little research on the differences in country of origin (COO) effects on their evaluation, behavioral intentions (BIs), and actual purchase of imported products. This paper introduces a new conceptual framework incorporating consumer ethnocentrism (CET), materialism (MAT), and value consciousness (VC) to hypothesize several differences in the influence of COO effec...
