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作者：Liu, Runjuan; Feils, Dorothee J.; Scholnick, Barry
作者单位：University of Alberta
摘要：The tradability revolution in services has led to a dramatic expansion of offshore outsourcing of services, allowing firms to take advantage of lower production costs in foreign countries. However, production costs alone cannot explain the location determinants of offshore outsourcing of services. In this paper, we argue that minimizing transaction costs is also an important determinant of the location of offshore outsourcing of services. We empirically analyze characteristics of services and ...
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作者：Rubera, Gaia; Ordanini, Andrea; Griffith, David A.
作者单位：Michigan State University; Michigan State University's Broad College of Business; Bocconi University
摘要：Extending our understanding of the effects of perceived product creativity, this study contributes to the literature by empirically investigating the influence of cultural values on the relationship between the creativity dimensions of novelty and meaningfulness and intention to buy. Schwartz's values framework is employed to theorize cultural differences. The results, based upon 206 Italian and 201 US consumers surveyed via a mall-intercept approach, indicate that novelty is a more important ...
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作者：Tan, Danchi; Meyer, Klaus E.
作者单位：National Chengchi University; University of Bath
摘要：Foreign investors access local knowledge by co-locating with other foreign direct investment (FDI) firms. However, different aspects of local knowledge can be obtained from different local businesses. Thus some foreign investors co-locate with FDI firms from the same country of origin, while others co-locate with foreign industry peers. We argue that, relative to industry FDI agglomeration, country-of-origin agglomeration provides an effective channel for the sharing of sensitive and tacit kno...
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作者：Li, Kai; Griffin, Dale; Yue, Heng; Zhao, Longkai
作者单位：University of British Columbia; Peking University
摘要：We investigate the role of firms' country of origin in financial leverage decisions. Foreign joint ventures in China face a common set of country-level formal institutional constraints, but vary in the cultural values they bring from their countries of origin. We hypothesize that national culture enters the joint optimization process, leading to foreign joint ventures' leverage decisions, and that it affects leverage decisions both directly and indirectly. Employing a hierarchical linear model...
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作者：Makino, Shige; Tsang, Eric W. K.
作者单位：Chinese University of Hong Kong; University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas
摘要：Recent research suggests that the distance between countries in terms of culture, institutions, geographic proximity, and economic development matters in the foreign direct investment (FDI) decisions made by firms. This study focuses on the historical ties between countries as an additional factor affecting such decisions. In particular, it examines three major historical factors that affect cross-country ties with Vietnam, namely, Chinese occupation and conflict, French colonization, and soci...
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作者：Sebastian Reiche, B.; Kraimer, Maria L.; Harzing, Anne-Wil
作者单位：University of Navarra; IESE Business School; University of Iowa; University of Melbourne
摘要：We apply an organizational embeddedness perspective to examine international assignees' retention with the organization. Specifically, we hypothesize that assignees' social ties within and their perceived fit with the host unit positively relate to two sacrifices on leaving the organization: their firm-specific learning during the assignment, and their perceived career prospects in the organization. Perceived career prospects are expected to predict subsequent retention, moderated by firm-spec...
