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作者：Filatotchev, Igor; Stephan, Johannes; Jindra, Bjoern
作者单位：City St Georges, University of London; Leibniz Association; Leibniz Institut fur Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH)
摘要：This paper examines the relationships between foreign ownership, managers' independence in decision-making and exporting of foreign-invested firms in five European Union accession countries. Using a unique, hand-collected data set of 434 foreign-invested firms in Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia and Estonia, we show that foreign investors' ownership and control over strategic decisions are positively associated with export intensity, measured as the proportion of exports to total sales. The...
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作者：Speck, Sandra K. Smith; Roy, Abhijit
作者单位：Idaho State University; University of Scranton
摘要：Do global marketing efforts, for example, those using television as a medium, impact on the values and life satisfaction of people, and, if so, is the process similar or different in various regions of the world? We empirically examine the relationship between television viewing, core values (i.e., religiosity and materialism), and perceived well-being factors (e.g., perceived socioeconomic status and relative life satisfaction). Data collected from the Western developed nations (e.g., United ...
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作者：Purda, Lynnette D.
作者单位：Queens University - Canada
摘要：I examine how a country's financial system influences assessments of firm-level risk. Consistent with theories of financial intermediation, I find that firms located in a country with a bank-oriented financial system are perceived as posing a lower credit risk and correspondingly are assigned higher credit ratings than otherwise similar firms in a market-oriented setting. Even after considering elements of a country's legal infrastructure that relate to creditor protection and insolvency proce...
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作者：Verbeke, Alain
作者单位：University of Calgary
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作者：Zou, Hong; Adams, Mike B.
作者单位：City University of Hong Kong; Swansea University
摘要：A large body of literature has examined how managerial ownership affects corporate strategy and risk-taking. The present study extends this literature by investigating the effect of other forms of corporate ownership on a firm's equity risk (measured as the volatility of a company's stock returns) and stock returns in the People's Republic of China (PRC) - an important emerging economy that is rich in various forms of corporate ownership. We find that the various types of corporate ownership a...
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作者：Petersen, Bent; Pedersen, Torben; Lyles, Marjorie A.
作者单位：Copenhagen Business School; Indiana University System; Indiana University Indianapolis; IU Kelley School of Business
摘要：Knowledge and learning are ascribed pivotal roles in firms' internationalization processes: perceived market uncertainties, namely knowledge gaps related to business environments in foreign markets, may curb firms' inclinations to commit resources to these markets. This study explores whether knowledge gaps tend to increase or decrease with time when operating in the foreign market, and it discusses which learning components narrow - or widen - the perceived knowledge gap. A theoretical model ...
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作者：Griffith, David A.; Cavusgil, Salih Tamer; Xu, Shichun
作者单位：Michigan State University; Michigan State University's Broad College of Business; University of Tennessee System; University of Tennessee Knoxville
摘要：This study is motivated by two research questions: (1) Which recent contributions have been driving the research agenda in international business? (2) Which emerging themes in the literature are likely to set the stage for future work? To examine these questions, the study examined scholarly work in international business over the time period 1996-2006 in six leading international business journals (Journal of International Business Studies, Management International Review, Journal of World Bu...
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作者：Zhou, Changhui; Li, Jing
作者单位：Peking University; Simon Fraser University
摘要：This study investigates product innovation in market-seeking international joint ventures (IJVs) in a large emerging market, and tests two sets of hypotheses: organizational orientation and environmental adaptation. Drawing on organizational ecology theory, we suggest that IJVs' product innovation can be understood as a consequence of organizational orientation defined by IJV contract specifications and as a subsequent response to major contingencies of the local environment. Empirically, we a...
