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作者：Christensen, Michael; Knudsen, Thorbjorn
作者单位：University of Southern Denmark
摘要：The present study identifies a major limitation of current research on multinational enterprises (MNEs). Joint decision-making in a distributed setting is of critical importance in practice, but has received little attention in our theories. To address this gap in knowledge, we examine the effects of flexible decision teams when MNEs assess turbulent markets. Remarkably, flexible teams composed of fallible evaluators can outperform what is usually thought of as an optimal'' decision. Our main ...
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作者：Oettl, Alexander; Agrawal, Ajay
作者单位：University of Toronto; Max Planck Society; National Bureau of Economic Research
摘要：Although knowledge flows create value, the market often does not price them accordingly. We examine unintended'' knowledge flows that result from the cross-border movement of inventors (i.e., flows that result from the move, but do not go to the hiring firm). We find that the inventor's new country gains from her arrival above and beyond the knowledge flow benefits enjoyed by the firm that recruited her (National Learning by Immigration). Furthermore, the firm that lost the inventor also gains...
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作者：Brock, David M.; Shenkar, Oded; Shoham, Amir; Siscovick, Ilene C.
作者单位：Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; University System of Ohio; Ohio State University; Sapir Academic College
摘要：We hypothesize that expatriate deployment is a control function predicted by home country culture dimensions with transaction cost and agency repercussions (rather than culture in the aggregate). This departure from the traditional conceptualization and measurement of cultural impact also yields a hypothesized asymmetrical effect, which is tested for a multi-country sample of 236 multinational subsidiaries. Using multiple measures of national culture, hypotheses are supported, with assertivene...
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作者：Carraher, Shawn M.; Sullivan, Sherry E.; Crocitto, Madeline M.
作者单位：University System of Ohio; Bowling Green State University; State University of New York (SUNY) System; SUNY Old Westbury
摘要：There has long been an interest in the effects of mentors on protege career outcomes, and with scholars now beginning to examine mentoring across national boundaries. Using survey information as well as company records for 299 expatriates (163 men, 136 women) in 10 countries, we examined the impact of home- and host-country mentors upon expatriate effectiveness. We found that having a host-country mentor had a significant positive effect on the expatriate's organizational knowledge, organizati...
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作者：Kolk, Ans; Pinkse, Jonatan
作者单位：University of Amsterdam
摘要：This paper explores whether and how an important environmental issue such as climate change can not only give multinational enterprises the opportunity to develop green'' firm-specific advantages (FSAs), but also help reconfigure key FSAs that are viewed as the main sources of firms' profitability, growth, and survival. We examine the nature and geography of such FSA development, and develop two organizing frameworks, which are subsequently applied to climate change, using information from Glo...
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作者：Coucke, Kristien; Sleuwaegen, Leo
作者单位：Universite Catholique Louvain; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; Erasmus University Rotterdam
摘要：This paper analyzes the impact of globalization on the exit behavior of manufacturing firms in Belgium. Imports from low-wage countries are found to exert a strong competitive effect, which raises the likelihood of exit of firms in industries where intra-industry trade is relatively low. Similar to import competition, growing penetration by multinational firms in the industry has an equally strong competitive impact on the likelihood of exit of domestic firms. However, Belgian firms that offsh...
