作者：Mudambi, Ram; Zahra, Shaker A.
作者单位：Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Temple University; University of Reading; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
摘要：International new ventures (INVs) are a popular mode of entry into foreign markets. INVs, those companies that enter foreign markets at inception, often suffer the two liabilities of newness and foreignness, which may increase the odds of their failure. This paper empirically examines the survival of INVs by comparing them with other sequential modes of international operations ( e. g., acquisitions). Data from 275 British firms show that INVs have lower unconditional survival probabilities th...
作者：Aguilera, Ruth V.
作者单位：University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
摘要：In this essay, I critically review the 2006 JIBS Decade Award article by Lyles and Salk 'Knowledge acquisition from foreign parents in international joint ventures (IJVs): An empirical examination in the Hungarian context'. This article develops theoretical arguments and empirically tests a two-stage research question: (1) What are the organizational characteristics and structural mechanisms between IJV parents that influence knowledge acquisition from the foreign parent, and (2) what is the r...
作者：Zhou, Lianxi; Wu, Wei-ping; Luo, Xueming
作者单位：Lingnan University; Hong Kong Baptist University; University of Texas System; University of Texas Arlington
摘要：This paper offers a social network explanation for the purported relationship between internationalization and firm performance in the context of born-global small and medium enterprises (SMEs). We argue that home-based social networks play a mediating role in the relationship between inward and outward internationalization and firm performance. The mediating mechanism is attributed to three information benefits of social networks: (1) knowledge of foreign market opportunities; (2) advice and ...
