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作者：Tippmann, Esther; Scott, Pamela Sharkey; Mangematin, Vincent
作者单位：University College Dublin; Technological University Dublin; Grenoble Ecole Management
摘要：It is widely acknowledged in the international business literature that subsidiaries can make a strategic contribution to multinational corporations (MNCs). Departing from the common focus on subsidiary role, contexts and organizational MNC factors, this study explores the micro-level details of managers' actions and interactions. We conducted an in-depth qualitative study into 38 problem-solving processes employed across four subsidiaries. Taking a non-routine problem-solving perspective on h...
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作者：Lam, Son K.; Ahearne, Michael; Schillewaert, Niels
作者单位：University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; University of Houston System; University of Houston; Vlerick Business School
摘要：The authors propose a symbolic instrumental interactive framework of consumer brand identification (CBI) and explore its predictiveness across 15 countries. Using multinational data, they show that the negative impact of the misalignment between self brand congruity and perceived quality on CBI is universal. The interaction among CBI, perceived quality, and uncertainty avoidance orientation in motivating consumers' identity-sustaining behavior is weak. However, the synergy between CBI and perc...
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作者：Dellestrand, Henrik; Kappen, Philip
作者单位：Uppsala University
摘要：Subsidiaries of multinational enterprises are located in a range of environments, in which they are exposed to organizational, national, and sub-national characteristics. Instead of being distributed equally, economic resources are agglomerated in specific countries, or even regions, and the subsidiaries located in these different environments have a heterogeneous resource configuration. This implies that dimensions of space related to geography and subsidiary network relationships may affect ...
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作者：Reeb, David; Sakakibara, Mariko; Mahmood, Ishtiaq P.
作者单位：National University of Singapore
摘要：This essay builds on the exposition by Thomas et al. and focuses on analyzing cause and effect in international business research. We attempt to explain how endogeneity problems occur and why they are so prevalent in international business research in a non-technical fashion. We then discuss the importance of explicitly identifying how the chosen research design best approximates a randomized-controlled experiment. Finally, we provide some guidelines on achieving this goal and emphasize the pr...
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作者：Zaheer, Srilata; Schomaker, Margaret Spring; Nachum, Lilach
作者单位：University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; Laval University; City University of New York (CUNY) System; Baruch College (CUNY)
摘要：In this commentary we build on Shenkar's (2001) award-winning critique of cultural distance, arguing that most distance constructs, in fact, suffer the same flaws because they oversimplify the relationship between countries, overlook their subjective and context-specific nature, and pay insufficient attention to the mechanisms through which distance operates. The idea of distance, however, has intrinsic value. Moreover, its considerable appeal and undeniable effectiveness have made it a well-e...
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作者：Wang, Chengqi; Hong, Junjie; Kafouros, Mario; Wright, Mike
作者单位：University of Nottingham; University of International Business & Economics; University of Leeds; Imperial College London
摘要：We explain the mechanisms through which government impacts the internationalization of emerging-market enterprises (EMEs). Rather than merely viewing internationalization as the result of differences in resource positions, we demonstrate that an important source of variation is the idiosyncratic manner in which EMEs are affiliated with government agencies. Although government involvement has a strong effect on international expansion, this effect is contingent upon the level at which the firm ...
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作者：Jordan, Steven J.
摘要：Long-term reversals (LTRs) have been extensively documented as existing in international markets. The predictability of returns opens the question whether investors should continue to diversify across international markets. Such predictability also has implications for the corporate decision of where and when to raise capital. This paper re-examines the international evidence for long-term contrarian profits using a longer time horizon than all previous studies (81 years of data from 1925 to 2...
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作者：Phene, Anupama; Tallman, Stephen
作者单位：George Washington University; University of Richmond
摘要：This study explores the effect of coordination needs on alliance governance. We examine coordination needs that arise as a consequence of the characteristics and the context of the alliance. We posit that alliance characteristics and contextual factors influence alliance form and equity investment levels. We evaluate the effects of the complexity of technology transfer and strategic complexity of the alliance. We also study contextual factors, represented by the distance between the intellectu...
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作者：Salk, Jane
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
摘要：Papers challenging institutionalized fields to change are rare, and those not extinguished by neglect are rarer. Shenkar understands his target audience. Those in that target community of IB scholars studying cultural distance's (CD) associations with foreign direct investment (FDI) might read this paper as relatively radical. Culture scholars sometimes interpret the discussion of cultural friction (CF) as competing with, even slighting by omission, their corpus of work on contact and interact...
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作者：Peltokorpi, Vesa; Vaara, Eero
作者单位：Japan Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (JAIST); Hanken School of Economics; emlyon business school
摘要：This study adopts a recontextualization perspective on language policies and practices in wholly owned foreign subsidiaries. Drawing on a field study of 101 subsidiaries in Japan, we develop a contingency model that distinguishes between four different types of recontextualization with characteristic language policies and practices: developing/locally adaptive, developing/globally integrated, established/locally adaptive, and established/globally integrated. Our analysis shows how each of thes...
