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作者：Verbeke, Alain; Kenworthy, Thomas P.
作者单位：University of Calgary; University of Oxford
摘要：The effective and efficient management of diversified business firms that supply multiple products and operate in multiple, dynamic markets, especially large multinational enterprises (MNEs), builds upon a number of specific governance principles. These governance principles allow the alignment of environmental characteristics, strategy and organization. Given the rising need to learn from the world, Doz et al., in their influential Harvard Business School Press book entitled From Global to Me...
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作者：Parboteeah, K. Praveen; Hoegl, Martin; Cullen, John B.
作者单位：University of Wisconsin System; WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management; Washington State University
摘要：In this paper, we use the country institutional profile to investigate how selected cognitive, normative, and regulative aspects of various countries relate to traditional gender role attitudes of managers from these countries. Our cross-level analyses, using hierarchical linear modeling, control for a number of individual characteristics (i.e., age, education, gender, and social class). Results support our hypotheses that managers' traditional gender role attitudes relate positively to nation...
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作者：Dikova, Desislava; van Witteloostuijn, Arien
作者单位：University of Groningen; University of Antwerp; Utrecht University; Durham University
摘要：In this study, we bridge two streams of foreign direct investment literature, specifically studies on establishment mode choice (i.e., the choice between an acquisition and a greenfield establishment) and studies on entry mode choice (i.e., the choice between a wholly owned outlet and a subsidiary with shared ownership). We arrive at a conceptual synthesis for an examination of the effects of the same predictors on the dual entry-establishment mode choice made in the context of a single foreig...
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作者：Buckley, Peter J.; Clegg, L. Jeremy; Cross, Adam R.; Liu, Xin; Voss, Hinrich; Zheng, Ping
作者单位：University of Leeds
摘要：This study investigates the determinants of Chinese outward direct investment (ODI) and the extent to which three special explanations (capital market imperfections, special ownership advantages and institutional factors) need to be nested within the general theory of the multinational firm. We test our hypotheses using official Chinese ODI data collected between 1984 and 2001. We find Chinese ODI to be associated with high levels of political risk in, and cultural proximity to, host countries...
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作者：Lyles, Marjorie A.; Salk, Jane E.
作者单位：Indiana University System; Indiana University Indianapolis; ESSEC Business School
摘要：In this paper, we examine organizational characteristics, structural mechanisms and contextual factors that influence knowledge acquisition from the foreign parent in international joint ventures (IJVs). We in turn relate assessments of knowledge acquisition to IJV performance. The data come from a survey of IJVs in the Hungarian context, where learning and knowledge acquisition from the foreign parent is thought to be particularly critical. Adaptation mechanisms, such as capacity to learn, ar...
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作者：Elango, B.; Pattnaik, Chinmay
作者单位：Illinois State University; Yonsei University
摘要：In this study we seek to explain how firms from emerging markets build capabilities to operate in international markets through learning from parental networks. The building of these capabilities is of particular interest, as firms from emerging markets may not necessarily possess the monopolistic advantages commonly referred to in IB literature, which allow a firm to succeed in international markets. Using lagged cross-sectional regression models on a sample of 794 Indian firms, we found that...
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作者：Johnston, Stewart; Menguc, Bulent
作者单位：University of Melbourne; Brock University
摘要：We investigate the relationship between subsidiary size and subsidiary autonomy in multinational corporations (MNCs) and conclude that a quadratic inverted U-shaped model is the best fit to our data. Founding our arguments in resource dependence theory, we propose that, while the subsidiary is relatively small, increasing subsidiary size will correlate with increasing resources in the subsidiary and a consequent increase in subsidiary autonomy. This positive linear relationship persists until ...
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作者：Singh, Jasjit
作者单位：INSEAD Business School
摘要：We use patent citation data to examine knowledge flows between foreign multinational companies (MNCs) and host country organisations in 30 countries. We find not just significant knowledge inflows from foreign MNCs to host country organisations, but also significant outflows back from the host country to foreign MNCs. In fact, in technologically advanced countries, knowledge outflows to foreign MNCs greatly outweigh knowledge inflows. Even in technologically less advanced countries, knowledge ...
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作者：Chan, Christine M.; Makino, Shige
作者单位：University of Hong Kong; Chinese University of Hong Kong
摘要：In this study, we examine from an institutional perspective the legitimacy rationale behind the choice of subsidiary ownership structure among multinational corporations (MNCs). We suggest that, when under a strong pressure to conform at the host country and local industry levels of their institutional environment, MNCs are likely to take a lower ownership stake in exchange for external legitimacy in the host country or local industry that their foreign subsidiaries are entering. We also sugge...
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作者：Lazarova, Mila B.; Cerdin, Jean-Luc
作者单位：Simon Fraser University; ESSEC Business School
摘要：This paper reviews and integrates two perspectives on repatriate retention: a traditional one, which suggests that the main determinant of repatriate retention is the availability of repatriation support programs; and an emerging one, which focuses on individual career activism in a changing employment context. Results of a study of 133 expatriates from 14 MNCs indicate that both views contribute to our understanding of repatriate retention. Building on the results of our study, we put forward...
