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作者：Andersson, Ulf; Forsgren, Mats; Holm, Ulf
作者单位：Uppsala University
摘要：In this paper, we argue that a fruitful approach to the analysis of inter-organisational power in multinational corporations (MNCs) is to model the organisation as a federation. In the federative MNC, the headquarters and the subsidiaries are involved in a perpetual bargaining process. Thus a crucial issue is what power bases are there that the different actors in the federative MNC can use to influence strategic decisions. In this paper, we focus on the power bases associated with the local b...
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作者：Sanna-Randaccio, Francesca; Veugelers, Reinhilde
作者单位：KU Leuven
摘要：This paper provides a theoretical model of the trade-offs that an MNE faces when organising its R & D as decentralised or centralised. R & D decentralisation avoids having to adapt centrally developed innovations to local markets, being able to use the specific know-how of the subsidiary. In addition R & D subsidiaries can be used to source locally available external know-how. At the same time, however, R & D internationalisation intensifies the spillover of valuable know-how to competitors lo...
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作者：DiRienzo, Cassandra E.; Das, Jayoti; Cort, Kathryn T.; Burbridge, John, Jr.
作者单位：Elon University; University of North Carolina; North Carolina A&T State University
摘要：Several studies have explored how certain economic and cultural variables affect a country's corruption level. This study extends previous research by not only considering these variables, but also taking into account the impact that information and communication technology can have on corruption. The results indicate that the greater the access to information, the lower the corruption levels. Therefore bridging the digital disparity across countries can also serve to lessen national corruptio...
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作者：Flores, Ricardo G.; Aguilera, Ruth V.
作者单位：University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
摘要：In this paper we examine foreign location choices of the top 100 US multinational corporations (MNCs) in 1980 and 2000. We first ask whether there has been a change in MNC foreign location choice in this two-decade period. Second, we explore the underlying reasons of location change by focusing on country-level factors, accounting for firm-, industry- and regional-level explanations. Our findings suggest, first, that the extent of MNCs' activities around the globe is more extensive than assume...
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作者：Hung, Kineta H.; Li, Stella Yiyan; Belk, Russell W.
作者单位：University of Hong Kong; University of Hong Kong; York University - Canada
摘要：Research in international advertising has often taken a dichotomized approach, as exemplified by the global standardization vs localization debate. It is assumed under the standardization approach that the globalization process will absorb different national cultures into a global commercial culture, such that standardized advertising should be preferred. The current research argues that the dichotomization approach may have oversimplified the way consumers read and interpret ad images. We pos...
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作者：Kali, Raja; Reyes, Javier
作者单位：University of Arkansas System; University of Arkansas Fayetteville
摘要：We combine data on international trade linkages with network methods to examine the global trading system as an interdependent complex network. We map the topology of the international trade network, and suggest new network-based measures of international economic integration, at both a global system-wide level and a local country level. We develop network-based measures that incorporate not only the volume of trade but also the influence that a country has on the international trading system....
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作者：Driffield, Nigel; Love, James H.
作者单位：Aston University
摘要：We develop a taxonomy that relates foreign direct investment (FDI) motivation (technology- and cost-based) to its anticipated effects on host countries' domestic productivity. We then empirically examine the effects of FDI into the United Kingdom on domestic productivity, and find that different types of FDI have markedly different productivity spillover effects, which are consistent with the conceptual analysis. The UK gains substantially only from inward FDI motivated by a strong technology-...
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作者：Tian, Xiaowen
作者单位：University of Nottingham
摘要：Using a set of panel data of 11,324 firms in China from 1996 to 1999, the paper finds that positive technology spillovers from FIEs to domestic firms occur through tangible assets rather than intangible assets, through domestically consumed products rather than exported products, through 'traditional' products rather than new products, and through FIEs employing unskilled workers rather than FIEs employing skilled workers. FIEs are found to generate negative spillovers through exports and thro...
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作者：Bolino, Mark C.
作者单位：University of Oklahoma System; University of Oklahoma - Norman
摘要：Anecdotal accounts and reports in the popular press often suggest that international assignments are critical for employees who seek to move up the career ladder more quickly. Nevertheless, previous research on repatriation indicates that many former expatriates feel that their overseas assignments have harmed, rather than helped, their careers. Relatively little research, though, has sought to understand how expatriate assignments might be related to career success. This paper, then, presents...
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作者：Mathews, John A.; Zander, Ivo
作者单位：Macquarie University; Uppsala University
摘要：The initial stages of internationalisation, prior to firms having established their definitive sources of advantage, remain the relatively unexplored area of the international business (IB) literature. At these early stages, where firms are seeking to establish themselves, and new multinational firms are appearing to exploit new opportunities created by globalisation, the entrepreneurial aspects of internationalisation come to the fore. In this paper we aim to delineate an emerging field of IB...
