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作者：Earley, P. Christopher
作者单位：National University of Singapore
摘要：The styles and approaches used in cross-cultural organizational research are nearly as varied as the cultures under study. We see two variations of one dominant style in the work of Hofstede and the GLOBE research consortium. In this commentary, I shall place these approaches in context and discuss alternatives that seem to be highly promising but largely overlooked. Based on this analysis, I conclude that it may well be time that this form of large-scale, multi-country survey be set aside for...
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作者：Coviello, Nicole E.
作者单位：University of Auckland
摘要：This study uses multi-site case research to advance a set of propositions regarding the network dynamics of early-stage international new ventures. The investigative approach builds on arguments that network theory and analysis are fundamental to international entrepreneurship. In the spirit of cross-disciplinary research, perspectives from the entrepreneurship literature are embraced to help inform our understanding of international new venture networks.
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作者：Doukas, John A.; Kan, Ozgur B.
作者单位：Old Dominion University
摘要：Previous empirical studies have found that global diversification results in 18% shareholder loss. In this paper, we examine the sources behind the global diversification shareholder value loss in a contingent claims framework. This postulates that the risk-reduction effects of global diversification should decrease the value of shareholder equity (call option), whereas they should increase bondholder value. Consequently, near-all equity globally diversified firms should not experience a share...
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作者：Friedman, R; Chi, SC; Liu, LA
作者单位：Vanderbilt University; National Taiwan University; University System of Georgia; Georgia State University
摘要：This paper develops an expectancy model for Chinese-American differences in conflict-avoiding, and tests this model using a scenario study with respondents from Taiwan and the US. Our results show that a higher Chinese tendency to avoid conflict is explained by higher Chinese expectations that direct conflict will hurt the relationship with the other party, and by greater concern for the other party among Chinese. It is not, however, explained by differences in the expected career costs/benefi...
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作者：Smith, Peter B.
作者单位：University of Sussex
摘要：Four aspects of the debate between Hofstede and Javidan et al. are highlighted. First, it is shown that characterizing cultures either on the basis of aggregated self-perceptions or on the basis of aggregated perceptions of others in one's society are not equivalent procedures. Each has inherent errors, and neither can be considered as providing the one best way to denote national cultures. Furthermore, the number of dimensions of national culture that can be usefully studied must be proportio...
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作者：Strike, Vanessa M.; Gao, Jijun; Bansal, Pratima
作者单位：Western University (University of Western Ontario); University Western Ontario Hospital
摘要：This paper contributes to the discussion on international diversification and corporate social responsibility ( CSR) by suggesting that firms can be simultaneously socially responsible and socially irresponsible. To test our assertions, we analyze data from 222 publicly traded US firms from 1993 to 2003. The findings support our hypotheses, and have significant implications for the way in which we conceptualize CSR.
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作者：Zhou, KZ; Tse, DK; Li, JJ
作者单位：University of Hong Kong; City University of Hong Kong
摘要：Organizational change in emerging economies, although difficult, is inevitable. The authors study the drivers and consequences of organizational changes in an emerging economy, China. The results of a firm-level survey show that organizational changes in technical vs administrative areas are differentially driven by firms' motivation to change (past performance), opportunity to change (firm location and market orientation), and capability to change (firm ownership, managers' change attitude, a...
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作者：Svejenova, S
作者单位：Universitat Ramon Llull; Escuela Superior de Administracion y Direccion de Empresas (ESADE)
摘要：Madhok's 1995 article defined and developed a trust-based perspective on the stability of international joint ventures (IJVs). Proposing a shift in focus from ownership to relationship, and from governance form to process, the article emphasised the role of trust in holding IJVs together and the importance of considering the dynamics of inter-organisational collaboration. By distinguishing between structural and social components of trust, it contributed to a more nuanced understanding of what...
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作者：Johnson, James P.; Lenartowicz, Tomasz; Apud, Salvador
作者单位：Rollins College; State University System of Florida; Florida Atlantic University; University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin
摘要：Many international business failures have been ascribed to a lack of cross-cultural competence (CC) on the part of business practitioners. However, the international business literature appears to lack an adequate conceptualization and definition of the term 'CC', focusing instead on the knowledge, skills and attributes that appear to be its antecedents. In this conceptual study, we propose a definition of CC as it applies to international business and develop a model for understanding how CC ...
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作者：Behrman, Jack N.
作者单位：University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
摘要：Colleagues have characterized my place in the early days of international business (IB) studies and my later contributions as 'in limbo', 'at the interfaces', 'a synthesis', 'focusing on linkages' and 'iconoclastic'. The 'limbo' placed me outside the usual functional disciplines in business schools, which in the 1950s seldom included 'international business'. The 'interfaces' and 'linkages' of IB were focused on the interdependence of politics, government and business; the 'synthesis' was an e...
