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作者：Elg, U
作者单位：Lund University
摘要：The importance of taking account of a firm's home-market relationships in efforts to explain its choice of partners for international alliances is discussed. Liberating and moderating relationships are proposed as two alternative types of alliances that firms may form in response to the influence of home-market dependencies. Propositions suggesting explanatory factors that predict which type of relationship is formed then are presented; these propositions are based on the complementary aspects...
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作者：Fahy, J; Hooley, G; Cox, T; Beracs, J; Fonfara, K; Snoj, B
作者单位：University of Limerick; Budapest University of Technology & Economics; Corvinus University Budapest; University of Maribor
摘要：The industrial organisation and evolutionary economics traditions in international business and the resource-based view of the firm in strategic management provide a rich and related set of perspectives on the question of performance in an international environment. This paper draws on these perspectives to examine the nature of marketing capabilities across a range of firm types in Hungary Poland and Slovenia. A number of key strategic capabilities are examined including market orientation, t...
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作者：Davis, PS; Desai, AB; Francis, JD
作者单位：University of Memphis; University of Wisconsin System; Mississippi College
摘要：The determination of entry-modes is examined using an institutional theory framework. Two sources of isomorphic pressures affect a strategic business unit's (SDU) entry-mode choice: (1) host country institutional environment, and (2) internal institutional environment (the parent organization). SBUs were hypothesized to adopt similar organizational forms, structures, policies, and practices, us becoming isomorphic, based on felt pressures to conform to behavioral norms within the environments....
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作者：Birkinshaw, J; Hood, N
作者单位：University of London; London Business School; University of Strathclyde
摘要：This paper examines the characteristics of foreign-owned subsidiaries in export-intensive leading-edge industry clusters as defined by Porter [1990]. Using a sample of 229 subsidiaries from three countries, we show that subsidiaries in such clusters are more embedded, more autonomous, and more internationally-oriented than subsidiaries in other industry sectors. We also show that there are significant differences in the roles of foreign-owned subsidiaries from one leading-edge cluster to the n...
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作者：Harrison, GL; McKinnon, JL; Wu, A; Chow, CW
作者单位：Macquarie University; National Chengchi University; California State University System; San Diego State University
摘要：We used structured questionnaires and interviews to explore cultural factors affecting adaptation to fluid workgroups and teams in Taiwan and Australia, proxying for Chinese and Anglo-American societies, Consistent with collectivist, high power distance culture, we find members of Taiwanese organizations to have more difficulty adapting to fluid teams with changing membership and leadership. The results have implications for the implementation of flexible organization structures and interactio...
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作者：Athanassiou, N; Nigh, D
作者单位：Northeastern University; University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia
摘要：This study investigates the effects of several dimensions of internationalization on the behavior of MNCs' top management teams. The effects include top executives' personal presence in foreign markets, their participation in meetings about international strategic issues, and their tacit knowledge of the firms' international business activities.
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作者：Neelankavil, JP; Mathur, A; Zhang, Y
作者单位：Hofstra University
摘要：This paper examines differences in what affects managerial performance of middle-level managers in four countries-China (N = 204), India (N = 184), the Philippines (N = 220), and the United States (N = 176). Important differences were predicted and found in factors affecting managerial performance as perceived by the respondents. While East-West differences exist, significant differences are noted among the three Asian countries. Specifically, Chinese and American managers represented two extr...
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作者：Makino, S; Neupert, KE
作者单位：Chinese University of Hong Kong; Boise State University
摘要：Transaction cost theory posits that culture plays a limited role-in the choice between JV and WOS. In contrast, research suggests that firms' preferred level of ownership in their foreign subsidiaries is influenced primarily by cultural traits. This study provides additional evidence in this ongoing debate by replicating Hennart's transaction cost model of entry mode choice in two different national contexts : Japanese firms and the U.S. firms investing in Japan. The results suggest that the t...
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作者：Thomas, A; Bendixen, M
作者单位：University of Witwatersrand
摘要：The Hofstede (1994) dimensions of culture were measured for 586 middle managers in South Africa. A similarity on these dimensions was found between the ethnic groups, Both management culture and perceived management effectiveness were found to be independent of both race and the dimensions of culture. These findings suggest that employee diversity in the workplace should not adversely affect management performance.
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作者：Nachum, L
摘要：This paper attempts to examine theoretically and empirically the explanatory power of concepts drawn from economic geography for the explanation of the location of TNCs. it combines concepts from economic geography and international business theories in a model that seeks to explain the location of Transnational Corporations (TNCs), and tests the model on financial and professional service FDI to the US. The findings suggest a need to extend the conventional location model of international bus...
