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作者：Celo, Sokol; Chacar, Aya
作者单位：Suffolk University; State University System of Florida; Florida International University
摘要：We introduce the concept of International Coherence (IC) to describe the degree of relatedness in a multinational enterprise (MNE). We propose that IC hinges on the interplay of the relatedness between any two MNE units and the linkages that tie them together. Linkages can be thought of as the often costly pipes that allow the content, that is, resources and information that define relatedness, to flow. We argue that greater IC increases the potential of an MNE to generate economies by facilit...
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作者：Peeters, Carine; Dehon, Catherine; Garcia-Prieto, Patricia
作者单位：Universite Libre de Bruxelles; Solvay SA; Vlerick Business School
摘要：Contrasting with extant research centred on the organizational challenges of sourcing services in culturally distant countries, we show that cultural differences between home and host countries do not prevent firms from achieving their cost savings targets. Instead, the effect is positive, both for the captive and out-sourcing governance models. Using insight from social psychology research and the theory of organizations, we build the argument that the positive effect is due to cultural diffe...
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作者：Zander, Ivo; McDougall-Covin, Patricia; Rose, Elizabeth L.
作者单位：Uppsala University; Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington; IU Kelley School of Business; University of Otago; Aalto University; Indian Institute of Management (IIM System); Indian Institute of Management Udaipur (IIMU); Indiana University System; IU Kelley School of Business; Indiana University Bloomington
摘要：Knight and Cavusgil's award-winning article has played an important role in the development of the growing body of research on companies that internationalize early and rapidly. These born global firms represent important contributors to many economies, often as key players in ecosystems that support large multinational enterprises. Despite their growing importance, our understanding of how and why these firms develop and implement their internationalization strategies, and what makes them suc...
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作者：Durand, Rodolphe; Jacqueminet, Anne
作者单位：Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) Paris; Bocconi University
摘要：How do subsidiaries respond to normative demands from both their headquarters and local external constituents? We propose that subsidiaries pay varying levels of attention to demands depending on their peers' norm-conforming behavior, resulting in heterogeneous practice implementation. We study the implementation of 25 practices, associated with three corporate social responsibility (CSR) issues in 101 worldwide subsidiaries of a multinational enterprise (MNE). Consistent with the idea that at...
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作者：Belderbos, Rene; Lokshin, Boris; Sadowski, Bert
作者单位：KU Leuven; Maastricht University; Maastricht University; Eindhoven University of Technology
摘要：Extant research on research and development (R&D) internationalization has not examined how effective foreign R&D investments are in generating positive returns for the investing firms, in particular in comparison and conjunction with the effects of domestic R&D investments. We examine the effectiveness of international knowledge sourcing through foreign R&D in an empirical analysis of the productivity effects of foreign and domestic R&D investments in a large panel of firms based in the Nethe...
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作者：Hennart, Jean-Francois; Slangen, Arjen H. L.
作者单位：University of Pavia; Queens University Belfast; Singapore Management University; Tilburg University; Erasmus University Rotterdam; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC
摘要：In a recent commentary published in this journal, Shaver raises the provocative question of whether we need more entry mode studies. After assessing the reasons for Shaver's doubts and further developing his broad research suggestions, we conclude that this question should be answered affirmatively. We derive three important questions for future entry mode research: (1) What determines the evolution of operations resulting from suboptimal mode choices? (2) What causes the replication of past m...
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作者：Williams, David W.; Gregoire, Denis A.
作者单位：University of Tennessee System; University of Tennessee Knoxville; Universite de Montreal; HEC Montreal
摘要：Past research established distance's key influence on internationalization. However, theoretical issues, methodological challenges, and inconsistent results hinder scholarship on why distance plays such an influential role. To address these problems, we draw from cognitive research on similarity comparisons to re-conceptualize distance and test a model of internationalization decisions. Analyzing the verbal protocols of executives considering a series of internationalization opportunities, we ...
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作者：Stahl, Guenter K.; Tung, Rosalie L.
作者单位：Vienna University of Economics & Business; Simon Fraser University
摘要：The results of a content analysis of 1141 articles published in the Journal of International Business Studies over a 24-year time period (1989-2012) reveal that a pervasive tendency exists in the international business (IB) literature towards emphasizing the adverse outcomes associated with cultural differences more than the positive effects. We argue that this imbalance is not an accurate reflection of the reality of cross-cultural contact in IB and that it has hindered our understanding of t...
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作者：Hoenen, Anne Kristin; Kostova, Tatiana
作者单位：Vienna University of Economics & Business; University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia
摘要：The nature of global business today increases the complexity of multinational companies and highlights the challenges of managing headquarters-subsidiary (HQ-Sub) relationships. We identify key unresolved issues in HQ-Sub relations including closing the gap between headquarters' expectations and subsidiary performance, managing the nested hierarchical relationships across multiple organizational layers, and aligning these relationships across diverse subunits embedded in different social conte...
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作者：Chung, Chris Changwha; Park, Hye Youn; Lee, Jeoung Yul; Kim, Kwanghyun
作者单位：Korea University; Korea University; Korea University; Korea University; Hongik University; University of Leeds
摘要：This research proposes a strategic human capital alignment framework to examine whether the alignment between subsidiary strategy (i.e., export-oriented vs local market-oriented strategy) and human capital (i.e., parent firm vs local-specific human capital) is positively related to subsidiary performance in multinational enterprises (MNEs). We further explore two important exogenous (i.e., foreign exchange rate change) and endogenous (i.e., MNE international experience) boundary conditions, si...
