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作者：Levy, Orly; Taylor, Sully; Boyacigiller, Nakiye A.; Bodner, Todd E.; Peiperl, Maury A.; Beechler, Schon
作者单位：International Institute for Management Development (IMD); Portland State University; Sabanci University; Portland State University; INSEAD Business School
摘要：Drawing on the structural perspective in organizational theory, this study develops a conceptual framework of the social hierarchy within the multinational corporation (MNC). We suggest that parent country nationals (PCNs), host country nationals (HCNs), and third country nationals (TCNs) occupy distinctively different positions in the social hierarchy, which are anchored in their differential control or access to various forms of capital or strategically valuable organizational resources. We ...
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作者：Ivus, Olena
作者单位：Queens University - Canada
摘要：Proponents of global intellectual property rights (IPRs) reforms have argued that developing countries' weak IPRs limit their access to foreign innovative products and technologies. Central to our understanding of the effects of IPRs on product access is the influence of national differences in patent protection on corporate behavior and business strategy of multinational firms. Using detailed product data on US exports from 1990 to 2000, this research note assesses the impact of strengthening...
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作者：Leung, Kwok; Morris, Michael W.
作者单位：Chinese University of Hong Kong; Columbia University
摘要：International business (IB) research has predominantly relied on value constructs to account for the influence of societal culture, notably Hofstede's cultural dimensions. While parsimonious, the value approach's assumptions about the consensus of values within nations, and the generality and stability of cultural patterns of behavior are increasingly challenged. We review two promising alternatives the constructivist approach centering on schemas and the intersubjectivist approach centering o...
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作者：Kim, Kyoung Yong; Pathak, Seemantini; Werner, Steve
作者单位：University of Houston System; University of Houston; University of Missouri System; University of Missouri Saint Louis
摘要：We study the conditions under which firms can capitalize on their international human capital (IHC). Using the ability-motivation-opportunity (AMO) perspective we conceptualize IHC as ability, collaborative climate as motivation, and the firm's level of internationalization as opportunity. We test three alternative AMO models - the additive model (main effect), the combinative model (two-way interactions), and the multiplicative model (a three-way interaction). Using a cross-industry sample of...
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作者：Smale, Adam; Bjorkman, Ingmar; Ehrnrooth, Mats; John, Sofia; Makela, Kristiina; Sumelius, Jennie
作者单位：University of Vaasa; Aalto University; Aalto University; Hanken School of Economics
摘要：Dual organizational identification - with both the whole corporation and the local subsidiary - is considered valuable for subsidiary employees, international assignees, and multinational corporations (MNCs). While extant research has examined antecedents of separate targets of identification, it has not fully addressed the challenge of identifying factors capable of supporting both simultaneously. This study examines the influence of individual- and organizational-level factors on the dual va...
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作者：Baack, Daniel W.; Dow, Douglas; Parente, Ronaldo; Bacon, Donald R.
作者单位：University of Denver; University of Melbourne; State University System of Florida; Florida International University; Getulio Vargas Foundation
摘要：In this article we draw from social cognition theory to explore the influence of confirmation bias on perceptions of psychic distance. Despite the prominence of psychic distance, and other forms of distance, as potential predictor variables in international business (IB) research, very little work has been done exploring the factors and processes that shape a decision maker's perceptions of distance. We argue in this article that social cognition theory can help fill that void. Specifically, w...
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作者：Manning, Stephan; Larsen, Marcus M.; Bharati, Pratyush
作者单位：University of Massachusetts System; University of Massachusetts Boston; Copenhagen Business School
摘要：Global delivery models (GDMs) are transforming the global IT and business process outsourcing industry. GDMs are a new form of client-specific investment promoting service integration with clients by combining client proximity with time-zone spread for 24/7 service operations. We investigate antecedents and contingencies of setting up GDM structures. Based on comprehensive data we show that providers are likely to establish GDM location configurations when clients value access to globally dist...
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作者：Dheer, Ratan J. S.; Lenartowicz, Tomasz; Peterson, Mark F.
作者单位：State University System of Florida; Florida Atlantic University; Maastricht University
摘要：As India continues to emerge as a global economic player, scholars and practitioners increasingly need to understand the cultural heterogeneity within this large and populous nation. Based on Lenartowicz and Roth's framework of culture assessment, we have identified nine distinct subcultural regions of India and used explanations grounded in functional and neo-institutional theories to account for the origin and maintenance of cultural distinctiveness of these regions. Further, we developed se...
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作者：Zhang, Xiao; Zhong, Weiguo; Makino, Shige
作者单位：Nanjing University; Peking University; Chinese University of Hong Kong
摘要：To overcome the costs of doing business abroad, researchers have suggested either legitimacy- or efficiency-based solutions. However, both types of solutions still treat host-country customers as external to the theory. We highlight the role of customers in the international professional business service setting and argue that customer involvement is positively related to the perceived internationalization performance of multinational corporations (MNCs). MNCs with managers who perceive higher...
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作者：Awate, Snehal; Larsen, Marcus M.; Mudambi, Ram
作者单位：Indian School of Business (ISB); Copenhagen Business School; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Temple University
摘要：Research and development (R&D) internationalization is on the rise for advanced economy multinationals (AMNEs) as well as emerging economy multinationals (EMNEs). We study EMNE R&D internationalization by comparing it to that by AMNEs in the context of an emerging, knowledge-intensive industry. We find that these two are fundamentally different processes. While the internationalization of AMNEs' R&D activities can largely be explained in terms of the twin strategies of competence exploitation ...
