Capitalism
, 411
framework
, 115–119
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
, 87
Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA)
, 365
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
, 287
China
, 289
developing export activities to
, 290–291
Chinese context
institutional challenges in
, 288–290
political and cultural challenges in
, 289–290
Chinese institutional context
, 14
Cogito (technology improves emotional intelligence of customer service representatives)
, 368
Collaboration in service activities
, 304–305, 307
Company self-regulation
, 10
Competence-creating motive
, 178–179
Competence-seeking MNE strategies
, 10–11
Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small-and Medium-Sized Enterprises (COSME)
, 137
Complementary, Appropriability, and Transferability (CAT)
, 3–4
Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA)
, 365
Configuration of service activities
, 304, 307
Connectivity
, 303–304, 306
Content analysis
, 278–279
Contextual intelligence
, 6–7, 84–89
Control of corruption (CC)
, 180
Coordinated market economy (CME)
, 116–118
Corporate anti-corruption policies (CACP)
, 174
contributions
, 186–187
deterrent effect
, 182
efficacy
, 176
impact
, 177
limitations and future research
, 187–188
Corporate governance
, 119
Corporate self-regulation
, 174–176
Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
, 174
Corporate sustainability (CS), 436 (see also Environmental sustainability strategies)
diffusion of CS practices
, 436
hypotheses development
, 440–445
methods
, 445–450
practices
, 19
results
, 450–452
theoretical background
, 438–440
Corporate visibility
, 439
“Country-of-origin” principle
, 301
Country-specific advantage (CSA)
, 53, 265
Cultural distance
, 319–320
Cyclical globalization
, 65–67
Eco-Management and Audit(ing) Scheme (EMAS)
, 18, 392, 400
standards
, 400
Economic
approach
, 98
distance
, 320–321
freedom
, 13, 265, 268
geography
, 300, 303
globalization
, 376
populism
, 7–8
Economic Freedom of the World index (EFW index)
, 248, 268
Efficiency-seeking
MNE strategies
, 10–11
motive
, 177–178
Emerging market multinational enterprise (EMNE)
, 326
“End of History” hypothesis
, 83
Endogeneity tests
, 276–277
Environmental, health, and safety (EHS)
, 437
Environmental management systems (EMS)
, 18
standards
, 400
Environmental resource constraints
, 393
Environmental responsibility
, 423
Environmental self-regulation
, 177
Environmental sustainability strategies, 17–18, 377 (see also Corporate sustainability (CS))
conceptualization
, 382
control variables
, 387
descriptive findings
, 381
determinants of adoption of
, 382
findings
, 381–393
impacts on international performance
, 387
methods
, 381
proposal of conceptual model and respective theoretical propositions
, 387–391
theoretical currents on adoption of
, 378–381
Estimation approach
, 181, 202–203
EU High-Level Group on Business Services
, 302
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
, 157
European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
, 365
European Business Environment Barometer (EBEB)
, 403–404
European International Business Academy (EIBA)
, 78
European Union (EU)
, 32, 137, 400
Eco-Management and Auditing Scheme
, 405
Services Directive
, 302
European Writers’ Council (EWC)
, 365
Export
performance
, 387
propensity
, 138–139
External knowledge
, 156
analysis and results
, 164
empirical analysis
, 161–163
methodology
, 164
theoretical background
, 157–160
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
, 57
General Society of Authors and Editors (SGAE)
, 365
Generation(al)
cohorts
, 418–419
differences
, 419
gaps
, 419
Generation Me
, 418
Generation X
, 419
Generation Y
, 418–419
Generation Z
, 419
German Association for Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright Law (GRUR)
, 365
Ghana–Switzerland BIT
, 197
Global City Index
, 318–319, 335–336
Global Financial Centres Index (CFCI)
, 320
Global integration (GI)
, 30–31
Global integration and local responsiveness (GI/LR)
, 48
Global network effects
, 5–6
Global production networks (GPNs)
, 64–65
cyclical globalization
, 65–67
question
, 68–70
structural change
, 67–68
Global Reporting Index (GRI)
, 392, 412
Global strategic analysis
, 45–46
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
, 347
Global value chains (GVCs)
, 55, 83
Globalization, 4–5, 23, 63–64, 69 (see also Internationalization)
goodbye
, 32–39
of markets for services
, 308
Goodbye globalization
, 32–39
Government as strategist perspective (GaS perspective)
, 109, 112–113
Government(s), 28–29 (see also Host governments)
effectiveness
, 203
government–MNC relations
, 29
in guiding private firms
, 400
“Grease in the wheel” hypothesis
, 175, 177
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
, 139
IAS38 on intangible assets
, 264
Ideological
approach
, 98
populism
, 7–8
Informal institutions
, 222
case studies and
, 232–234
changes in
, 222–225
Information and communication technologies (ICT)
, 2–3
Innovation systems
, 156
in transition economies
, 157–159
Institution(al)
, 47–49, 98, 288–289, 301–302
agents
, 98
approaches
, 222
change
, 224, 340
dynamics
, 37
institutions 2. 0
, 1–2
logics
, 221
pressures
, 224
risk
, 248
theorists
, 37
theory
, 17, 36, 265, 267, 378–380
Instrumental variable (IV)
, 276
Intangible assets of MNE foreign subsidiaries
, 264
content analysis
, 278–279
country-level data
, 270–271
data sources and sample
, 269–270
descriptive statistics
, 272–274
endogeneity tests
, 276–277
hypotheses development
, 266–269
hypothesis testing, results
, 274–276
limitations and suggestions
, 281
practice implications
, 280–281
research setting
, 269
robustness tests
, 277–278
theory implications
, 279–280
variable definitions
, 271–272
Intellectual path dependency limitations in IB
, 79–84
Intellectual property (IP)
, 364
Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)
, 365
Inter-American Association of Industrial Property (ASIPI)
, 366
Inter-organizational ties
, 136
Internalization theory
, 30–31, 84
International alliances formation
, 313
contributions to existing literature
, 327–329
findings
, 321–323
importance of location
, 314–315
limits, perspectives
, 329–330
managerial implications
, 329
methods
, 317–321
operationalization and variable presentation
, 319–321
reinterpretation of empirical configuration
, 323–327
theoretical framework and typology
, 314–317
International Alliances Per American City
, 337–338
International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
, 366
International business (IB)
, 1–3, 24, 46, 77, 97, 220, 300, 364, 376
contextual intelligence and history
, 84–89
evidence in IB literature and future research
, 121–123
goodbye globalization
, 32–39
host-country institutions in
, 10
intellectual path dependency limitations in
, 79–84
populism and
, 99–102
research
research
, 6, 17, 220
research agendas
, 24
retrospection, introspection, and inspiration
, 39–40
scholars
, 38
scholars
, 78–79
theory
, 30
in time of troubles
, 24–32
International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
, 195
as source of host government interference
, 200
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
, 200, 366
International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC)
, 366
International Council on Archives (ICA)
, 366
International diversification (ID)
, 249
International experience
, 244
International Federation of Actors (FIA)
, 366
International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI)
, 366
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
, 366
International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations (IFPMA)
, 366
International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI)
, 366
International finance
, 266
International investment agreements (IIAs)
, 194–195
International investment dispute settlement process
, 198
International management
, 72
digital platforms and
, 72–73
implications for
, 74
International market entry studies
, 240
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
, 272
International new ventures (INVs)
, 130
International performance
, 376
International Publishers Association (IPA)
, 366
International re-entry risk
trade-offs
, 251
variables
, 248–249
International risk trade-offs
, 241–242
International services
, 300–301
characteristics
, 302–305
policies, institutions, and
, 301–302
International Standardisation Organisation (ISO)
, 400
effects
, 411
ISO 14001 standard
, 400
International strategic alliances (ISAs)
, 311, 313
firm characteristics
, 316
importance of distance
, 316–317
location characteristics
, 315–316
predictors
, 315–317
International strategic analysis
, 47–49
International trade
, 364, 376
International Trademark Association (INTA)
, 366
Internationalization
, 74–75, 130, 132–133, 240
capitalism framework
, 115–119
of digital businesses
, 72
duality of state as owner
, 110–113
of hybrid SOEs
, 110
relational co-owners
, 113–115
theory
, 100
Investment
motives
, 174, 177–179
treaties
, 197
Investor(s)
, 198
investor–state dispute settlement
, 195
Inward internationalization
, 35
Italian Federation of the Music Industry
, 366
Market(s)
, 132
entry
, 220
exit
, 242
market-seeking investment
, 178
market-seeking MNE strategies
, 10–11
market-seeking motive
, 178
market-specific learning
, 241
re-entry
, 240, 247
risk
, 248
Millennials
, 19, 418–419
brand loyalty
, 424
consumer
, 421–422
generation
, 420–421
limitations
, 431
managerial implications
, 430
marketing to
, 422–423
methodology
, 425–427
model and hypothesis
, 423–425
results
, 427
social and environmental concern
, 423–424
status consumption
, 424
technology savviness
, 423
Mixed logit models
, 174, 181
Mixel Agitators
, 290
cultural challenges
, 293–294
developing export activities to China
, 290–291
political challenges
, 292–293
production and sales subsidiary in Beijing
, 291–292
Montreal Agreement (1989)
, 376
Multi-level strategic context
, 55–57
Multilateral investment treaties (MITs)
, 197
Multinational companies (MNCs)
, 27, 33, 376
impact
, 31
MNC-government
, 29
organization
, 29–30
Multinational enterprises (MNEs), 1–2, 38, 78–80, 97, 109, 174, 176, 179, 220, 222–225, 240, 264, 344 (see also State-owned enterprises (SOEs))
agribusiness
, 85
and informal institutions
, 222
and informal institutions in host industry
, 225–234
manufacturing
, 86
re-entry strategies
, 12
Western MNEs
, 87–88
Multinational Enterprises and the Global Economy
, 78
Multinational firms
, 46, 74
Multinational mobile telephony companies (MNMTCs)
, 340
disrupting cycle
, 341–342
initial organizational solutions
, 350–351
local monopoly to
, 346–349
managerial perspectives on current radical change
, 353–356
methodology
, 350–353
organizational approaches to radical change
, 342–346
post-2017 organizational solutions
, 351–353
radical transformation
, 342
transforming
, 349
Multinationals
, 78
investments
, 80–81
Music Publishers Association (MPA)
, 366
“Sand in the wheel” hypothesis
, 175
Securities Data Company (SDC)
, 318
Service (see also International services)
characteristics
, 300
management
, 300
sector
, 72
value chains
, 15
Services in Internal Market Directive
, 301
Shareholder capitalism
, 117
Siri (Apple’s assistant)
, 368
Small partners in global cities
, 324
Small transnational global elite
, 27
Small transnational middle class
, 27
Small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), 10, 14, 137, 287, 303 (see also Multinational enterprises (MNEs))
institutional challenges in Chinese context
, 288–290
Mixel Agitators
, 290–295
Société des Auteurs Compositeurs et Editeurs de Musique (SACEM)
, 366
Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA)
, 366
Special purpose entities (SPEs)
, 272
Stakeholder
capitalism
, 117
exposure
, 438–440
responses
, 222–225
State-influenced market economies (SMEs)
, 116, 119
State-owned enterprises (SOEs)
, 7–8, 108
country configurations
, 119–120
evidence in IB literature and future research
, 121–123
internationalization of hybrid SOEs
, 110–120
Strategic analysis
, 45
appreciation for Eleanor Westney
, 46–47
checklist to managerial/strategic value focus
, 49–55
institutions and international strategic analysis
, 47–49
multi-level strategic context
, 55–57
reflections
, 57–59
Strategic flexibility
, 257
Strategic reference point theory (SRP theory)
, 240, 242–244
Structural approach
, 97–98
Subsidiary-centric perspective
, 265
Subsidiary-level cash holdings
, 266–267
Supplier sustainability risk
, 438–440
Supranational institutions
, 197
Sustainable competitive advantage (SCA)
, 48
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
, 376
Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM)
, 436
“System of innovation” approach
, 157