Index

The Multiple Dimensions of Institutional Complexity in International Business Research

ISBN: 978-1-80043-245-1, eISBN: 978-1-80043-244-4

ISSN: 1745-8862

Publication date: 4 March 2021

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(2021), "Index", Verbeke, A., van Tulder, R., Rose, E.L. and Wei, Y. (Ed.) The Multiple Dimensions of Institutional Complexity in International Business Research (Progress in International Business Research, Vol. 15), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 459-469. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1745-886220210000015025

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INDEX

Note: Page numbers followed by “n” indicate notes.

Academy of International Business (AIB)
, 26

Acquisitions
, 343

Administrative distance
, 320

Affiliation to domestic BG
, 139

Affiliation to international BG
, 139

Agribusiness
, 35

Airbnb
, 74

Akaike Information Criterion (AIC)
, 140

Alexa (Amazon digital assistant)
, 368

Alibaba
, 89

Amadeus database
, 265

American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
, 365

Apache SystemML
, 368

Artificial intelligence (AI)
, 14, 351, 364

patents
, 366–370

Assets under management (AUM)
, 35

Association of American Publishers (AAP)
, 365

Automotive supply network
, 452–453

Average marginal effect (AME)
, 143

Baby Boomers
, 419

Baidu
, 89

Banana republics
, 87

Basel Treaty (1992)
, 376

Baseline model
, 140

Bayesian information criterion (BIC)
, 318

“Beyond Petroleum” campaign
, 85

“Big, distant partners” alliances
, 16, 326

Big Three
, 438

Bilateral investment treaties (BITs), 197, 213n1

Blackboard Learn
, 369

BlackRock Inc.
, 35

Boxever
, 368

Brand loyalty
, 424

Brazil’s agribusiness sector
, 37

British Copyright Council (BCC)
, 365

British Empire
, 68

British Telecom
, 340

Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI)
, 365

Bureaucracy
, 112

Business

group affiliation
, 9

history research
, 81

Business Environment and Enterprise Surveys (BEEPS)
, 161

Business groups (BGs)
, 130–131

affiliation
, 134–135, 138

findings
, 139–144

impact of firm size on business group affiliation–exporting relationship
, 136–137

measures and variables
, 138–139

moderating impact of business group international orientation
, 135–136

sample and data
, 137–138

Business process reengineering (BPR)
, 347

Capabilities
, 46, 48

Capitalism
, 411

framework
, 115–119

Cash holdings
, 266

CEMEX case
, 52

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
, 87

Chaebol
, 131

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

Chinese market
, 288

Chinese MNEs
, 82

Citicorp study
, 65

Co-evolution
, 223

Cogito (technology improves emotional intelligence of customer service representatives)
, 368

Collaboration in service activities
, 304–305, 307

Collinearity
, 139

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

Coronavirus
, 64, 66

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

Corporations
, 177

Corruption
, 175–176

“Country-of-origin” principle
, 301

Country-specific advantage (CSA)
, 53, 265

COVID-19
, 4, 6, 64–66

Cox measures
, 140

Cultural constraints
, 14

Cultural distance
, 319–320

Cyclical globalization
, 65–67

Data collection strategy
, 247–248

De-globalization
, 82

Degree of internationalization
, 369

Demand side of corruption
, 174

Developmental change
, 223

Diffusion of CS practices
, 436

Digital platforms
, 5–6

and international management
, 72–73

Digital services
, 341

Direct network effects
, 73

Disrupting cycle
, 341–342

Distance measures
, 313

Distances
, 313

Diversification
, 74–75

Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)
, 30

Drivers
, 73

Dynamic capabilities theory
, 377, 381

Echo Boomers
, 418

Eco-efficiency
, 18

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

Ecosystems
, 344

Effects of EMS
, 400

Efficiency-seeking

MNE strategies
, 10–11

motive
, 177–178

Embeddedness
, 400

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

Ex-ante agreements
, 11

Export

performance
, 387

propensity
, 138–139

External knowledge
, 156

analysis and results
, 164

empirical analysis
, 161–163

methodology
, 164

theoretical background
, 157–160

Factor assessment model
, 320

Fazer Bakeries
, 229–232

Financial crisis
, 83

Firm-specific advantages (FSAs)
, 49, 265

Firm(s)
, 156, 159, 240

internationalization
, 133–134

size
, 136–137

“5G-Verticals Innovation Infrastructure” (“5G-VINNI”)
, 352

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
, 175, 177, 186

Foreign direct investment (FDI)
, 10, 26, 64, 80–81, 97, 111, 174, 194, 212, 312, 403

control variables
, 202

dependent variable
, 199–200

Foreign external knowledge
, 159–160

Foreign Investment Review Agency (1973)
, 26

Foreign investors
, 194–195

Foreign knowledge acquisitions
, 10

Foreign market corruption
, 176

Foreign multinationals
, 291

Formal institutions
, 222

Fraser Institute
, 265, 268

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

Geographic distance
, 320

German Association for Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright Law (GRUR)
, 365

Ghana–Switzerland BIT
, 197

Global cities
, 312–313

Global City Index
, 318–319, 335–336

Global elites
, 2, 34

Global factories
, 83

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 Reach
, 27

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

Google cloud
, 364

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

Guanxi
, 293

“Hard discounter” business model
, 226

Harvard Multinational Enterprise Project (Vernon)
, 78

Headquarters (HQ)
, 29

Heckscher–Ohlin trade theory
, 80

Heterogeneity
, 109

High income countries
, 208

History

contextual intelligence and
, 84–89

in IB studies
, 79

Home-country institutions
, 10

Hosmer–Lemeshow classification test
, 140, 142

Host country

economic freedom
, 267–269

institutional risk
, 244

Host country dispute settlements (HCDS)
, 194

effect
, 195

existence
, 200

results
, 203–210

Host governments
, 194

effect of host government interference on FDI decisions
, 198–199

interference in foreign firms’ operations
, 197–198

Host market-specific experience
, 249

Host-country institutions
, 10, 13

Human resources (HR)
, 226

Hybrid organizations
, 108

Hyper-globalization
, 69–70

Hysteresis hypothesis
, 199

IAS38 on intangible assets
, 264

IBM
, 88

Ideological

approach
, 98

populism
, 7–8

Income groups
, 207–210

Industry
, 49

Inequality
, 78, 85

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

Inspiration
, 39–40

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

Interactions
, 400

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 BGs
, 136

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

Introspection
, 39–40

Inventorship
, 366–367

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

Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA)
, 366

Japanese MNEs
, 82

Japanese organizational practices
, 39

Japanese Overseas Investment database
, 179–180

John Paul (machine learning technology)
, 368

Keiretsu
, 131

Knowledge Ecology International, Inc. (KEI)
, 366

Kyoto Protocol (1997)
, 376

L’Association Acadienne des Artistes Professionnels du Nouveau-Brunswick (AAAPNB)
, 366

Latent class analysis (LCA)
, 313, 318

Legacy removal
, 344, 346–347

Legitimacy
, 225

Liability
, 440

Liability of stateness perspective (LoS perspective)
, 109, 111–112

Liberal market economy (LME)
, 116–117

Lidl
, 221, 226–228

Likelihood ratio test
, 140

Liquid assets
, 266–267

Local knowledge acquisitions
, 10

Local legitimacy
, 225

Local network effects
, 5–6, 73

Local responsiveness (LR)
, 2–3, 30–31

Location choice
, 314

for production subsidiaries
, 174

Location strategy
, 174

London interbank offered rate (LIBOR)
, 279

Low-income countries
, 208

Lower-middle-income countries
, 208

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

Measurement
, 74–75

Micro-locations
, 312–313

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

Mistrust
, 295

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

Mutual dependence
, 68–69

Nagelkerke’s R2 measures
, 140

National champions
, 85

National Energy Program (1980)
, 26

National external knowledge
, 159–160

National firms, foreign operations of
, 72

National network effects
, 5–6, 73

Nationalism
, 4, 66

Natural environment
, 376

Neoliberal global order
, 37

Neomedievalists
, 63

Network(s)
, 130

centrality
, 443–445

characteristics
, 133–134

diversity
, 133

effects
, 72–75

linkages
, 132–133

relationships
, 132

resources
, 135

ties
, 136

New international economic order (NIEO)
, 25

New public management
, 400

data and method
, 403–406

propositions
, 402–403

results
, 406–410

New ventures (NVs)
, 130

export propensity
, 134–135, 138

internationalization and network linkages
, 132–133

network characteristics and firm internationalization
, 133–134

Nixon Shock
, 25, 33

Non-affiliation
, 139

Non-global partners
, 324–325

alliances
, 16

and experienced partners
, 326–327

Non-Western MNEs
, 88

North–South intergovernmental dialogue
, 25

Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)
, 351

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
, 351

NUTS classification scheme
, 405

One-sided network effects
, 72–73

OpenNN
, 368

Ordinary least squares regression (OLS regression)
, 250–251

Organization studies scholars
, 39

Organizational agility
, 343

Organizational approaches to radical change
, 342

acquisitions
, 343

agile organization
, 343

ambidextrous solution
, 342–343

ecosystems
, 344

legacy removal
, 344

radical change at Telenor
, 344–346

spinouts
, 343

Ownership
, 366–367

Ownership, location, internalization (OLI)
, 53

Paradigmatic transactional owners
, 113

Paris Agreement
, 376

Partner

location
, 328

partner-based modes
, 249–250

Passengers
, 73

Patentability guidelines
, 367–370

Patentable subject matter
, 367–370

Patents
, 366–370

Path dependency
, 79

Pecking-order theory
, 13, 265–266

Policies
, 301–302

Political, economic, societal, technological and legislative approach (PESTL approach)
, 342

Political constraints (POLCON)
, 202, 210

Political risk
, 99–100

Political uncertainty
, 96

Political-institutional

approach
, 98

populism
, 7–8

Politicization
, 28

Populism
, 7–8, 84, 96–99

effects
, 97

and IB
, 99–102

Principal–agent costs
, 114, 117

Principal–principal

agency problems
, 115

divergences
, 118

Privately owned enterprises (POEs)
, 117

Process innovations
, 156, 159–161

Product innovations
, 156, 159–161

Production and sales subsidiary in Beijing
, 291–292

Pseudo R2 measures
, 140

Quality management system (QMS)
, 404

Radical transformation
, 342

Re-entry mode(s)
, 241–247

trade-offs at different levels of experience
, 251–256

Regional network effects
, 73

Regions
, 369–370

Regulatory quality
, 203

Relational co-owners
, 113–115

Relational embeddedness
, 133–134

Relational MNEs
, 114

Relational ownership
, 108

Relevance, Appropriability, and Transferability (RAT)
, 3–4

Relevant, appropriable, transferable/complementary, appropriable, transferable framework (RAT/CAT framework)
, 47, 52–54

Reputation-enhancing mechanism
, 135

Research and development activities (R&D activities)
, 279, 382

Resource

dominance
, 440–442

resource-based theory
, 17, 377, 380–381

substitutability
, 19–20, 442–443

Resource dependence theory (RDT)
, 437

Retrospection
, 39–40

Return on investment (ROI)
, 387

Ride-hailing
, 73

Right-wing nationalist parties
, 64

Risk
, 241

management strategies
, 244–247

Robustness tests
, 210, 277–278

Rule of law
, 203

“Sand in the wheel” hypothesis
, 175

Sectors
, 368–369

Securities Data Company (SDC)
, 318

Self-regulation
, 177

Service (see also International services)

characteristics
, 300

management
, 300

sector
, 72

value chains
, 15

Services Directive
, 301

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

Snell’s R2 measures
, 140

Social concern
, 423–424

Société des Auteurs Compositeurs et Editeurs de Musique (SACEM)
, 366

Sociology
, 37

Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA)
, 366

Sophia (robot)
, 368

South Centre (SC)
, 365

Special purpose entities (SPEs)
, 272

Spill-over effect
, 324

Spinouts
, 343

Stagflation
, 25

Stakeholder

capitalism
, 117

exposure
, 438–440

responses
, 222–225

Standard
, 400

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

Structural populism
, 7–8

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

Technological change
, 66, 69

Technology

gaps
, 159

heterogeneity
, 159

savviness
, 423

Telefónica
, 340

Telenor
, 16, 340–341, 346

Eiendom
, 352

radical change at
, 344–346

Tencent
, 89

TensorFlow
, 364, 368

Tesla (car with high predictive capabilities)
, 368

Time of Troubles
, 24–34

“Too big to ban” approach
, 74

Toyota
, 438

Trade-off(s)

management
, 241–242

in managing re-entry risks
, 244

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
, 325

Transformational change
, 223

Transition

countries
, 156–157

economies
, 9–10

Translation approach
, 39

Translation ecology
, 39

Triple bottom line (TBL)
, 438

Turbulence
, 84

Two-sided network effects
, 72–73

Two-stage least squares regression model (2SLS regression model)
, 202, 205, 276–277

Union of European Practitioners in Industrial Property (UNION)
, 366

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
, 194

United States–Mexico–Canada (USMCA)
, 197

Upper middle income countries
, 208

Uppsala model
, 132

of internationalization process
, 30–31

US Department of Justice (DoJ)
, 186

Value
, 3, 46

creation
, 305, 307

Variance inflation factors (VIFs)
, 139, 162, 274

Varieties of capitalism (VoC)
, 110

Voluntary standards
, 400

Wait-and-See approach
, 11

Washington consensus
, 66

Western MNEs
, 87–88

Western SMEs
, 288

Wholly owned subsidiary (WOS)
, 100, 244

Working Group 2 (WG2)
, 353–354

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
, 17, 364

Brand Image Search
, 364

regulations
, 365

Translate
, 364

Worldwide governance indicators (WGI)
, 180

WTO
, 37

Prelims
Introductory Section
Chapter 1: Institutions 2.0: Which Institutions Matter in IB Research?
Part I: The Great New Challenges for IB Research – Essays in Honor of D. Eleanor Westney
Chapter 2: International Business and Multi-level Institutional Change: Looking Back and Facing Forward
Chapter 3: Global Strategic Analysis and Multi-level Institutional Change
Chapter 4: Is a Networked World Economy Sustainable?
Chapter 5: Network Effects and Multi-level Dynamics in the Internationalization of Digital Platforms: A Reflection
Chapter 6: Renewing the Relevance of IB: Can Some History Help?
Part II: Home Country Institutions and International Business
Chapter 7: Managing Around Populism
Chapter 8: Institutions, Corporate Governance, and Internationalization of State-owned Enterprises in a Varieties of Capitalism Framework
Chapter 9: Business Group Affiliation and Export Propensity in New Ventures
Chapter 10: Product and Process Innovations and the Institutional Context of Transition Economies: The Effects of External Knowledge
Part III: Host Country Institutions and International Business
Chapter 11: Corporate Anti-corruption Policy, Investment Motives, and Foreign Location Choice
Chapter 12: Host Government Intervention and FDI Inflow: An Empirical Investigation
Chapter 13: Stakeholder Responses and the Interplay Between MNE Post-entry Behavior and Host Country Informal Institutions
Chapter 14: Old Risks, New Reference Points? An Organizational Learning Perspective into the Foreign Market Exit and Re-entry Behavior of FIRMS
Chapter 15: Intangible Assets of MNE Foreign Subsidiaries: The Role of Internal Financial Resources and Host Country Institution
Chapter 16: How Do SMEs Face Institutional Challenges in China?
Part IV: Multi-Country and Below-country Level Institutions and International Business
Chapter 17: International Services: The Interface Between Service Characteristics, Policy, and Institutions
Chapter 18: Creating a Typology of International Alliances with City-level Distance Measures
Chapter 19: Successful and Unsuccessful Radical Transformation of Multinational Mobile Telephony Companies: The Role of Institutional Context
Chapter 20: A Note on Changing Regulation in International Business: The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Artificial Intelligence
Part V: Institutions and Sustainability Strategies
Chapter 21: Environmental Sustainability Strategy and International Performance: A Review of Literature and a Conceptual Model
Chapter 22: Embeddedness and Interactions in New Public Environmental Management Governance: International and Intertemporal Evidence on Voluntary Standards
Chapter 23: Environmental Concerns – Uniting Generations for a Global Cause in Turbulent Times
Chapter 24: The Diffusion of Corporate Sustainability in Global Supply Networks: An Empirical Examination of the Global Automotive Industry
Index