Multinational Business Review: Volume 11 Issue 2

Effects of Exchange Rate Uncertainty on Mexican Foreign Trade

Brian T. Grube, Subarna K. Samanta

The behavior of current account balance and the value of the domestic currency has been a focal point of much policy discussion for a long time. Most of the OECD countries have…

How Effective Is Arbitrage of Foreign Stocks? The Case of the Malaysia Exchange‐Traded Fund

J. Christopher Hughen

Unlike closed‐end country funds that usually trade at large premiums to the values of their portfolios, exchange‐traded funds facilitate arbitrage to prevent their prices from…

Determinants of Corruption: A Cross‐National Analysis

Hoon Park

The background literature survey points to the fact that the degree of corruption is a function of multiple factors of a society. Thus, it is imperative to take a more…

Assessing the Effect of Investment Barriers on International Capital Flows Using an Expert‐Driven System

Aboubaker Seddik Meziani

The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is an expert‐driven system that has been applied to numerous fields but has yet to be applied to portfolio selection. This study shows how the…

Parent‐Affilate Agency Conflicts and Foreign Entry Mode Choice

H. Young Baek

We theoretically identify two levels of agency conflicts related to foreign direct investment (FDI): within a parent firm and between parent(s) and an affiliated firm. For a…

National Brand Identity & Its Effect On Corporate Brands: The National Brand Effect (NBE)

Stefan Paul Jaworski, Don Fosher

The power of culture, ethos, and just “being” within the living Brand of a nation is something each citizen on earth experiences every day. Yet, few stop to consider that, since…