Multinational Business Review: Volume 19 Issue 2

The social responsibility of international business scholars

Mike W. Peng, Sunny Li Sun, Dane P. Blevins

The paper aims to argue that the social responsibility of international business (IB) scholars is to seek truth, disseminate learning, and make a difference on issues crucial to…

FDI, economic decline and recovery: lessons from the Asian financial crisis

Hwy‐Chang Moon, Joseph L.C. Cheng, Min‐Young Kim, Jin‐Uk Kim

While many studies have investigated the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on a host country's economic development, little research has been done on the role of FDI as…

China's exports in a world of increasing oil prices

Byron S. Gangnes, Alyson C. Ma, Ari Van Assche

This paper aims to examine the impact of oil prices on trade's sensitivity to distance. Furthermore, it seeks to investigate if the nature of trade and the type of goods have a…

Gravity, the English language and international business

Walid Hejazi, Juan Ma

The purpose of this paper is to test the merits of the view that the English language has emerged as the dominant language in international business. If there is merit to this…

The role of firm‐specific advantages in UK export initiation

Elena Beleska‐Spasova, Keith W. Glaister

The aim of this study is to identify potentially significant differences in perception of export motives based on the variations in the firm‐specific advantages (FSAs) and the…

China, FDI, gravity, and trade

Alan Rugman