Multinational Business Review: Volume 22 Issue 4

Policy effectiveness and “misalignment” with firms’ strategies: A study of pro-internationalization incentives

Miguel M. Torres, L. Jeremy Clegg

This paper aims to seek to demonstrate that a non-scientific approach to policy design causes policymakers to persist in the development and use of conventional and inefficient…

Asset protection in multinational enterprises – where to now?: Implications for asset protection planning in multinational enterprises from the OECD’s work on BEPS

Freya Smith

This paper aims to shed light on the potential implications for asset protection planning in multinational enterprises (MNEs) from the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and…

International evidence on R&D services outsourcing practices by technological firms

Andrea Martínez-Noya, Esteban García-Canal

This paper aims to, through the disintegration of the innovation process in this paper, attempt to shed light on what are some of the distinctive features of this phenomenon, such…

Asset recombination in international partnerships as a source of improved innovation capabilities in China

Simon C. Collinson, Rajneesh Narula

This paper aims to examine how multinational enterprises (MNEs) and local partners, including suppliers, customers and competitors in China, improve their innovation capabilities…

Behavioral patterns in born-again global firms: Towards a conceptual framework of the internationalization activities of mature SMEs

Patrick Schueffel, Rico Baldegger, Wolfgang Amann

The purpose of this paper is to identify factors that influence so-called born-again global firms’ internationalization behavior. Specifically, this article explores the following…

Arab and Middle Eastern business research: a review of the empirical literature (1990-2013)

Morris Kalliny, Mamoun Benmamoun

The purpose of the current study is to examine the empirical research conducted on the Arab region as reported in the top 46 business journals over the past 23 years (1990-2013)…

Letter from the interim editor

Rajneesh Narula