Multinational Business Review: Volume 24 Issue 2

Normative and systems integration in human resource management in Japanese multinational companies

Masayuki Furusawa, Chris Brewster, Toshinori Takashina

This paper aims to conceptualise a framework of “transnational human resource management” (HRM) and to demonstrate the validity of the model.

Emergence of cultural intelligence and global mindset capital: a multilevel model

Jase R. Ramsey, Amine Abi Aad, Chuandi Jiang, Livia Barakat, Virginia Drummond

The purpose of this paper is to establish under which conditions researchers should use the constructs cultural intelligence (CQ) and global mindset (GM). The authors further seek…

The study of export intermediary performance determinants

Pornlapas Suwannarat

This paper aims to study the direct and indirect influence of three important intangible resources: export knowledge, negotiation skills and specialisation and trustworthiness on…

Location of a multinational corporation in a cluster: A theoretical model of knowledge transfer

Dorota Leszczyńska, Erick Pruchnicki

A multinational company (MNC) looking to locate within a cluster is mainly interested in gaining access to scarce and highly valuable tacit knowledge. The transfer of such…

The impact of “distance” on multinational enterprise subsidiary capabilities: A value chain perspective

Alain Verbeke, Wenlong Yuan

The aim of this paper is to investigate how multinational enterprise (MNE) subsidiary capabilities are influenced by the firm-specific advantages (FSAs) of the parent company, as…