Multinational Business Review: Volume 27 Issue 4

Intellectual structure of international new venture research: A bibliometric analysis and suggestions for a future research agenda

Félix Rodríguez-Ruiz, Paloma Almodóvar, Quyen T.K. Nguyen

This paper aims to identify the most influential papers/authors, publication outlets and theoretical and empirical research topics of the international new venture (INV…

Internationalization of e-commerce corporations (ECCs): Advanced vs emerging markets ECCs

Mamoun Benmamoun, Nitish Singh, Kevin Lehnert, Sang Bong Lee

The growth of global e-commerce presents significant opportunities for global expansion. Yet it has not leveled the playing field between emerging markets e-commerce corporations…

Impacts of dynamic managerial capability and international opportunity identification on firm performance

Md Imtiaz Mostafiz, Murali Sambasivan, See Kwong Goh

This paper aims to investigate the antecedents and outcomes of international opportunity identification (IOI) in export-manufacturing firms. The fundamental question addressed in…

The impact of home-country conditions and geographical diversification on the domestic productivity of telecom multinationals: A multi-country study

Pavlos Symeou, Hemant Merchant

Previous work in international business largely disregards the interplay between home-country conditions and firms’ geographical diversification – implying that, regardless of…

The multiplicity of international corporate social responsibility standards: Implications for global value chain governance

Luc Fransen, Ans Kolk, Miguel Rivera-Santos

This paper aims to examine the multiplicity of corporate social responsibility (CSR) standards, explaining its nature, dynamics and implications for multinational enterprises…

Resilience and risks of cross-border mergers and acquisitions

Ching-Chiu Hsu, Jeong-Yang Park, Yong Kyu Lew

In cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As), acquirers often fail to achieve the expectations they held when they made the M&A deals. This paper aims to propose that the risks…