Multinational Business Review: Volume 28 Issue 3

Does context really matter? The influence of deficient legal services on the intensity of political ties in the regulatory and legal arenas

George O. White III, Thomas A. Hemphill, Tazeeb Rajwani, Jean J. Boddewyn

The purpose of this study is to apply the institution-based view and resource dependence theory in arguing that perceived deficiencies in a legal service sector where a foreign…

Dynamic capabilities during the internationalization of MNCs from post-socialist emerging markets

Andrei Panibratov, Daria Klishevich

This study aims to examine, which dynamic capabilities (DC) are used by companies from post-socialist emerging markets (PSEM) during their internationalization.

International high-tech SMEs innovative foreign knowledge inflows: effects of host country weak network ties and absorptive capacity

David Freund, Robert Lee, Heinz Tüselmann, Qi Cao

The main purpose of this study is to explain the combined effects of host country weak network ties and absorptive capacity on the innovative foreign knowledge inflows of…

Cross-border mergers and acquisitions: links between acquiring firm capabilities and resources and target country location

Ronaldo Parente, Keith James Kelley, Yannick Thams, Marcelo J. Alvarado-Vargas

Drawing upon the eclectic paradigm and the regulative dimension of institutional distance theory, it is posited that to understand a firms’ cross-border merger and acquisition…

Foreign venture capital firms and internationalization of ventures

Heejin Woo

The purpose of this study is to examine how foreign venture capital firms affect the internationalization of investee ventures and their performance. The author argues that, as…

“Of course, cooperation first”: the effect of subsidiary capability and perception gaps for subsidiary development

Lu-Jui Chen, Hung-Tai Tsou

This study aims to discuss not only the relationship between performance and cooperation but also discusses whether a subsidiary should prioritize performance above cooperation or…