Multinational Business Review: Volume 29 Issue 2

(Re)discovering social identity theory: an agenda for multinational enterprise internalization theory

Matevz Raskovic, Katalin Takacs-Haynes

Firm internalization is a central concept within the business strategy literature, as part of the broader social sciences. The purpose of this paper is to show how and where MNE…

Manufacturing location decisions and organizational agility

Gregory Theyel, Kay H. Hofmann

This paper aims to investigate the strategic consequences of manufacturing location decisions, with a focus on understanding the link between collocating manufacturing with other…

Fair trade coffee and inclusive globalization: a metamorphosis of institutional entrepreneurship

Rong Zhu, Sunny Li Sun, Ying Huang

Initiated by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) over half a century ago, fair trade has successfully evolved from a regional business discourse to a global social movement…

Family firms’ selective learning-by-exporting: product vs process innovation and the role of technological capabilities

Joan Freixanet, Joaquin Monreal, Gregorio Sánchez-Marín

The purpose of this study is to examine how family governance and technological capabilities influence the conversion of new knowledge obtained from exports into various…

Social norms, organizational learning and bribes in emerging economies: a study of foreign invested firms in Vietnam

Binh T.T. Vuong, Thang V. Nguyen, Ngoc T. Phan

Drawing from institutional theory and organizational learning perspectives, the purpose of this paper is to examine how social norms of corruption in home countries and those in…

Understanding resource commitment to R&D in multinational enterprises: a novel conceptual framework

Niels le Duc

This paper aims to introduce and advocate the concept of resource commitment to better understand multinational enterprise (MNE) research and development (R&D) behavior.

Multinationality of UK firms – a longitudinal study based on sales and subsidiaries data

Pearlean Chadha, Jenny Berrill

This paper aims to contribute to the regionalisation–globalisation debate in international business (IB) by providing a longitudinal analysis of firm-level multinationality. The…