Multinational Business Review
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Knowledge exploration in cross-border acquisitions: how does absorptive capacity matter?
Stephanie Moura, Christian Daniel Falaster, Thomas C. LawtonThis study aims to explore how the absorptive capacity of emerging market multinationals (EMNEs) facilitates increased acquirer performance in industry exploration and technology…
Developing non-traditional firm-specific advantages in domestic strategic factor markets: evidence from China
Feng Wan, Peter Williamson, Naresh PanditChinese firms are winning market share from foreign multinational enterprises in domestic markets. The international business literature suggests that this is happening because…
Propagating a permanent war economy? U.S. FDI in warring host countries
Li Dai, Yongsun PaikConventional wisdom suggests that war in the host country makes it unattractive for foreign firms to invest. To see if this is true for US firms on the aggregate, this paper aims…
State ownership, managerial myopia and corporate green transition: evidence from listed companies in China
Qi-an Chen, Anze BaoGreen transition is a long-term direction of corporate development that can achieve sustainable corporate development. This study aims to investigate whether state ownership…
Multinationals’ value chain configuration for product diversification in emerging markets: Western firms in China
Sarah Franz, Axele Giroud, Inge IvarssonThis study aims to analyse how multinational corporations (MNCs) organise value chain activities to penetrate new market segments. It contributes by expanding traditional…
The ambiguity and limitations of measuring firm-level multinationality: a theoretical and empirical exploration
Patrik VaněkThis paper aims to explore the ambiguity and limitations of measuring firm-level multinationality (FLM) using theoretical and empirical comparisons of existing methods. The paper…
Does state ownership mitigate political risk in foreign direct investments? Evidence from subsidiary-level data for Norwegian MNEs
Asmund Rygh, Carl Henrik KnutsenRecent international business research finds that state-owned multinational enterprises (SOMNEs) invest relatively more in politically risky host countries than do privately-owned…
Stabilizing or destabilizing: the effect of institutional investors on stock return volatility in an emerging market
Shallu Batra, Mahender Yadav, Ishu Jindal, Mohit Saini, Pankaj KumarThis study aims to examine the impact of institutional investors and their classes on the stock return volatility of an emerging market. The paper also determines the moderating…
The role of headquarters in managing coopetition within MNCs: a tale of two paradoxes
Roger Schweizer, Katarina Lagerström, Emilene Leite, Cecilia PahlbergThe purpose of this paper is to contribute to the discussion on how multinational company (MNC) headquarters (HQs) can manage the existing coopetition paradox to ensure innovation…
Connecting managers’ international work experience, advice networks, and subsidiary-unit performance: a social capital perspective
Taehyung Kim, Chul Chung, Chris Brewster, Sang-Hyeak YoonThis study aims to examine whether and why subsidiary-unit managers’ prior international work experiences across multinational enterprises’ (MNEs) home and host countries impact…
Is there a relationship between environmental performance and outward FDI? A study of Chinese MNEs
Jintao Zhang, Stephen Chen, Hao TanThis paper aims to examine the question, “How do firm-level, home-country and host-country environmental performance (EP) affect the outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) of…
Predictive value of supply chain sustainability initiatives for ESG performance: a study of large multinationals
Arindam DasAlthough the integration of sustainability into business strategies and operations has received considerable scholarly attention, little is known about how sustainability…
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hybridEditors:
- Irina Surdu-Nardella
- Tazeeb Rajwani