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International Business in Times of Crisis: Tribute Volume to Geoffrey Jones 危机时期的国际商业:向杰弗里·琼斯致敬

Progress in International Business Research Pub Date : 2022-03-14 DOI: 10.1108/s1745-8862202216

引用次数: 1

Macroenvironmental Dynamism and Firm Risk Management – An Exploratory Investigation 宏观环境动态性与企业风险管理——探索性研究

Progress in International Business Research Pub Date : 2019-10-21 DOI: 10.1108/s1745-886220190000014011

Florian Klein, Jonas Puck, M. Weiss

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引用次数: 3

The Internationalization of Early Stage Social Enterprises 早期社会企业的国际化

Progress in International Business Research Pub Date : 2019-10-21 DOI: 10.1108/s1745-886220190000014019

T. Ritvala, Rilana Riikkinen

引用次数: 0

Born Globals or Born Regionals? A Study of 32 Early Internationalizing SMEs 为全球而生还是为地区而生?32家早期国际化中小企业研究

Progress in International Business Research Pub Date : 2019-10-21 DOI: 10.1108/s1745-886220190000014016

S. Hånell, Emilia Rovira Nordman, Daniel Tolstoy

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引用次数: 2

When Does Adaptation to Foreign Markets Matter? An Institutional Approach to the Internationalization of Post-Transition Economy Firms 什么时候适应国外市场很重要?转轨后经济企业国际化的制度研究

Progress in International Business Research Pub Date : 2019-10-21 DOI: 10.1108/s1745-886220190000014024

Mariola Ciszewska-Mlinarič, Piotr Trąpczyński

引用次数: 2

Production Switching and Vulnerability to Protectionism 生产转换与保护主义脆弱性

Progress in International Business Research Pub Date : 2019-10-21 DOI: 10.1108/s1745-886220190000014006

A. V. Assche, Byron Gangnes

引用次数: 2

Managing Ambidexterity Using Networking Perspective – Added Value or Necessity? Empirical Evidence from Poland 利用网络视角管理两面性——附加值还是必要性?来自波兰的经验证据

Progress in International Business Research Pub Date : 2019-10-21 DOI: 10.1108/s1745-886220190000014021

Joanna Radomska, Przemysław Wołczek, S. Silva

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引用次数: 1

The Role of International Business Theory in an Uncertain World 国际商务理论在不确定世界中的作用

Progress in International Business Research Pub Date : 2019-10-21 DOI: 10.1108/s1745-886220190000014002

P. Buckley

引用次数: 9

Exploring the Context-Specific Talent Management Practices and Their Link to FIRMS’ Absorptive Capacity in Emerging Markets: Brazil vs Russia 探索新兴市场中特定环境的人才管理实践及其与公司吸收能力的联系:巴西与俄罗斯

Progress in International Business Research Pub Date : 2019-10-21 DOI: 10.1108/s1745-886220190000014022

Latukha Marina, Selivanovskikh Louisa, Maclennan Maria Laura

引用次数: 1

The Firms of Our Times: Risk and Uncertainty 我们时代的公司:风险与不确定性

Progress in International Business Research Pub Date : 2019-10-21 DOI: 10.1108/s1745-886220190000014004

P. Welch

引用次数: 3