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Business environment and adoption of AI: Navigation for internationalization by new ventures in emerging markets 商业环境与人工智能的采用：新兴市场新企业国际化的导航

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Thunderbird International Business Review Pub Date : 2024-05-15 DOI: 10.1002/tie.22384

Moayad Moharrak, Nguyen Phong Nguyen, Emmanuel Mogaji

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Palgrave handbook of global migration in international business. By Audra Mockaitis (Ed.), London: Springer. 2023. ISBN: 978-3-031-38886-6 Palgrave Handbook of Global migration in international business.AudraMockaitis (Ed.) 著，伦敦：施普林格出版社。2023.ISBN: 978-3-031-38886-6

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Thunderbird International Business Review Pub Date : 2024-05-14 DOI: 10.1002/tie.22382

Stacey Fitzsimmons, Sepase Kingsley Ivande

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Digital economy development and export upgrading: Theoretical analysis based on Chinese experience 数字经济发展与出口升级：基于中国经验的理论分析

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Thunderbird International Business Review Pub Date : 2024-05-04 DOI: 10.1002/tie.22383

Hongying Sun, Yipei Luo, Zuyu Liang, Juan Liu, Miraj Ahmed Bhuiyan

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Financial literacy induced financial well-being in Ghana: Does financial inclusion mediate? 加纳的金融扫盲引发了金融福祉：金融包容性是否起中介作用？

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Thunderbird International Business Review Pub Date : 2024-04-23 DOI: 10.1002/tie.22381

Victoria Abena Nutassey, Siaw Frimpong, Samuel Kwaku Agyei, Doris Amoako

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Tax havens and transfer pricing strategies: Insights from emerging economies 避税地和转让定价策略：新兴经济体的启示

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Thunderbird International Business Review Pub Date : 2024-03-26 DOI: 10.1002/tie.22380

Peter Vaz da Fonseca, Michele Nascimento Jucá, João Paulo da Torre Vieito

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International business entry modes and consumer ethnocentrism: A multi country perspective 国际企业进入模式与消费者民族中心主义：多国视角

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Thunderbird International Business Review Pub Date : 2024-03-26 DOI: 10.1002/tie.22376

Tarun Kanti Bose, Tze Cheng Chew, Sonal Purohit, Roger Moser

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The influence of network transitions within the life cycle stages of born global companies 网络转型对新生全球化公司生命周期各阶段的影响

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Thunderbird International Business Review Pub Date : 2024-03-20 DOI: 10.1002/tie.22379

Angelica Patel da Rosa, Dinorá Eliete Floriani, Svante Andersson

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Populism pressure, public policies, and firm strategic choices: The case of Brazil 民粹主义压力、公共政策和企业战略选择：巴西案例

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Thunderbird International Business Review Pub Date : 2024-03-20 DOI: 10.1002/tie.22377

Cristiane Biazzin, Fernando Coelho Martins Ferreira, Paul C. Hong

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Navigating trust: The clash of clan culture and conventional management 信任导航：宗族文化与传统管理的冲突

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Thunderbird International Business Review Pub Date : 2024-03-14 DOI: 10.1002/tie.22375

Alfredo Behrens

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Towards understanding the failure of new public management in the MENA region: Are informal networks to blame? 了解中东和北非地区新公共管理的失败：非正式网络是否难辞其咎？

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Thunderbird International Business Review Pub Date : 2024-03-12 DOI: 10.1002/tie.22378

Fadi Alsarhan, Arwa Al-Twal

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