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Prosocial motivation and lending to the poor: evidence from an international crowdfunding platform 亲社会动机与向穷人贷款：来自国际众筹平台的证据

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Journal of International Business Studies Pub Date : 2024-11-22 DOI: 10.1057/s41267-024-00751-1

Luqun Xie, Yi Ding, Jiatao Li, Haifeng Xu

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Dynamic capabilities framework and its transformative contributions 动态能力框架及其变革性贡献

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Journal of International Business Studies Pub Date : 2024-11-22 DOI: 10.1057/s41267-024-00758-8

S. Tamer Cavusgil, Seyda Z. Deligonul

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Beyond global mobility: how human capital shapes the MNE in the 21st century 超越全球流动：人力资本如何塑造 21 世纪的多国企业

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Journal of International Business Studies Pub Date : 2024-11-18 DOI: 10.1057/s41267-024-00755-x

Dana Minbaeva, Rajneesh Narula, Anupama Phene, Stacey Fitzsimmons

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How does colonial history matter for expatriate adjustment? The case of Brazilians in Portugal 殖民历史如何影响侨民的适应？葡萄牙的巴西人

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Journal of International Business Studies Pub Date : 2024-11-18 DOI: 10.1057/s41267-024-00754-y

Roberta Aguzzoli, Martyna Śliwa, Jorge Lengler, Chris Brewster, Denise Rossato Quatrin

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User language and cultural product innovation: insights from the global mobile gaming industry 用户语言与文化产品创新：全球移动游戏产业的启示

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Journal of International Business Studies Pub Date : 2024-10-29 DOI: 10.1057/s41267-024-00752-0

Pengxiang Zhang, Jingtao Yi, Chao Niu, Eric Yanfei Zhao, Sali Li

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The boundaries of the law: can US private enforcement discipline foreign firms? 法律的边界：美国私人执法部门能否约束外国公司？

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Journal of International Business Studies Pub Date : 2024-10-25 DOI: 10.1057/s41267-024-00746-y

Massimo Massa, Xiaoqiao Wang, Bohui Zhang, Hong Zhang

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International business research that moves Africa 移动非洲的国际商业研究

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Journal of International Business Studies Pub Date : 2024-10-24 DOI: 10.1057/s41267-024-00749-9

Baniyelme D. Zoogah

{"title":"International business research that moves Africa","authors":"Baniyelme D. Zoogah","doi":"10.1057/s41267-024-00749-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-024-00749-9","url":null,"abstract":"The Nachum et al. (J Int Bus Stud 54(5):938–955, 2023) Point article and the Kamoche and Wood (J Int Bus Stud 54(5):956–967, 2023) Counterpoint article each use interesting theory to argue that people-centric mechanisms and indigenous theories of Africa, respectively, offer opportunities for international business (IB) research. Although interesting theory is centered on academic impact, there are other impacts—societal, practical, policy, and educational—that matter to IB scholars of Africa. Focusing on those impacts, and using moving theory, I integrate positivity, history, and impact “turns” into a functional framework that shows how IB scholars interested in Africa can conduct research that addresses the immediate pressing requirements of being—inclusive development, capabilities, and maintenance—that matter to African societies, organizations, and individuals. The expansive framework draws in scholars of the cognate fields of IB to conduct research that prompts change and recognition, is restorative and reformative, and realigns and remodels the practices, knowledge systems, and behaviors of individuals, organizations, and societies. These functions are essential for creating impacts that appeal to leaders, practitioners, policymakers, and educators. As such, the framework aligns with the strategic aim of JIBS to foster research that helps build a better world.","PeriodicalId":48453,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Business Studies","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142490850","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The interrelationships between corporate political activity and corporate environmental performance: the role of language diversity 企业政治活动与企业环境绩效之间的相互关系：语言多样性的作用

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Journal of International Business Studies Pub Date : 2024-10-15 DOI: 10.1057/s41267-024-00728-0

Amir Shoham, Jedrzej George Frynas, Ahmad Arslan, Ofra Bazel-Shoham, Sang Mook Lee, Zaheer Khan, Shlomo Tarba

{"title":"The interrelationships between corporate political activity and corporate environmental performance: the role of language diversity","authors":"Amir Shoham, Jedrzej George Frynas, Ahmad Arslan, Ofra Bazel-Shoham, Sang Mook Lee, Zaheer Khan, Shlomo Tarba","doi":"10.1057/s41267-024-00728-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-024-00728-0","url":null,"abstract":"Language affects almost every aspect of management in multinational enterprises (MNEs) but little is known about the impact of language on environmental performance. Our study investigates how language diversity affects the environmental performance of MNEs worldwide. We show that the grammatical structure of a language – specifically the first pronoun drop – is an important factor explaining the environmental performance of firms. Our analysis of 4454 company-year observations suggests that MNEs operating in societies that permit the first pronoun drop tend to have better environmental performance. Furthermore, we explore the impact of linguistic structure on the relationship between environmental performance and corporate political activity (CPA). We find that using the first pronoun drop of the local language moderates the influence of CPA on firms’ environmental performance. Our study concludes that international managers must pay greater attention to the neglected role of language in implementing environmental initiatives.","PeriodicalId":48453,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Business Studies","volume":"93 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142440370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Exit, pursued by a bear! Global shocks and MNE responses 被熊追赶的出口！全球冲击与跨国企业的应对措施

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Journal of International Business Studies Pub Date : 2024-10-15 DOI: 10.1057/s41267-024-00741-3

Lorraine Eden

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Restrictive immigration policies and MNE innovation 限制性移民政策与跨国企业创新

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Journal of International Business Studies Pub Date : 2024-10-09 DOI: 10.1057/s41267-024-00737-z

Deepak Nayak, Solon Moreira, Ram Mudambi

{"title":"Restrictive immigration policies and MNE innovation","authors":"Deepak Nayak, Solon Moreira, Ram Mudambi","doi":"10.1057/s41267-024-00737-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-024-00737-z","url":null,"abstract":"High-skill migrant workers significantly contribute to advanced economies by directly generating knowledge-intensive assets and serving as bridges to knowledge in their origin countries. However, rising populist sentiment has led to increased immigration restrictions in wealthy economies like the U.S. and the Europe Union. This study examines the impact of the 2004 H-1B visa cap reduction on U.S.-based multinational enterprises (MNEs). We use a sample of 371,856 patents assigned to 707 U.S.-based MNEs. We find that post-shock, MNEs increased the geographic dispersion of their global R&D workforce, rather than replacing foreigners with local American workers. Despite this, the firms experienced a decline in innovation performance, likely due to elevated coordination challenges. Interestingly, sectors relying more on codified knowledge demonstrated increased R&D team dispersion with less impact on innovation. This suggests that the geographic proximity of innovation teams is crucial for tacit knowledge-intensive sectors. These findings highlight the complex consequences of immigration restrictions and suggest boundary conditions on the effectiveness of work-from-anywhere models in knowledge-intensive industries.","PeriodicalId":48453,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Business Studies","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142397778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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