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Technological content and institutional quality of FDI: Investigating the effects on the environment in Brazil 外国直接投资的技术含量和制度质量：调查对巴西环境的影响

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2025-07-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2025.102500

Eduardo Polloni-Silva , Rosina Moreno , Herick Fernando Moralles

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Configurations of weight, voice and distance and headquarters positive attention: Weight matters most 权重、声音和距离的配置以及总部的积极关注：权重最重要

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2025-07-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2025.102485

Rian Drogendijk , Hammad ul Haq , Desirée Blankenburg Holm

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Unveiling the influence of host-country religiosity on the completion of cross-border merger and acquisition deals 揭示东道国宗教信仰对跨国并购交易完成的影响

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2025-07-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2025.102483

Zhigang Zuo , Wenquan Zheng , Chengqi Wang , Jiaoyue Su , Malay N. Desai

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Digital standardization vs. adaptation: Mitigating the liability of outsidership – A literature review 数字标准化与适应：减轻外部责任-文献综述

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2025-07-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2025.102487

Keith D. Brouthers , Christine Ascencio , Mamoun Benmamoun , Hadi Alhorr

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International relations and foreign divestment of multinational enterprises 跨国企业的国际关系与对外撤资

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2025-07-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2025.102484

Sihong Wu , Di Fan , Yiyi Su

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The role of SME owner-managers’ leadership self-efficacy, cultural intelligence and emotional intelligence in foreign market entry mode 中小企业经营者领导自我效能感、文化智力和情绪智力在国外市场进入模式中的作用

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2025-07-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2025.102482

Avaz Mammadov , Andreas Wald

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Cultural dimensions and corporate controversies: The moderating role of corporate governance 文化维度与公司争议：公司治理的调节作用

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2025-07-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2025.102486

Ranjan DasGupta , Soumya Guha Deb

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Women’s representation on boards, diversity practices, and internationalization: Evidence from greenfield investment 董事会女性代表、多元化实践和国际化：来自绿地投资的证据

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2025-06-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2025.102481

Yeongsu Anthony Kim , María del Carmen Triana

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Venture firms’ internationalization: The case of emerging challengers 风险投资公司的国际化：新兴挑战者的案例

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2025-06-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2025.102480

Taewoo Roh , Shufeng Xiao , Pervez N. Ghauri , Byung Il Park , Soo Jung Oh

{"title":"Venture firms’ internationalization: The case of emerging challengers","authors":"Taewoo Roh , Shufeng Xiao , Pervez N. Ghauri , Byung Il Park , Soo Jung Oh","doi":"10.1016/j.ibusrev.2025.102480","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ibusrev.2025.102480","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The contributions of market-seeking and strategic resource-seeking motives to firms’ internationalization have been widely recognized. However, previous studies have paid scant attention to how firms’ strategic behavior regarding capacity-based searches can differ in certain contexts. Thus, little is known about the effect of the relationship between ownership and capacity-based searches on venture firms’ internationalization. Drawing on the behavioral theory of the firm, we identify the relationship between innovation performance feedback and the internationalization of specific venture firm types (i.e., emerging challengers) that are motivated to adopt both slack search and problemistic search. We then further explore the moderating effect of two ownership types (i.e., internal principal and international outsidership) on this relationship. Using a sample of 300 venture firms, our results show that innovation performance feedback is vital in encouraging firms’ internationalization. This relationship is further strengthened by firms’ internal and external ownership competence. The results are verified using a qualitative method, providing triangulation of findings.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51352,"journal":{"name":"International Business Review","volume":"34 5","pages":"Article 102480"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144694441","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 myths of successful expatriation: Does higher emotional intelligence lead to better cultural intelligence? 成功移居海外的神话：高情商会带来更好的文化智商吗？

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2025-06-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2025.102464

Yuran Li , Ying Zhang , Shanshi Liu

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