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Heuristics and decision rationality in entry mode choice: Implications for decision effectiveness and international performance 进入模式选择的启发式与决策合理性：对决策有效性与国际绩效的启示

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2025-10-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2025.102521

Anisur R. Faroque , Arafat Rahman , Mohammad Osman Gani , Imranul Hoque

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Family management, external R&D collaboration, and the speed and scope of internationalization 家族式管理，对外研发协作，国际化的速度和范围

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2025-09-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2025.102522

Joan-Lluís Capelleras , Victor Martin-Sanchez , Chao Zhang

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The double bind: Human resource management under sanctions and skilled labor exodus 双重困境：制裁下的人力资源管理和熟练劳动力外流

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2025-09-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2025.102520

Marina Latukha , Desislava Dikova , Andrei Panibratov , Nikita Kuleshov

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International high-tech cross-border acquisitions and long-term employment growth in foreign target firms: Are EMNEs catching up by hiring in foreign technological clusters? 跨国高科技收购和外国目标公司的长期就业增长：EMNEs是否通过在外国技术集群中招聘来迎头赶上？

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2025-09-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2025.102507

Ludan Wu , Dylan Sutherland , John R. Anderson

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Navigating the uncertainty of foreign legal systems: An organizational life stage model 驾驭外国法律制度的不确定性：一个组织生命阶段模型

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2025-09-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2025.102508

Jifeng Yu , Dennis Duchon , Skylar Rolf

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Internationalization and Private Equity Partnerships: Legal Origin Heterogeneity and Fund Performance 国际化与私募股权合伙：法律渊源、异质性与基金绩效

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2025-09-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2025.102509

Geoffrey Wood , Giorgos Papagiannakis , Marilou Ioakimidis , Jens Martin

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Foreign ownership and R&D networks: Geographic and organizational proximity in R&D cooperation 外资所有权与研发网络：研发合作的地理和组织接近性

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2025-09-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2025.102506

Yingmin Wei , André Spithoven

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Navigating liabilities of foreignness in weak and challenging institutional environments: Strategies of established multinational enterprise subsidiaries in Cameroon 在薄弱和具有挑战性的制度环境中应对外国责任：在喀麦隆建立的跨国企业子公司的战略

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2025-08-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2025.102505

Young Hoon An

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International intensity, regional dispersion, and institutional distance: How a multinational configuration shapes capital structure 国际强度、区域分散与制度距离：跨国配置如何塑造资本结构

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2025-08-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2025.102504

Samia Belaounia, Ghassen Bouslama

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Effects of institutional (in)congruence between home and host countries on the ownership level of cross-border M&As 母国与东道国制度一致性对跨国并购所有权水平的影响

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2025-08-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2025.102502

Yafei Hu , Yuanxu Li

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