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Pursuing headquarters’ attention: Foreign subsidiaries’ strategic issue selling

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2025-01-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2025.102396

Renato Souza-Santos , Jorge Carneiro , Ulf Andersson

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Don’t stop believing: The manifestations of coopetition in export markets

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2025-01-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2025.102397

James M. Crick , David Crick

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Unveiling the power of supplier-country image on B2B customers' perceptions: Beyond the product’s beauty

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2025-01-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2025.102388

Cátia Fernandes Crespo , Nuno Fernandes Crespo , Susana C. Silva

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Towards a better understanding of the interrelationship between dynamic capabilities and international Entrepreneurship

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2025-01-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102387

Christos Pitelis, Catherine L. Wang, Mathew Hughes, Véronique Ambrosini

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Platform-based multinational corporations (PMNCs):A research agenda in the field of international business

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2025-01-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102386

Zhengyao Kang , Hongwei Kou , Di Zhou , Xinwei Shi , Ronaldo Parente , Ke Rong

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The influence of environmental management system on outward foreign direct investment: Evidence from ISO 14001 certification in China

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2025-01-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102381

Jiayan Yan , Zhangfan Cao , Steven Xianglong Chen , Ziliang Deng

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Entering dangerous territory: Why corporate investment is sometimes attracted to institutional voids

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2024-12-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102384

Vinit M. Desai

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Reconciling the tension between contextualization and generalization in qualitative international business research

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2024-12-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102383

Eric W.K. Tsang , Asli M. Colpan

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How institutional voids are experienced and enacted through social innovation initiatives by multinationals in emerging markets

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2024-12-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102382

Maximino Matus-Ruiz , Ayse Saka-Helmhout , Jorge Carillo

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How can global city attributes explain international strategic alliance formation?

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2024-11-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102380

Juliane Engsig , Bo B. Nielsen , Andry Ramaroson , Paul Chiambaretto

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