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Resilience or decline of informal networks? Examining the role of trust context in network societies 非正式网络的恢复力还是衰退？考察信任环境在网络社会中的作用

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2024-05-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102301

Sven Horak , Andreas Klein , David Ahlstrom , Xiaomei Li

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Knowledge transfer and protection in international joint ventures: An integrative review 国际合资企业中的知识转让与保护：综合评述

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2024-05-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102300

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Post-entry internationalization of born globals: The role of dynamic capabilities in accelerating growth 天生全球企业进入国际市场后的国际化：动态能力在加速增长中的作用

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2024-05-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102299

Hongyi Yang, M. Cristina Stoian

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The impact of formal and informal institutional distances on the strategic asset seeking motives of Chinese multinational enterprises: An analysis of patent and trademark acquisitions 正式和非正式制度距离对中国跨国企业战略资产寻求动机的影响：专利和商标收购分析

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2024-04-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102297

Hongshu Wang , Xinwei Shi , Wenwei Chen , Zeyu Chen , Zhijie Wang

{"title":"The impact of formal and informal institutional distances on the strategic asset seeking motives of Chinese multinational enterprises: An analysis of patent and trademark acquisitions","authors":"Hongshu Wang , Xinwei Shi , Wenwei Chen , Zeyu Chen , Zhijie Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102297","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102297","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study was to examine the influence of specific contributory variables within formal versus informal institutional distances on the sub-motives of emerging-market multinational enterprises’ (EMNEs) strategic-asset seeking (SAS), in order to gain insights into the behaviours and motivations of increasing outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) from emerging economies like China. From a multinomial logistic regression analysis of both firm and macro-level data, it was found that private business groups (PBGs) were more likely to target and acquire firms with patents and trademarks. The findings also suggest that the informal cultural distance was significantly associated solely with the EMNEs’ motive for seeking companies with trademarks but no patents. The association between formal institutional distance with EMNEs’ SAS behaviours was not significant. The findings also revealed that certain sub-dimensions of formal and informal cross-national distance had significant effects on overseas specific SAS behaviours. These findings inform further exploration of determinants of EMNEs’ SAS behaviours and provide a more comprehensive understanding of EMNEs’ internationalization trends. This research contributes to the current literature on EMNEs and provides practical and managerial implications for EMNE decision-makers while investing abroad.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51352,"journal":{"name":"International Business Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.7,"publicationDate":"2024-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140777850","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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Internationalization through social networks: A systematic review and future research agenda 通过社交网络实现国际化：系统回顾与未来研究议程

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2024-04-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102292

Xiaomin Han , François Goxe , Susan Freeman

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Chief executive officer’s dark triad personality and firm's degree of internationalization: The mediating role of ambidexterity 首席执行官的黑暗三合会人格与公司的国际化程度：灵活性的中介作用

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2024-04-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102296

Javad E. Nooshabadi , Audra I. Mockaitis , Richa Chugh

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Nearby or faraway? Determinants of target selection in family firm acquisitions 近在咫尺还是远在天边？家族企业收购中目标选择的决定因素

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2024-04-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102295

Andrea Calabrò , Ignacio Requejo , Fernando Reyes-Reina , Maria J. Sanchez-Bueno , Isabel Suárez-González

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Constructing organizational culture in an international subsidiary: Elekta healthcare services in Greece 构建国际子公司的组织文化：希腊 Elekta 医疗保健服务

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2024-04-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102293

Maria Fregidou-Malama, Akmal S. Hyder

{"title":"Constructing organizational culture in an international subsidiary: Elekta healthcare services in Greece","authors":"Maria Fregidou-Malama, Akmal S. Hyder","doi":"10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102293","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102293","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><p>This study analyzes the development of organizational culture in an international subsidiary in healthcare through the interaction of the parent company and local culture.</p></div><div><h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3><p>We conducted a single case study on Elekta Greece, a subsidiary of the multinational company Elekta based in Sweden via interviews.</p></div><div><h3>Findings</h3><p>The company creates a unique organizational culture, called the <em>Philotask</em> culture, that takes into consideration the cultural contexts of Sweden and Greece, the value of philotimo, situation in the market, and the type of company and services.</p></div><div><h3>Research implications/limitations</h3><p>The model consists of a context-grounded framework focusing on healthcare. Research in other countries and industries can help to generalize this model.</p></div><div><h3>Practical implications</h3><p>The findings indicate that to develop organizational culture, managers need to consider the local cultural context.</p></div><div><h3>Originality/value</h3><p>This research contributes to organizational culture theory, reporting on the Philotask model that emerged.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51352,"journal":{"name":"International Business Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.7,"publicationDate":"2024-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969593124000404/pdfft?md5=5dec9c60e2a79dc2f5a1b49b4f4571c7&pid=1-s2.0-S0969593124000404-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140769557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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International experience of a manager; toward a new conceptualization 一个管理者的国际经验；走向新概念化

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2024-04-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102290

Alireza Safargholi

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Country portfolio diversity and firms’ portfolio adjustment decisions: A behavioral perspective 国家投资组合多样性与企业的投资组合调整决策：行为学视角

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2024-03-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102280

Guus Hendriks , Arjen H.L. Slangen , Pursey P.M.A.R. Heugens

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