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Unveiling the power of supplier-country image on B2B customers' perceptions: Beyond the product’s beauty 揭示供应商国家形象对B2B客户认知的影响：超越产品的美感

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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 更好地理解动态能力和国际创业精神之间的相互关系

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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 基于平台的跨国公司：国际商务领域的一个研究课题

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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 环境管理体系对对外直接投资的影响：来自中国iso14001认证的证据

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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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Compared to whom? Performance feedback and foreign divestment of MNEs 和谁相比？业绩反馈与跨国公司的外资撤资

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2024-12-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102385

Dam Yoo, Jon J. Moon

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Entering dangerous territory: Why corporate investment is sometimes attracted to institutional voids 进入危险领域：为什么企业投资有时会被制度空白所吸引

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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 调和国际商务定性研究中情境化与泛化之间的紧张关系

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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 跨国公司在新兴市场如何通过社会创新举措体验和实施制度空白

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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? 全球城市属性如何解释国际战略联盟的形成？

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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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Modeling serendipity in opportunity search by born-global firms: Performance implications from a computer simulation of evolutionary drift using NKC methodology 全球性公司在机会搜索中的偶然性建模：使用NKC方法的计算机模拟进化漂移的绩效影响

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International Business Review Pub Date : 2024-11-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102361

Sokol Celo , Mark Lehrer , Dmitry Zinoviev

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