{"title":"Institutional fragility and internationalization of Indian firms: Moderating effects of inward FDI and linkages","authors":"Vikrant Shirodkar , Rishika Nayyar , Sumati Varma","doi":"10.1016/j.jwb.2023.101502","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jwb.2023.101502","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this paper, using institutional and organizational learning theories, we argue that institutional fragility within India impacts the internationalization of Indian firms such that firms from more fragile regions are likely to have lower internationalization levels. We also suggest that this effect is moderated by inward (industry-level) foreign direct investment (FDI) and inward (firm-level) linkages with foreign firms. We test our hypotheses based on the analysis of 707 Indian firms over the period 2008–2018. Our study contributes to the literature examining the complexity, and the speed and consistency of institutional progress in emerging economies, and its impact on firms’ internationalization.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51357,"journal":{"name":"Journal of World Business","volume":"59 3","pages":"Article 101502"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2023-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090951623000779/pdfft?md5=5be851f8512004f02378b3c82d515199&pid=1-s2.0-S1090951623000779-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50167002","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}
Mihaela Dimitrova , John Kammeyer-Mueller , Margaret A. Shaffer , Marlene Gruber
{"title":"Escaping the rut: Bridging research on expatriate and organizational newcomer adjustment","authors":"Mihaela Dimitrova , John Kammeyer-Mueller , Margaret A. Shaffer , Marlene Gruber","doi":"10.1016/j.jwb.2023.101486","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jwb.2023.101486","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>To ‘escape the rut’ of narrowly focusing on expatriate adjustment as a psychological state, we look to the literature on the adjustment of organizational newcomers. From this perspective, we extend theoretical and empirical concepts regarding dynamic social and proactive development processes into the study of expatriate adjustment. Our integrative review of both literatures provides the basis for a new, dynamic research framework as well as promising avenues for future research on expatriate adjustment and insights for the organizational newcomer literature. We aim to enrich expatriate management research and to contribute to cross-fertilization between the two disciplines.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51357,"journal":{"name":"Journal of World Business","volume":"58 6","pages":"Article 101486"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47918621","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}
Andrew Delios , Catherine Welch , Bo Nielsen , Herman Aguinis , Chris Brewster
{"title":"Reconsidering, refashioning, and reconceptualizing research methodology in international business","authors":"Andrew Delios , Catherine Welch , Bo Nielsen , Herman Aguinis , Chris Brewster","doi":"10.1016/j.jwb.2023.101488","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jwb.2023.101488","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We introduce this <em>Journal of World Business</em><span><span> special issue on methodological advances in international business (IB) research. Due to technological advances and the availability of bigger, deeper, and multi-level data, there is a need to reconsider, refashion, and reconceptualize IB research methodology. To do so, we discuss ethnography, multilevel modeling, textual analysis and multimodal data, visual methods, machine learning, accommodating multiplicity in qualitative research, and crowdsourcing. The future is bright for the field of IB because there are almost unlimited contributions that it can make to organizations and societies. But, to continue to do so, we must adapt and rethink our “research business model:” The way we think, conduct research, and report results to make meaningful contributions and impact both </span>IB theory and practice.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":51357,"journal":{"name":"Journal of World Business","volume":"58 6","pages":"Article 101488"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48423576","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}
Julia de Groote, Moritz Feninger, Nadine Kammerlander
{"title":"Family firm internationalization and top management team collaboration: Roles, emotional attachment, and risk perceptions","authors":"Julia de Groote, Moritz Feninger, Nadine Kammerlander","doi":"10.1016/j.jwb.2023.101489","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jwb.2023.101489","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study examines how collaboration within top management teams (TMTs) composed of family owner-managers (FOMs) and nonfamily managers (NFMs) influences internationalization decisions. Based on a qualitative multi-case study, we identify four roles taken by TMT members: drivers (typically FOMs), experts (both FOMs and NFMs), boundary spanners (typically NFMs), and administrators (typically NFMs). We theorize how congruence regarding roles, emotional attachment, and risk perception fosters internationalization decisions, whereas frictions arise in case of incongruence and hinder decision-making. The study contributes to research on family firm internationalization and to emerging research on TMT structure.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51357,"journal":{"name":"Journal of World Business","volume":"58 6","pages":"Article 101489"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48384579","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}
Luciano Ciravegna , David Ahlstrom , Snejina Michailova , Chang Hoon Oh , Ajai Gaur
{"title":"Exogenous shocks and MNEs: Learning from pandemics, conflicts, and other major disruptions","authors":"Luciano Ciravegna , David Ahlstrom , Snejina Michailova , Chang Hoon Oh , Ajai Gaur","doi":"10.1016/j.jwb.2023.101487","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jwb.2023.101487","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Exogenous shocks have long been a feature of the global economy, yet they have become particularly salient in recent years. This Special Issue of the <em>Journal of World Business</em><span> addresses the shift to a New Normal characterized by frequent events that disrupt the international business context, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict. In this Introduction to the Special Issue, we discuss how the IB literature has treated exogenous shocks. We posit that important lessons can be learned from history, and from the experience of MNEs in the countries of the Global South. We also suggest future research avenues centered around exogenous shocks, international business, and multinational enterprises.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":51357,"journal":{"name":"Journal of World Business","volume":"58 6","pages":"Article 101487"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42278765","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}
Karoline M. Summerville , Victor Zitian Chen , Amir Shoham , Vasyl Taras
{"title":"Speaking of diversity: Can linguistic structural differences explain cultural values toward equity, diversity, and inclusion across the globe?","authors":"Karoline M. Summerville , Victor Zitian Chen , Amir Shoham , Vasyl Taras","doi":"10.1016/j.jwb.2023.101501","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2023.101501","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We theorize that linguistic grammar structures related to gender, pronoun use, and politeness distinctions influence individuals’ cultural values toward diversity, including masculinity, collectivism, and power distance, respectively. Based on first-handed data collected from a large sample of individuals (<em>N</em> = 9,058) who speak various native languages, our analysis shows that languages require speakers to arrange words according to linguistic grammar structures that govern how team members perceive equity, diversity, and inclusion. Our study suggests that language is a salient source of diversity that can shape belief systems toward diversity, even after controlling for more commonly studied diversity dimensions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51357,"journal":{"name":"Journal of World Business","volume":"59 1","pages":"Article 101501"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2023-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49763736","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}
Mariia Koval , Viacheslav Iurkov , Gabriel R.G. Benito
{"title":"The interplay of international alliance and subsidiary portfolios: Implications for firms’ innovation and financial performance","authors":"Mariia Koval , Viacheslav Iurkov , Gabriel R.G. Benito","doi":"10.1016/j.jwb.2023.101500","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2023.101500","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The benefits of having an internationally diverse alliance portfolio are well known. However, the challenges remain overlooked, especially the potential to curb firms’ international expansion beyond such alliances. Building on global connectivity literature, we study how firms’ international footprint through their foreign subsidiaries is affected by the geographical spread of their international alliances. Using data on a sample of U.S. high-tech firms, we find that this relationship follows a U-shaped pattern and is contingent on alliance portfolio geographic distance and firms’ absorptive capacity for internationalization. Deviations from the optimal international footprint lower firms’ innovation and financial performance.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51357,"journal":{"name":"Journal of World Business","volume":"59 1","pages":"Article 101500"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2023-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49742772","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}
{"title":"From cultural intelligence to workgroup inclusion through synchrony preference and perceived workgroup similarity","authors":"Amy E. Randel, Valerie Alexandra","doi":"10.1016/j.jwb.2023.101490","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2023.101490","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Inclusion is an important consideration for international firms to fully realize their strategic human resources, yet there is limited research on how international business competencies relate to perceived inclusion. This study proposes and tests a social identity-based framework about how cultural intelligence relates to perceived inclusion through the mediating effects of synchrony preference and perceived workgroup similarity (in work styles and cultures/ethnicities). Support was found for this model based on data from a three-wave time-lagged study of working professionals. These findings offer theoretical contributions to several literatures and provide international organizations with practical knowledge about perceived inclusion in diverse workgroups.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51357,"journal":{"name":"Journal of World Business","volume":"59 1","pages":"Article 101490"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2023-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49763731","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}
{"title":"Using field and quasi experiments and text-based analysis to advance international business theory","authors":"Ravi S. Ramani , Herman Aguinis","doi":"10.1016/j.jwb.2023.101463","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jwb.2023.101463","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Methodological developments are critical for driving theoretical advancements in international business (IB) due to the field's diversity regarding disciplinary, theoretical, and conceptual bases. We provide an accessible introduction to two methodological approaches—one related to design and one to analysis—that are currently underutilized in IB despite their great potential: (a) field and quasi experiments, and (b) text-based analysis. We describe each method and provide examples of how they can be used to make advancements in several IB domains and theories including internationalization process theory; ownership, location, internalization (OLI) paradigm; knowledge-based view of multinational enterprises; dynamic capability theory; and international entrepreneurship.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51357,"journal":{"name":"Journal of World Business","volume":"58 5","pages":"Article 101463"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45250191","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}
{"title":"Do liberal and conservative-leaning CEOs approach de-internationalization differently? Zooming in on the onset of the 2022 Russia/Ukraine crisis","authors":"Yannick Thams PhD , Luis Alfonso Dau PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.jwb.2023.101475","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jwb.2023.101475","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We explore multinationals’ de-internationalization at the onset of the 2022 Russia/Ukraine crisis, based on their CEO's political ideology. Using motivated cognition logic, we propose that the differences between conservative- and liberal-leaning CEOs regarding their attitudes toward change and social justice influence their receptivity to stakeholders’ demands regarding divestment. Using a sample of US MNCs, we find support for our arguments. This research is of scholarly importance as this crisis may intensify the terrains of contestation which multinationals represent for stakeholders that are making claims over their location decisions, often perceived as a sign of acceptance into a country's political actions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51357,"journal":{"name":"Journal of World Business","volume":"58 5","pages":"Article 101475"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46397592","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}