International Business Review

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Volume 23, issue 6, 2014

Internationalization of Korean banks during crises: The network view of learning and commitment pp. 1040-1048

Joong-Woo Lee, Hong Sun Song and Jooyoung Kwak

Tit for tat and big steps: The case of Swedish banks’ internationalization 1961–2010 pp. 1049-1063

Peter Ekman, Annoch Isa Hadjikhani, Andreas Pajuvirta and Peter Thilenius

On the discursive contest of an international M&A relationship development process within financial services pp. 1064-1073

Sabine Gebert Persson, Heléne Lundberg and Jörgen Elbe

Modeling firm specific internationalization risk: An application to banks’ risk assessment in lending to firms that do international business pp. 1074-1085

Kent Eriksson, Sara Jonsson, Jessica Lindbergh and Angelika Lindstrand

Credit lender–borrower relationship in the credit card market – Implications for credit risk management strategy and relationship marketing pp. 1086-1095

Joon-Hee Oh and Wesley J. Johnston

Resilience: Lessons from banks that have braved the economic crisis—And from those that have not pp. 1096-1107

Gideon M. Markman and Markus Venzin

Foreign market entry mode choice of small and medium-sized enterprises: A systematic review and future research agenda pp. 1109-1126

Katharina Laufs and Christian Schwens

A process leading to strategic alliance outcome: The case of IT companies in China, Japan and Korea pp. 1127-1138

Inwon Kang, Shin Han and Geon-Cheol Shin

Social ties and venture creation by returnee entrepreneurs pp. 1139-1152

Sarika Pruthi

Innovativeness, offshoring and black economy decisions. Evidence from Italian manufacturing firms pp. 1153-1166

Vito Amendolagine, Rosa Capolupo and Giovanni Ferri

A cross-national investigation of IPO activity: The role of formal institutions and national culture pp. 1167-1178

Krista B. Lewellyn and Bao, Shuji ‘Rosey’

Pay-for-performance – Does one size fit all? A multi-country study of Europe and the United States pp. 1179-1192

Alexander Hüttenbrink, Jana Oehmichen, Marc Steffen Rapp and Michael Wolff

Corporate entrepreneurship, customer-oriented selling, absorptive capacity, and international sales performance in the international B2B setting: Conceptual framework and research propositions pp. 1193-1202

Rajshekhar G. Javalgi, Kenneth D. Hall and S. Tamer Cavusgil

Chinese values and negotiation behaviour: A bargaining experiment pp. 1203-1211

Swee-Hoon Chuah, Robert Hoffmann and Jeremy Larner

An investigation of the cross-border supplier development process: Problems and implications in an emerging economy pp. 1212-1222

Zaheer Khan and John D. Nicholson

Volume 23, issue 4, 2014

Emerging versus advanced country MNEs investing in Europe: A typology of subsidiary global–local connections pp. 680-691

Elisa Giuliani, Sara Gorgoni, Christina Günther and Roberta Rabellotti

The role of social value creation in business model formulation at the bottom of the pyramid – Implications for MNEs? pp. 692-707

Noemi Sinkovics, Rudolf Sinkovics and Mo Yamin

Asian firms and the restructuring of global value chains pp. 708-717

Shamel Azmeh and Khalid Nadvi

Learning process and capability formation in cross-border buyer–supplier relationships: A qualitative case study of Taiwanese technological firms pp. 718-730

Liu, Chia-Ling (Eunice) and Yingying Zhang

Benefitting from Chinese FDI? An assessment of vertical linkages with Vietnamese manufacturing firms pp. 731-740

Julia Kubny and Hinrich Voss

What makes export manufacturers pursue functional upgrading in an emerging market? A study of Chinese technology new ventures pp. 741-749

Jean, Ruey Jer “Bryan”

Outward foreign direct investment of publicly listed firms from China: A corporate governance perspective pp. 750-760

Helen Wei Hu and Lin Cui

Economic slowdowns, hazard rates and foreign ownership pp. 761-773

Celeste Varum, Vera Rocha and Helder Valente da Silva

Consumer affinity for foreign countries: Construct development, buying behavior consequences and animosity contrasts pp. 774-784

Erik Bertin Nes, Rama Yelkur and Ragnhild Silkoset

Corporate boards and ownership structure: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 785-796

Gibson Munisi, Niels Hermes and Trond Randøy

The FDI location decision: Distance and the effects of spatial dependence pp. 797-810

Frédéric Blanc-Brude, Graham Cookson, Jenifer Piesse and Roger Strange

International investors’ reactions to cross-border acquisitions by emerging market multinationals pp. 811-823

Lutao Ning, Jing-Ming Kuo, Roger Strange and Boya Wang

Is cognitive bias really present in analyst forecasts? The role of investor sentiment pp. 824-837

Pilar Corredor, Elena Ferrer and Rafael Santamaria

Impact of growth strategy on mode of governance in alliances pp. 838-848

Marta Ortiz-de-Urbina-Criado, Ángeles Montoro-Sánchez and Eva-María Mora-Valentín

Volume 23, issue 3, 2014

Measures of strategic alliance performance, classified and assessed pp. 479-489

Jeppe Christoffersen, Thomas Plenborg and Matthew J. Robson

Microfoundations for learning within international joint ventures pp. 490-503

Jeong-Yang Park and Simon Harris

Subsidiary autonomy and performance in Japanese multinationals in Europe pp. 504-515

Norifumi Kawai and Roger Strange

FDI in Sub-Saharan Africa: A longitudinal perspective on location-specific factors (2003–2010) pp. 516-529

Frank L. Bartels, Francesco Napolitano and Nicola E. Tissi

Unpacking the “skill – cross-cultural competence” mechanisms: Empirical evidence from Chinese expatriate managers pp. 530-541

Dan Wang, Taiwen Feng, Susan Freeman, Di Fan and Cherrie Jiuhua Zhu

Local and international knowledge search and product innovation: The moderating role of technology boundary spanning pp. 542-551

Jie Wu and Zefu Wu

Spillovers through backward linkages and the export performance of business services. Evidence from a sample of Italian firms pp. 552-565

Giuliano Conti, Alessia Lo Turco and Daniela Maggioni

The nexus between competition and efficiency: The European banking industries experience pp. 566-579

Alin Marius Andrieş and Bogdan Capraru

International purchasing offices in China: A dynamic evolution model pp. 580-593

Fu Jia, Richard Lamming, Marco Sartor, Guido Orzes and Guido Nassimbeni

Process and intensity of internationalization of IT firms – Evidence from India pp. 594-603

Justin Paul and Parul Gupta

Foreign direct investment in emerging markets and acquirers’ value gains pp. 604-619

Leonidas Barbopoulos, Andrew Marshall, Cameron MacInnes and Patrick McColgan

A race to lower standards? Labor standards and location choice of outward FDI from the BRIC countries pp. 620-634

Jing-Lin Duanmu

‘Expect the unexpected’: Implications of effectual logic on the internationalization process pp. 635-647

Igor Kalinic, Saras D. Sarasvathy and Cipriano Forza

The effect of foreign trade and investment liberalization on spatial concentration of economic activity pp. 648-659

Yener Kandogan

Unbundling the differences between Psychic and Cultural Distance: An empirical examination of the existing measures pp. 660-674

Anthi Avloniti and Fragkiskos Filippaios

Volume 23, issue 2, 2014

International buyer behaviour–commitment relationship: An investigation of the empirical link in importing pp. 329-342

Md. Abu Saleh, M. Yunus Ali and Craig C. Julian

Knowledge sharing in China–UK higher education alliances pp. 343-355

Xiaoqing Li, Joanne Roberts, Yanni Yan and Hui Tan

Expanding to outward foreign direct investment or not? A multi-dimensional analysis of entry mode transformation of Chinese private exporting firms pp. 356-370

Yingqi Wei, Nan Zheng, Xiaohui Liu and Jiangyong Lu

Foreign ownership mode, executive compensation structure, and corporate governance: Has the literature missed an important link? Evidence from Taiwanese firms pp. 371-380

Kang Rae Cho, Chia-Hsing Huang and Prasad Padmanabhan

Internationalisation of family small and medium sized enterprises: The role of stewardship orientation, family commitment culture and top management team pp. 381-395

Ethiopia L. Segaro, Jorma Larimo and Marian V. Jones

Innovation and survival of exporters: A contingency perspective pp. 396-406

Ziliang Deng, Honglin Guo, Weifu Zhang and Chengqi Wang

Where do international board members come from? Country-level antecedents of international board member selection in European boards pp. 407-417

Kees van Veen, Padma Rao Sahib and Evelien Aangeenbrug

Examining the influence of uncertainty on marketing mix strategy elements in emerging business to business export-markets pp. 418-428

Roland Helm and Stephanie Gritsch

Absorptive capacity from foreign direct investment in Spanish manufacturing firms pp. 429-439

Pedro Sánchez-Sellero, Jorge Rosell-Martínez and José Manuel García-Vázquez

The effect of transaction cost antecedents on control mechanisms: Exporters’ psychic distance and economic knowledge as moderators pp. 440-454

Harash J. Sachdev and Daniel C. Bello

The impact of domestic diversification and top management teams on the international diversification of Chinese firms pp. 455-467

Jiangyong Lu, Xiaohui Liu, Igor Filatotchev and Mike Wright

Entrepreneurial founding team exits in rapidly internationalising SMEs: A double edged sword pp. 468-477

Sharon Loane, Jim Bell and Isobel Cunningham

Volume 23, issue 1, 2014

Network knowledge and business-relationship value in the foreign market pp. 4-19

Jukka Hohenthal, Jan Johanson and Martin Johanson

Experiential knowledge antecedents of the SME network node configuration in emerging market business networks pp. 20-29

Susanne Sandberg

Does relationship psychic distance matter for the learning processes of internationalizing SMEs? pp. 30-37

Emilia Rovira Nordman and Daniel Tolstoy

Exploring the role of knowledge management practices on exports: A dynamic capabilities view pp. 38-44

Cristina Villar, Joaquin Alegre and José Pla-Barber

Absorptive capacity development in Indonesian exporting firms: How do institutions matter? pp. 45-54

Janti Gunawan and Elizabeth L. Rose

Knowledge assets and firm international performance pp. 55-62

Stefano Denicolai, Antonella Zucchella and Roger Strange

Knowledge outflows from foreign subsidiaries and the tension between knowledge creation and knowledge protection: Evidence from the semiconductor industry pp. 63-75

Alessandra Perri and Ulf Andersson

Knowledge sharing and subsidiary R&D mandate development: A matter of dual embeddedness pp. 76-90

Fariza Achcaoucaou, Paloma Miravitlles and Fidel León-Darder

Knowledge creation capability in MNC subsidiaries: Examining the roles of global and local knowledge inflows and subsidiary knowledge stocks pp. 91-101

Saba Colakoglu, Sachiko Yamao and David P. Lepak

The overlooked distinction of multinational enterprise subsidiary learning: Its managerial and entrepreneurial learning modes pp. 102-114

Pavlos Dimitratos, Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki, Ioannis C. Thanos and Yrjö Kristian Förbom

Internationally leading SMEs vs. internationalized SMEs: Evidence of success factors from South Korea pp. 115-129

Yongyoon Suh and Moon-Soo Kim

Control mechanisms of MNEs and absorption of foreign technology in cross-border acquisitions pp. 130-144

Byung Il Park and Jiyul Choi

FDI inflow as an international business operation by MNCs and economic growth: An empirical study on Turkey pp. 145-154

Dilek Temiz and Aytaç Gökmen

The internationalization process model: A proposed view of firms’ regular incremental and irregular non-incremental behaviour pp. 155-168

Amjad Hadjikhani, Annoch Isa Hadjikhani and Peter Thilenius

Dynamic capability in a small global factory pp. 169-180

Taina Eriksson, Niina Nummela and Sami Saarenketo

Microfinance, the long tail and mission drift pp. 181-194

Carlos Serrano-Cinca and Begoña Gutiérrez-Nieto

Does business group affiliation help firms achieve superior performance during industrial downturns? An empirical examination pp. 195-211

Vassiliki Bamiatzi, Salih Tamer Cavusgil, Liza Jabbour and Rudolf Sinkovics

Economic nationalism and foreign acquisition completion: The case of China pp. 212-227

Jianhong Zhang and Xinming He

How international entrepreneurship characteristics influence Internet capabilities for the international business processes of the firm pp. 228-245

Charmaine Glavas and Shane Mathews

Explaining cross-country differences in exporting performance: The role of country-level macroeconomic environment pp. 246-259

Yong Yang and Sushanta Mallick

The role of family management and ownership on semi-globalization pattern of globalization: The case of family business groups pp. 260-271

Hsi-Mei Chung

Born globals: A cross-country survey on high-tech start-ups pp. 272-283

Giusy Cannone and Elisa Ughetto

Does the importance of value, brand and relationship equity for customer loyalty differ between Eastern and Western cultures? pp. 284-292

(Sandy) Zhang, Sha, Jenny van Doorn and Peter S.H. Leeflang

Expatriate personality and cultural fit: The moderating role of host country context on job satisfaction pp. 293-302

Vesa Peltokorpi and Fabian Froese

Wholly owned foreign subsidiary relation-based strategies in volatile environments pp. 303-312

George O. White, Thomas A. Hemphill, Janice R.W. Joplin and Laurence A. Marsh

The impact of MNE cultural diversity on the internationalization-performance relationship pp. 313-326

Gjalt de Jong and Jerry van Houten