International Business Review

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Volume 25, issue 6, 2016

Live and let die: A survival analysis of foreign R&D units in Swedish MNEs pp. 1185-1196

Lars Håkanson and Philip Kappen

Do young managers in a developing country have stronger entrepreneurial intentions? Theory and debate pp. 1197-1210

Justin Paul and Archana Shrivatava

SME internationalization: How does the opportunity-based international entrepreneurial culture matter? pp. 1211-1222

Pavlos Dimitratos, Jeffrey E. Johnson, Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki and Stephen Young

Internalization theory: An unfinished agenda pp. 1223-1234

Mark Casson, Lynda Porter and Nigel Wadeson

Managing the foreign investment portfolio: How industry and governance diversity influence firm performance pp. 1235-1245

Chung-Jen Chen and Ya-Hui Lin

Cultural adaptation and socialisation between Western buyers and Chinese suppliers: The formation of a hybrid culture pp. 1246-1261

Fu Jia, Christine Rutherford and Richard Lamming

How does the geographic export diversification–performance relationship vary at different levels of export intensity? pp. 1262-1272

Dirk Michael Boehe and Alfredo Jiménez

The moderating effect of technology and marketing know-how in the regional-global diversification link: Evidence from emerging market multinationals pp. 1273-1284

Jie Wu, Nitin Pangarkar and Zefu Wu

Early internationalization and the role of immigration in new venture survival pp. 1285-1296

Guohua Jiang, Masaaki Kotabe, Robert D. Hamilton and Sheryl Winston Smith

Corporate risk and external sourcing: A study of Scandinavian multinational firms pp. 1297-1308

Tom Aabo, Christos Pantzalis, Helle Sørensen and Malene Teilmann Toustrup

Variance decomposition of the country, industry, firm, and firm-year effects on dividend policy pp. 1309-1320

Asligul Erkan, Stav Fainshmidt and William Q. Judge

Language and cross-border acquisitions: An exploratory study pp. 1321-1332

Ben L. Kedia and Rama Krishna Reddy

Corporate governance, ownership and firm value: Drivers of ownership as a good corporate governance mechanism pp. 1333-1343

M. Belén Lozano, Beatriz Martínez and Julio Pindado

International standards certification, institutional voids and exports from developing country firms pp. 1344-1355

Micheline Goedhuys and Leo Sleuwaegen

A pendulum gravity model of outward FDI and export pp. 1356-1371

Zhiyuan Liu, Yue Xu, Peijie Wang and Raphaël Akamavi

Volume 25, issue 5, 2016

The role of internationalization on the IPO performance of service firms: Examination of initial returns, long-run returns, and survivability pp. 997-1009

Ozgur Ozdemir and Arun Upneja

Outward foreign direct investment and domestic innovation performance: Evidence from China pp. 1010-1019

Jian Li, Roger Strange, Lutao Ning and Dylan Sutherland

Cross-cultural examination of the effects of promotional framing on consumers’ responses: A comparison of China and Pakistan pp. 1020-1029

Hui Zeng and Liaogang Hao

Affective networks, informal ties, and the limits of expatriate effectiveness pp. 1030-1042

Sven Horak and Inju Yang

The negotiator’s power as enabler and cultural distance as inhibitor in the international alliance formation pp. 1043-1052

Tariq H. Malik and Orhan H. Yazar

Measurement and structural invariance of entrepreneurial investment climate: A cross-country scale development pp. 1053-1065

Dae-il Nam, Juhee Kim, Jonathan D. Arthurs, John J. Sosik and John B. Cullen

A contingent approach to country-of-origin effects on foreign products evaluation: Interaction of facets of country image with product classes pp. 1066-1075

Camila Costa, Jorge Carneiro and Rafael Goldszmidt

Firm-level determinants of gender diversity in the boardrooms: Evidence from some emerging markets pp. 1076-1088

Abubakr Saeed, Yacine Belghitar and Amna Yousaf

The professional service firm (PSF) in a globalised economy: A study of the efficiency of securities firms in an emerging market pp. 1089-1102

Mehmet Demirbag, Martina McGuinness, Ahmet Akin, Nizamettin Bayyurt and Eyup Basti

The motivation of international entrepreneurship: The case of Chinese transnational entrepreneurs pp. 1103-1113

Pavlos Dimitratos, Trevor Buck, Margaret Fletcher and Nicolas Li

Me, myself and I: The role of CEO narcissism in internationalization decisions pp. 1114-1123

Michael-Jörg Oesterle, Corinna Elosge and Lukas Elosge

Outward foreign direct investment from emerging economies: escaping home country regulative voids pp. 1124-1135

Carmen Stoian and Alex Mohr

The moderating role of local embeddedness on the performance of foreign and domestic firms in emerging markets pp. 1136-1148

Tilo F. Halaszovich and Sarianna M. Lundan

Corporate culture and absorptive capacity: The moderating role of national culture dimensions on innovation management pp. 1149-1168

Steffen Strese, Daniel R. Adams, Tessa C. Flatten and Malte Brettel

Theoretical foundations of equity based foreign market entry decisions: A review of the literature and recommendations for future research pp. 1169-1184

Irina Surdu and Kamel Mellahi

Volume 25, issue 4, 2016

Do initial characteristics influence IJV longevity? Evidence from the Mediterranean region pp. 795-805

Dora Triki and Ulrike Mayrhofer

Experience, age and exporting performance in UK SMEs pp. 806-819

James H. Love, Stephen Roper and Ying Zhou

Internet marketing capabilities and international market growth pp. 820-830

Shane Mathews, Constanza Bianchi, Keith J. Perks, Marilyn Healy and Rumintha Wickramasekera

The impact of home-country institutions and competition on firm profitability pp. 831-846

Laurens Cherchye and Arnt Verriest

Perspectives on strategic internationalization: Developing capabilities for renewal pp. 847-858

Monica Riviere and Gabriele Suder

Independent directors’ human and social capital, firm internationalization and performance implications: An integrated agency-resource dependence view pp. 859-871

Hsiang-Lan Chen, Wen-Tsung Hsu and Chiao-Yi Chang

The effect of a geographically dispersed supply base on downside risk: Developing and testing the N-shaped theory pp. 872-882

Harri Lorentz, Juuso Töyli, Tomi Solakivi and Lauri Ojala

The impact of partner diversity within multiparty international joint ventures pp. 883-894

Alex Mohr, Chengang Wang and Anthony Goerzen

Geographical FDI knowledge spillover and innovation of indigenous firms in China pp. 895-906

Cassandra C. Wang and Aiqi Wu

International intensity, diversity, and distance: Unpacking the internationalization–performance relationship pp. 907-920

Stewart R. Miller, Dovev Lavie and Andrew Delios

Innovation capacity, international experience and export performance of SMEs in Brazil pp. 921-932

Mauricio Massao Oura, Silvia Novaes Zilber and Evandro Luiz Lopes

Engagement in entrepreneurship in emerging economies: Interactive effects of individual-level factors and institutional conditions pp. 933-945

Dominic S.K. Lim, Chang Hoon Oh and Dirk De Clercq

Transactional and institutional alignment of entry modes in transition economies. A survival analysis of joint ventures and wholly owned subsidiaries in Vietnam pp. 946-959

Pierre-Xavier Meschi, Thanh Tú Phan and Ulrich Wassmer

The impact of family involvement on the investments of Italian small-medium enterprises in psychically distant countries pp. 960-970

Gianpaolo Baronchelli, Cristina Bettinelli, Barbara Del Bosco and Sharon Loane

The OFDI patterns and firm performance of Chinese firms: The moderating effects of multinationality strategy and external factors pp. 971-985

Jeremy Clegg, Hsin Mei Lin, Hinrich Voss, I-Fan Yen and Yi Tien Shih

Cross-border acquisitions by Indian multinationals: Asset exploitation or asset augmentation? pp. 986-996

Peter J. Buckley, Surender Munjal, Peter Enderwick and Nicolas Forsans

Volume 25, issue 3, 2016

Classifying and classified: An interpretive study of the consumption of cruises by the “new” Brazilian middle class pp. 624-632

Ana Raquel Coelho Rocha, Angela da Rocha and Everardo Rocha

Ostentation and funk: An integrative model of extended and expanded self theories under the lenses of compensatory consumption pp. 633-645

Carla Caires Abdalla and Felipe Zambaldi

Social stratification and mobility among Chinese middle class households: An empirical investigation pp. 646-656

Jing Song, Erin Cavusgil, Jianping Li and Ronghua Luo

Aspirations and entrepreneurial motivations of middle-class consumers in emerging markets: The case of India pp. 657-667

Javalgi, Rajshekhar (Raj) G. and David A. Grossman

The new middle class in Turkey: A qualitative study in a dynamic economy pp. 668-678

Mehmet Mithat Uner and Aybegum Gungordu

Mapping the trading behavior of the middle class in emerging markets: Evidence from the Istanbul Stock Exchange pp. 679-690

Vassiliki Bamiatzi, Konstantinos Bozos and Neophytos Lambertides

How western marketers respond to the new middle class in emerging market cities: The case of Italian fashion marketers pp. 691-702

Simone Guercini and Andrea Runfola

Reaching middle class consumers in emerging markets: Unlocking market potential through urban-based analysis pp. 703-710

Ilke Kardes

Role of economic and political freedom in the emergence of global middle class pp. 711-725

Yener Kandogan and Scott D. Johnson

Examining the economic growth and the middle-income trap from the perspective of the middle class pp. 726-738

Ayse Ozturk

Covered in Gold: Examining gold consumption by middle class consumers in emerging markets pp. 739-747

Jingting Liu

Alan Rugman and internalisation theory pp. 753-757

Peter J. Buckley

Alan Rugman’s methodology pp. 758-766

Mark Casson

The limits of firm-level globalization: Revisiting the FSA/CSA matrix pp. 767-775

Jenny Hillemann and Michael Gestrin

Research on emerging-market multinational enterprises: Extending Alan Rugman’s critical contributions pp. 776-784

Jing Li and Chang Hoon Oh

Inside the regional multinationals: A new value chain perspective on subsidiary capabilities pp. 785-793

Alain Verbeke, Liena Kano and Wenlong Yuan

Volume 25, issue 2, 2016

Exploring the factors influencing the negotiation process in cross-border M&A pp. 445-457

Mohammad Faisal Ahammad, Shlomo Y. Tarba, Yipeng Liu, Keith W. Glaister and Cary L. Cooper

International involvement of established SMEs: A systematic review of antecedents, outcomes and moderators pp. 458-470

Charles Martineau and David Pastoriza

Do cross-border acquisitions create value? Evidence from overseas acquisitions by Chinese firms pp. 471-483

Jiatao Li, Peixin Li and Baolian Wang

Crowdsourced translation for rapid internationalization in cyberspace: A learning perspective pp. 484-494

Yen Tran, Moshe Yonatany and Volker Mahnke

The missing link between awareness and use in the uptake of pro-internationalization incentives pp. 495-510

Miguel Matos Torres, L. Jeremy Clegg and Celeste Varum

What drives the export performance of small and medium-sized subcontracting firms? A study of Korean manufacturers pp. 511-521

Jae-jin Kim and Martin Hemmert

What drives the internationalization of Chinese SMEs? The joint effects of international entrepreneurship characteristics, network ties, and firm ownership pp. 522-534

Xiao Zhang, Xufei Ma, Yue Wang, Xin Li and Dong Huo

Configuration and coordination of international marketing activities pp. 535-547

Stefan Schmid, Philipp Grosche and Ulrike Mayrhofer

The international diversification-performance link in Spain: Does firm size really matter? pp. 548-558

Diana Benito-Osorio, Alberto Colino, Luis Ángel Guerras-Martín and José Ángel Zúñiga-Vicente

How do ownership control position and national culture influence conflict resolution strategies in international joint ventures? pp. 559-568

Huu Le Nguyen, Jorma Larimo and Tahir Ali

Lessening the divide in foreign subsidiaries: The influence of localization on the organizational commitment and turnover intention of host country nationals pp. 569-578

Azusa Hitotsuyanagi-Hansel, Fabian Jintae Froese and Yong Suhk Pak

Job allocations as cultural sorting in a culturally diverse organizational context pp. 579-588

Akram Al Ariss and Grace Chun Guo

Institutional distance and the quality of the headquarters–subsidiary relationship: The moderating role of the institutionalization of headquarters’ practices in subsidiaries pp. 589-603

Jizhong Li, Fuming Jiang and Jie Shen

Do innovative emerging market cross-border acquirers create more shareholder value? Evidence from India pp. 604-617

Filip De Beule and Annabel Sels

Volume 25, issue 1, 2016

How culture influences the way entrepreneurs deal with uncertainty in inter-organizational relationships: The case of returnee versus local entrepreneurs in China pp. 4-14

Yipeng Liu and Tamar Almor

A 22 year review of strategic alliance research in the leading management journals pp. 15-27

Emanuel Gomes, Bradley R. Barnes and Tehmina Mahmood

Intercultural influences on managing African employees of Chinese firms in Africa: Chinese managers’ HRM practices pp. 28-41

Yijun Xing, Yipeng Liu, Shlomo Yedidia Tarba and Cary L. Cooper

The international experience in domestic mergers – Are purely domestic M&A a myth? pp. 42-50

Reynolds (née Schnurr), Noelia-Sarah and Satu Teerikangas

“Us vs. them” or “us over them”? On the roles of similarity and status in M&As pp. 51-65

H. Emre Yildiz

Knowledge transfer and cross-border acquisition performance: The impact of cultural distance and employee retention pp. 66-75

Mohammad Faisal Ahammad, Shlomo Yedidia Tarba, Yipeng Liu and Keith W. Glaister

M&A and innovation: The role of integration and cultural differences—A central European targets perspective pp. 76-86

Florian Bauer, Kurt Matzler and Stefan Wolf

Employing critical incident technique as one way to display the hidden aspects of post-merger integration pp. 87-102

Muriel Durand

Making great minds think alike: Emerging market multinational firms’ leadership effects on targets’ employee psychological safety after cross-border mergers and acquisitions pp. 103-113

Rekha Rao-Nicholson, Zaheer Khan and Peter Stokes

The effects of institutional distance on FDI inflow: General environmental institutions (GEI) versus minority investor protection institutions (MIP) pp. 114-123

Jongmoo Jay Choi, Sang Mook Lee and Amir Shoham

Do foreign resources assist or impede internationalisation? Evidence from internationalisation of Indian multinational enterprises pp. 130-140

Peter J. Buckley, Surender Munjal, Peter Enderwick and Nicolas Forsans

Does learning at home and from abroad boost the foreign subsidiary performance of emerging economy multinational enterprises? pp. 141-151

Xiaohui Liu, Lan Gao, Jiangyong Lu and Eleni Lioliou

Reverse knowledge transfer in emerging market multinationals: The Indian context pp. 152-164

Smitha R. Nair, Mehmet Demirbag and Kamel Mellahi

Country specific advantage, firm specific advantage and multinationality – Sources of competitive advantage in emerging markets: Evidence from the electronics industry in China pp. 165-176

Sumon Bhaumik, Nigel Driffield and Ying Zhou

In search of strategic assets through cross-border merger and acquisitions: Evidence from Chinese multinational enterprises in developed economies pp. 177-186

Nan Zheng, Yingqi Wei, Yabin Zhang and Jingjing Yang

Localized learning by emerging multinational enterprises in developed host countries: A fuzzy-set analysis of Chinese foreign direct investment in Australia pp. 187-203

Di Fan, Lin Cui, Yi Li and Cherrie J. Zhu

What does location choice reveal about knowledge-seeking strategies of emerging market multinationals in the EU? pp. 204-220

Bjoern Jindra, Sohaib S. Hassan and Uwe Cantner

Foreign knowledge acquisition through inter-firm collaboration and recruitment: Implications for domestic growth of emerging market firms pp. 221-232

Pao-Lien Chen, Danchi Tan and Jean, Ruey-Jer “Bryan”

Knowledge flows in the emerging market MNC: The role of subsidiary HRM practices in Korean MNCs pp. 233-243

Christopher Williams and Soo Hee Lee

Drivers of export entrepreneurship pp. 244-254

Antonio Navarro-García

Selection, valuation and performance assessment: Are these truly inter-linked within the M&A transactions? pp. 255-266

Ibne Hassan, Agnieszka Chidlow and Ana M. Romero-Martínez

Emerging market MNE cross-border acquisition equity participation: The role of economic and knowledge distance pp. 267-275

Nolan Gaffney, Rusty Karst and Jack Clampit

When distance is good: A construal level perspective on perceptions of inclusive international language use pp. 276-285

Anders Klitmøller and Jakob Lauring

Archetypes of SME internationalization: A configurational approach pp. 286-295

Daniele Cerrato, Lisa Crosato and Donatella Depperu

Inward–outward connections and their impact on firm growth pp. 296-306

Virginia Hernández and María Jesús Nieto

Failing to estimate the costs of offshoring: A study on process performance pp. 307-318

Marcus M. Larsen

Leadership positioning among U.S. firms investing in China pp. 319-332

Rossitza Wooster and Donna L. Paul

An exploratory study of international opportunity identification among family firms pp. 333-345

Reza Zaefarian, Teck-Yong Eng and Misagh Tasavori

Developing international business knowledge through an appreciative inquiry learning network: Proposing a methodology for collaborative research pp. 346-355

Mikael Lundgren and Hans Jansson

Extraversion, individualism and M&A activities pp. 356-369

Alex W.H. Chan and Hoi Yan Cheung

Enhancing export performance: Betting on customer orientation, behavioral commitment, and communication pp. 370-381

Gro Alteren and Ana Alina Tudoran

Equity commitment under uncertainty: A hierarchical model of real option entry mode choices pp. 382-394

Rossitza Wooster, Luisa Blanco and W. Charles Sawyer

New evidence on assessing the level of competition in the European Union banking sector: A panel data approach pp. 395-407

Nicholas Apergis, Irene Fafaliou and Michael Polemis

Why do some US manufacturing and service firms with international operations choose to give internationally whereas others opt to give only in the United States? pp. 408-418

Adrian Cowan, Chia-Hsing Huang and Prasad Padmanabhan

Intellectual Property Rights and the productivity effects of MNE affiliates on host-country firms pp. 419-434

Roger Smeets and Albert de Vaal

Internationalization of emerging Indian multinationals: Linkage, leverage and learning (LLL) perspective pp. 435-443

Mohan Thite, Adrian Wilkinson, Pawan Budhwar and John A. Mathews