Journal of World Business

1997 - 2025

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Volume 43, issue 4, 2008

Key success factors and indigenous management practices in SMEs in emerging economies pp. 381-384

Rosalie L. Tung and Zeynep Aycan

Private firms in China: Building legitimacy in an emerging economy pp. 385-399

David Ahlstrom, Garry D. Bruton and Kuang S. Yeh

Untangling African indigenous management: Multiple influences on the success of SMEs in Kenya pp. 400-416

Terence Jackson, Kenneth Amaeshi and Serap Yavuz

Managing the human resource in Indian SMEs: The role of indigenous realities pp. 417-434

Debi S. Saini and Pawan S. Budhwar

Performance implications of institutionalization process in family-owned businesses: Evidence from an emerging economy pp. 435-448

Güven Alpay, Muzaffer Bodur, Cengiz Yilmaz, Saadet Çetinkaya and Laçin ArIkan

Yuan and marketing: The perception of Chinese owner-managers pp. 449-462

Wai-sum Siu

Dual-edged tools of trade: How international joint ventures help and hinder capability building of Chinese firms pp. 463-474

Jing Li and Changhui Zhou

Internationalization and performance of small- and medium-sized enterprises pp. 475-485

Nitin Pangarkar

Volume 43, issue 3, 2008

National culture and the adoption of new technologies pp. 255-260

Richard M. Steers, Alan D. Meyer and Carlos J. Sanchez-Runde

Beyond a better mousetrap: A cultural analysis of the adoption of ethanol in Brazil pp. 261-273

Luciara Nardon and Kathryn Aten

Towards a theory of synchronous technological assimilation: The case of Korea's Internet economy pp. 274-289

Sang-Myung Lee and Gerardo R. Ungson

Organizational culture and firm effectiveness: An examination of relative effects of culture traits and the balanced culture hypothesis in an emerging economy pp. 290-306

Cengiz Yilmaz and Ercan Ergun

Antecedents of international pricing adaptation and export performance pp. 307-320

Carlos M.P. Sousa and Frank Bradley

Anti-piracy effectiveness and managerial confidence: Insights from multinationals in China pp. 321-339

Deli Yang, Gerald E. Fryxell and Agnes K.Y. Sie

Enforcement and performance: The role of ownership, legalism and trust in international joint ventures pp. 340-351

Xiaohua Lin and Cheng Lu Wang

The impact of greenfield FDI and mergers and acquisitions on innovation in Chinese high-tech industries pp. 352-364

Xiaohui Liu and Huan Zou

The relationship between organizational learning and firms' financial performance in strategic alliances: A contingency approach pp. 365-379

Xu Jiang and Yuan Li

Volume 43, issue 2, 2008

Green and competitive? An empirical test of the mediating role of environmental innovation strategy pp. 131-145

Yousef Eiadat, Aidan Kelly, Frank Roche and Hussein Eyadat

The rapid internationalization of high technology firms created through the commercialization of academic research pp. 146-157

Chris Styles and Tina Genua

Strategic orientations of born globals--Do they really matter? pp. 158-170

Ari Jantunen, Niina Nummela, Kaisu Puumalainen and Sami Saarenketo

The impact of different kinds of knowledge for the internationalization process of Born Globals in the biotech business pp. 171-185

Emilia Rovira Nordman and Sara Melén

International new ventures: The cross-border nexus of individuals and opportunities pp. 186-196

Dante Di Gregorio, Martina Musteen and Douglas E. Thomas

Composing the top management team in the international subsidiary: Qualitative evidence on international staffing in U.S. MNCs in the Republic of Ireland pp. 197-212

David G. Collings, Michael J. Morley and Patrick Gunnigle

Foreign acquisitions by Chinese firms: A strategic intent perspective pp. 213-226

Huaichuan Rui and George S. Yip

Multinational investment and host country development: Location efficiencies for services offshoring pp. 227-242

Kraiwinee Bunyaratavej, Eugene D. Hahn and Jonathan P. Doh

Small firm internationalization through experiential learning: The moderating role of socialization tactics pp. 243-254

Snejina Michailova and Heather I.M. Wilson

Volume 43, issue 1, 2008

Introduction pp. 1-4

Yongsun Paik and Seung-Hyun Lee

Korea's multinationals in a regional world pp. 5-15

Alan Rugman and Chang Hoon Oh

The value of real options investments under abnormal uncertainty: The case of the Korean economic crisis pp. 16-34

Seung-Hyun Lee, Mona Makhija and Yongsun Paik

Developing trust in vertical product development partnerships: A comparison of South Korea and Austria pp. 35-46

Ludwig Bstieler and Martin Hemmert

From diversification premium to diversification discount during institutional transitions pp. 47-65

Keonbeom Lee, Mike W. Peng and Keun Lee

Corporate governance, regulatory changes, and corporate restructuring in Korea, 1993-2004 pp. 66-84

Choelsoon Park and Seonghoon Kim

Social capital among corporate upper echelons and its impacts on executive promotion in Korea pp. 85-96

Yangmin Kim and Albert A. Cannella

Managing the human side of cross-border acquisitions in South Korea pp. 97-108

Fabian Jintae Froese, Yong Suhk Pak and Li Choy Chong

Individual differences and expatriate assignment effectiveness: The case of U.S.-based Korean expatriates pp. 109-126

Kwanghyun Kim and John W. Slocum

Volume 42, issue 4, 2007

Accelerated internationalization by emerging markets' multinationals: The case of the white goods sector pp. 369-383

Federico Bonaglia, Andrea Goldstein and John A. Mathews

Market convergence and advertising standardization in the European Union pp. 384-400

Shintaro Okazaki, Charles R. Taylor and Jonathan P. Doh

Nature of the relationship between international expansion and performance: The case of emerging market firms pp. 401-417

Farok J. Contractor, Vikas Kumar and Sumit K. Kundu

Institutional and transaction cost influences on MNEs' ownership strategies of their affiliates: Evidence from an emerging market pp. 418-434

Mehmet Demirbag, Keith W. Glaister and Ekrem Tatoglu

Do culturally distant partners choose different types of joint ventures? pp. 435-448

Jeffrey B. Kaufmann and Hugh M. O'Neill

Leadership and culture in Mexico pp. 449-462

Jon P. Howell, José DelaCerda, Sandra M. Martínez, Leonel Prieto, J. Arnoldo Bautista, Juan Ortiz, Peter Dorfman and Maria J. Méndez

The influence of supportive leadership and job characteristics on work alienation: A six-country investigation pp. 463-476

Moshe Banai and William D. Reisel

Safeguarding investments and creation of transaction value in asymmetric international subcontracting relationships: The role of relationship learning and relational capital pp. 477-488

Kuo-Hsiung Chang and Donald F. Gotcher

A cross-national study on the impact of management teams on the rapid internationalization of small firms pp. 489-504

Sharon Loane, J.D. Bell and R. McNaughton

Dispersed entrepreneurship within multinational corporations: A community perspective pp. 505-519

Soo Hee Lee and Christopher Williams

Volume 42, issue 3, 2007

Editors' Comments pp. 231-231

John Slocum and Fred Luthans

Introduction pp. 232-235

P.W. Liesch, J. Weerawardena, G. Sullivan Mort, G.A. Knight and T. Kastelle

Speed of internationalization and entrepreneurial cognition: Insights and a comparison between international new ventures, exporters and domestic firms pp. 236-252

Francisco J. Acedo and Marian V. Jones

Firms' degree of born-globalness, international entrepreneurial orientation and export performance pp. 253-267

Olli Kuivalainen, Sanna Sundqvist and Per Servais

The drivers of the early internationalization of the firm pp. 268-280

Antonella Zucchella, G. Palamara and S. Denicolai

The effects of entrepreneurial proclivity and foreign market knowledge on early internationalization pp. 281-293

Lianxi Zhou

Conceptualizing accelerated internationalization in the born global firm: A dynamic capabilities perspective pp. 294-306

Jay Weerawardena, Gillian Sullivan Mort, Peter W. Liesch and Gary Knight

Hidden ties in international new venturing: The case of portfolio entrepreneurship pp. 307-321

Sara L. McGaughey

Born globals, the choice of globalization strategy, and the market's perception of performance pp. 322-335

Kimberly C. Gleason and Joan Wiggenhorn

"A roasted duck can still fly away": A case study of technology, nationality, culture and the rapid and early internationalization of the firm pp. 336-349

Marina Y. Zhang and Mark Dodgson

The competitive advantage of early and rapidly internationalising SMEs in the biotechnology industry: A knowledge-based view pp. 350-366

Oliver Gassmann and Marcus Matthias Keupp

Volume 42, issue 2, 2007

A coopetition perspective of global competition pp. 129-144

Yadong Luo

Is market orientation affected by the product life cycle? pp. 145-156

Hiu-Kan Wong and Paul D. Ellis

A study on motivating employees' learning commitment in the post-downsizing era: Job satisfaction perspective pp. 157-169

Philip Cheng-Fei Tsai, Yu-Fang Yen, Liang-Chih Huang and Ing-Chung Huang

The fit of home to foreign market environment: An exploratory study of the relationship of congruence to performance pp. 170-183

Matthew B. Myers, Cornelia Droge and Mee Shew Cheung

International diversification and firm performance: Role of information technology investments pp. 184-197

Murali D.R. Chari, Sarv Devaraj and Parthiban David

Changing patterns of global staffing in the multinational enterprise: Challenges to the conventional expatriate assignment and emerging alternatives pp. 198-213

David G. Collings, Hugh Scullion and Michael J. Morley

Job attitudes and absenteeism: A study in the English speaking Caribbean pp. 214-227

Betty Jane Punnett, Dion Greenidge and Jase Ramsey

Volume 42, issue 1, 2007

Can Russia's state-managed, network capitalism be competitive?: Institutional pull versus institutional push pp. 1-13

Sheila M. Puffer and Daniel J. McCarthy

From foreign investors to strategic insiders: Shifting parameters, prescriptions and paradigms for MNCs in China pp. 14-34

Yadong Luo

Strategic decision making within Chinese firms: The effects of cognitive diversity and trust on decision outcomes pp. 35-46

Bradley J. Olson, Yongjian Bao and Satyanarayana Parayitam

Resource attributes and firm performance in international joint ventures pp. 47-60

R. Azimah Ainuddin, Paul W. Beamish, John S. Hulland and Michael J. Rouse

The effect of product diversification strategies on the relationship between international diversification and firm performance pp. 61-79

Shao-Chi Chang and Chi-Feng Wang

The effects of the governance environment on the choice of investment mode and the strategic implications pp. 80-98

Shaomin Li and Larry Filer

Brain drain: Inclination to stay abroad after studies pp. 99-112

Yehuda Baruch, Pawan S. Budhwar and Naresh Khatri

To what extent can management practices be transferred between countries?: The case of human resource management in Vietnam pp. 113-127

Le Chien Thang, Chris Rowley, Truong Quang and Malcolm Warner