Journal of World Business

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Volume 50, issue 4, 2015

Making internalization theory good for practice: The essence of Alan Rugman's contributions to international business pp. 612-622

Rajneesh Narula and Alain Verbeke

Commentary: Alan Rugman and the theory of the regional multinationals pp. 631-633

Chang Hoon Oh and Jing Li

Ownership characteristics as determinants of FDI location decisions in emerging economies pp. 637-650

Yung-Chih Lien and Igor Filatotchev

Mergers and acquisitions in and out of emerging economies pp. 651-662

Sergey Lebedev, Mike W. Peng, En Xie and Charles E. Stevens

Can knowledge transfer within MNCs hurt subsidiary performance? The role of subsidiary entrepreneurial culture and capabilities pp. 663-673

Jingxun Li and Ruby P. Lee

Foreign executive appointments: A multilevel examination pp. 674-686

Peder Greve, Torsten Biemann and Winfried Ruigrok

Determinants of export intensity in emerging markets: An upper echelon perspective pp. 687-695

Arpita Agnihotri and Saurabh Bhattacharya

Control in the multinational enterprise: The polycentric case of global professional service firms pp. 696-703

Mehdi Boussebaa

International opportunity identification in the internationalisation of the firm pp. 704-717

Olga Muzychenko and Peter W. Liesch

How do high-technology firms create value in international M&A? Integration, autonomy and cross-border contingencies pp. 718-728

Hong Zhu, Jun Xia and Shige Makino

National institutional antecedents to corporate environmental performance pp. 729-741

Julia Hartmann and Klaus Uhlenbruck

The drivers of international corporate entrepreneurship: CEO incentive and CEO monitoring mechanisms pp. 742-753

Wang, Yu-Kai (Mike), Chris Changwha Chung and Dominic S.K. Lim

A latent class analysis of small firms’ internationalization patterns pp. 754-768

Matthias Baum, Christian Schwens and Ruediger Kabst

Knowledge development through co-opetition: A case study of a Japanese foreign subsidiary and its local suppliers pp. 769-780

Jacky F.L. Hong and Robin Stanley Snell

Disclosure practices of foreign and domestic firms in Australia pp. 781-792

Zahid Riaz, Sangeeta Ray, Pradeep Kanta Ray and Vikas Kumar

Political strategies, entrepreneurial overconfidence and foreign direct investment in developing countries pp. 793-803

Stefan Heidenreich, Alexander Mohr and Jonas Puck

Internationalization of immigrant-owned SMEs: The role of language pp. 804-814

Sui Sui, Horatio Morgan and Matthias Baum

Developed economy investment promotion agencies and emerging market foreign direct investment: The case of Chinese FDI in Canada pp. 815-825

John Anderson and Dylan Sutherland

Arbitrariness of corruption and foreign affiliate performance: A resource dependence perspective pp. 826-837

Andreas P. Petrou

Volume 50, issue 3, 2015

Achieving legitimacy through corporate social responsibility: The case of emerging economy firms pp. 389-403

Qinqin Zheng, Yadong Luo and Vladislav Maksimov

The evolving geography of production hubs and regional value chains across East Asia: Trade in value-added pp. 404-416

Gabriele Suder, Peter W. Liesch, Satoshi Inomata, Irina Mihailova and Bo Meng

Accelerated internationalization and resource leverage strategizing: The case of Chinese wind turbine manufacturers pp. 417-427

Hao Tan and John A. Mathews

Reducing cultural uncertainty through experience gained in the domestic market pp. 428-438

Sungjin J. Hong and Seung-Hyun Lee

Enemy or friend? The cultural impact of cross-functional behavior on the EO–performance link pp. 439-453

Markus Schneider and Andreas Engelen

Analyzing business-to-business relationships in an Arab context pp. 454-464

Ron Berger, Avi Silbiger, Ram Herstein and Bradley R. Barnes

The effect of culture on the responsiveness of firms to mimetic forces: Imitative foreign joint venture entries into China, 1985–2003 pp. 465-476

Chengguang Li and K. Praveen Parboteeah

Offshoring of higher education services in strategic nets: A dynamic capabilities perspective pp. 477-490

Bella Butler and Werner Soontiens

Growth paths of small technology firms: The effects of different knowledge types over time pp. 491-504

Ioanna Deligianni, Irini Voudouris and Spyros Lioukas

A multi-theory approach to understanding the business process outsourcing decision pp. 505-518

Martina Gerbl, Ronan McIvor, Sharon Loane and Paul Humphreys

Fostering absorptive capacity through leadership: A cross-cultural analysis pp. 519-534

Tessa Flatten, Daniel Adams and Malte Brettel

How the alliance pie is split: Value appropriation by each partner in cross-border technology transfer alliances pp. 535-547

Farok J. Contractor and James A. Woodley

Operational hedging in foreign direct investments under volatile and divergent exchange rates across countries pp. 548-557

Sangcheol Song, Seung-Hyun Lee and Mona Makhija

Understanding the drivers of international performance for born global firms: An integrated perspective pp. 558-575

Stephan Gerschewski, Elizabeth L. Rose and Valerie J. Lindsay

Dynamic capabilities and innovation in MNC subsidiaries pp. 576-583

Snejina Michailova and Wu Zhan

El Jefe: Differences in expected leadership behaviors across Latin American countries pp. 584-597

Nathalie Castaño, Mary F. Sully de Luque, Tara Wernsing, Enrique Ogliastri, Rachel Gabel Shemueli, Rosa María Fuchs and José Antonio Robles-Flores

Entrepreneurial competence in managing partnerships and partnership knowledge exchange: Impact on performance differences in export expansion stages pp. 598-608

Saba Khalid and Khalid Bhatti

Volume 50, issue 2, 2015

The Journal of World Business Special Issue: Global governance and international nonmarket strategies: Introduction to the special issue pp. 256-261

Jonathan Doh, Steven McGuire and Toshiya Ozaki

Is a global nonmarket strategy possible? Economic integration in a multipolar world order pp. 262-272

Stephen J. Kobrin

Political activity and firm performance within nonmarket research: A review and international comparative assessment pp. 273-283

Tazeeb Rajwani and Tahiru Azaaviele Liedong

International and domestic dynamics of intellectual property protection pp. 284-293

Srividya Jandhyala

Privatization, governance, and survival: MNE investments in private participation projects in emerging economies pp. 294-301

Yi Jiang, Mike W. Peng, Xiaohua Yang and Canan C. Mutlu

Strictly limited choice or agency? Institutional duality, legitimacy, and subsidiaries’ political strategies pp. 302-311

Phillip C. Nell, Jonas Puck and Stefan Heidenreich

On the effectiveness of private transnational governance regimes—Evaluating corporate sustainability reporting according to the Global Reporting Initiative pp. 312-325

Ralf Barkemeyer, Lutz Preuss and Lindsay Lee

Global sustainability pressures and strategic choice: The role of firms’ structures and non-market capabilities in selection and implementation of sustainability initiatives pp. 326-341

Serge Poisson-de Haro and Alex Bitektine

Legal system contingencies as determinants of political tie intensity by wholly owned foreign subsidiaries: Insights from the Philippines pp. 342-356

George O. White, Jean J. Boddewyn and Roberto Martin N. Galang

How do pro-market reforms impact firm profitability? The case of India under reform pp. 357-367

Murali D.R. Chari and Elitsa R. Banalieva

The meaning of language skills for career mobility in the new career landscape pp. 368-378

Sami Itani, Maria Järlström and Rebecca Piekkari

A European perspective on country moderation effects: Environmental management systems and sustainability-related human resource benefits pp. 379-388

Marcus Wagner

Volume 50, issue 1, 2015

Leadership emergence in multicultural teams: The power of global characteristics pp. 3-14

Alon Lisak and Miriam Erez

The decline of global market leaders pp. 15-25

Xiaowen Tian and John W. Slocum

Establishing rigor in mail-survey procedures in international business research pp. 26-35

Agnieszka Chidlow, Pervez N. Ghauri, Sengun Yeniyurt and S. Tamer Cavusgil

Exchange rate challenges, flexible intra-firm adjustments, and subsidiary longevity pp. 36-45

Sangcheol Song

Corporate language-based communication avoidance in MNCs: A multi-sited ethnography approach pp. 46-55

Jakob Lauring and Anders Klitmøller

The role of highly skilled migrants in the process of inter-firm knowledge transfer across borders pp. 56-68

Xiaohui Liu, Lan Gao, Jiangyong Lu and Yingqi Wei

Expatriate success and thriving: The influence of job deprivation and emotional stability pp. 69-78

Hong Ren, Dilek G. Yunlu, Margaret Shaffer and Katherine M. Fodchuk

Offshoring satisfaction: The role of partnership credibility and cultural complementarity pp. 79-93

Jack Clampit, Ben Kedia, Frances Fabian and Nolan Gaffney

MNEs and FSAs: Network knowledge, strategic orientation and performance pp. 94-107

Joanna Scott-Kennel and Axele Giroud

Characteristics and determinants of insourced and offshored projects: A comparative analysis pp. 108-121

Kallol Bagchi, Peeter Kirs, Godwin Udo and Robert Cerveny

The effect of the magnitude and direction of institutional distance on the choice of international entry modes pp. 122-132

Virginia Hernández and María Jesús Nieto

The bi-cultural option for global talent management: The Japanese/Brazilian Nikkeijin example pp. 133-143

Masayuki Furusawa and Chris Brewster

Returns to US firms from strategic alliances in China: A knowledge-based view pp. 144-148

Wesley A. Pollitte, Joseph C. Miller and Attila Yaprak

Integration and responsiveness in subsidiaries in emerging economies pp. 149-158

Klaus Meyer and Yu-Shan Su

Are we paid to be creative? The effect of compensation gap on creativity in an expatriate context pp. 159-167

Alice H.Y. Hon and Lin Lu

Employee commitment to corporate globalization: The role of English language proficiency and human resource practices pp. 168-179

Sachiko Yamao and Tomoki Sekiguchi

An integrated multi-stage model of knowledge management in international joint ventures: Identifying a trigger for knowledge exploration and knowledge harvest pp. 180-191

Yong Suhk Pak, Wonchan Ra and Jong Min Lee

Determinants influencing CSR practices in small and medium sized MNE subsidiaries: A stakeholder perspective pp. 192-204

Byung Il Park and Pervez N. Ghauri

Institutional influences on board composition of international joint venture firms listing on emerging stock exchanges: Evidence from Africa pp. 205-219

Bruce Hearn

Outcomes of learning through JVs for local parent firms in transition economies: Evidence from Russia pp. 220-233

Irina Mihailova

Institutional open access at home and outward internationalization pp. 234-246

Sunny Li Sun, Mike W. Peng, Ruby P. Lee and Weiqiang Tan