Journal of World Business

1997 - 2025

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Volume 49, issue 4, 2014

Market-oriented institutional change and R&D investments: Do business groups enhance advantage? pp. 466-475

Young Rok Choi, Toru Yoshikawa, Shaker A. Zahra and Bong H. Han

Facilitating expatriate adjustment: The role of advice-seeking from host country nationals pp. 476-487

Ashish Mahajan and Soo Min Toh

What drives firms’ intent to seek strategic assets by foreign direct investment? A study of emerging economy firms pp. 488-501

Lin Cui, Klaus Meyer and Helen Wei Hu

Knowing your boundaries: Integration opportunities in international professional service firms pp. 502-511

Karl Joachim Breunig, Ragnhild Kvålshaugen and Katja Maria Hydle

Divergent diffusion: Understanding the interaction between institutions, firms, networks and knowledge in the international adoption of technology pp. 512-521

Roberto Martin N. Galang

Mitigate, tolerate or relocate? Offshoring challenges, strategic imperatives and resource constraints pp. 522-535

Stephan Manning

Determinants of voluntary environmental management practices by MNE subsidiaries pp. 536-548

Ekrem Tatoglu, Erkan Bayraktar, Sunil Sahadev, Mehmet Demirbag and Keith W. Glaister

South Korean MNEs’ international HRM approach: Hybridization of global standards and local practices pp. 549-559

Chul Chung, Paul Sparrow and Ödül Bozkurt

The potential for technology and knowledge transfers between foreign and local firms: A study of the construction industry in Ghana pp. 560-571

Ellis L.C. Osabutey, Karen Williams and Yaw A. Debrah

The three faces of China: Strategic alliance partner selection in three ethnic Chinese economies pp. 572-585

David Ahlstrom, Edward Levitas, Michael A. Hitt, M. Tina Dacin and Hong Zhu

International patent systems strength 1998–2011 pp. 586-597

Nikolaos Papageorgiadis, Adam R. Cross and Constantinos Alexiou

Decision mode, information and network attachment in the internationalization of SMEs: A configurational and contingency analysis pp. 598-610

John Child and Linda H.Y. Hsieh

Acquisitions by emerging market multinationals: Implications for firm performance pp. 611-632

Peter J. Buckley, Stefano Elia and Mario Kafouros

Speed of internationalization: Conceptualization, measurement and validation pp. 633-650

Sylvie Chetty, Martin Johanson and Oscar Martín Martín

Volume 49, issue 3, 2014

Strategic hedging: Evidence from Brazilian exporters pp. 290-300

Dirk Michael Boehe

The influence of political risk on the scope of internationalization of regulated companies: Insights from a Spanish sample pp. 301-311

Alfredo Jiménez, Isabel Luis-Rico and Diana Benito-Osorio

Toward a gatekeeping perspective of insider–outsider relationship development in China pp. 312-320

Hongzhi Gao, John G. Knight, Zhilin Yang and David Ballantyne

The culture-effectiveness link in a manufacturing context: A resource-based perspective pp. 321-331

Michael Naor, Janine Sanders Jones, Ednilson S. Bernardes, Susan Meyer Goldstein and Roger Schroeder

Internationalization processes in stable and unstable market conditions: Towards a model of commitment decisions in dynamic environments pp. 332-349

Francisco Figueira-de-Lemos and Amjad Hadjikhani

The economic psychology of incentives: An international study of top managers pp. 350-361

Alexander Pepper and Julie Gore

Cross-cultural adjustment of expatriates: The role of emotional intelligence and gender pp. 362-371

Alexei Koveshnikov, Heidi Wechtler and Cecile Dejoux

Corporate governance, globalization and firm productivity pp. 372-385

Byung S. Min and Russell Smyth

Firm internationalisation within the Muslim world pp. 386-395

Christopher Richardson

How do managers decide on internationalization processes? The role of organizational slack and performance feedback pp. 396-408

Wen-Ting Lin

Cross-border acquisition in services: Comparing ownership choice of developed and emerging economy MNEs in India pp. 409-420

Somnath Lahiri, B. Elango and Sumit K. Kundu

What determines MNC subsidiary performance? Evidence from China pp. 421-430

Xiaowen Tian and John W. Slocum

Subsidiary managers’ knowledge mobilizations: Unpacking emergent knowledge flows pp. 431-443

Esther Tippmann, Pamela Sharkey Scott and Vincent Mangematin

The “grabbing hand” or the “helping hand” view of corruption: Evidence from bank foreign market entries pp. 444-454

Andreas P. Petrou and Ioannis C. Thanos

Going beyond national cultures – Dynamic interaction between intra-national, regional, and organizational realities pp. 455-464

Innan Sasaki and Katsuhiko Yoshikawa

Volume 49, issue 2, 2014

Talent management: Current theories and future research directions pp. 173-179

Akram Al Ariss, Wayne F. Cascio and Jaap Paauwe

A multidisciplinary review into the definition, operationalization, and measurement of talent pp. 180-191

Sanne Nijs, Eva Gallardo-Gallardo, Nicky Dries and Luc Sels

The influence of underlying philosophies on talent management: Theory, implications for practice, and research agenda pp. 192-203

Maria Christina Meyers and Marianne van Woerkom

Balancing individual and organizational goals in global talent management: A mutual-benefits perspective pp. 204-214

Elaine Farndale, Avinash Pai, Paul Sparrow and Hugh Scullion

Institutional and corporate drivers of global talent management: Evidence from the Arab Gulf region pp. 215-224

Yusuf Sidani and Akram Al Ariss

Talent management in China and India: A comparison of management perceptions and human resource practices pp. 225-235

Fang Lee Cooke, Debi S. Saini and Jue Wang

Talent management and career development: What it takes to get promoted pp. 236-244

Jörg Claussen, Thorsten Grohsjean, Johannes Luger and Gilbert Probst

Talent management and expatriation: Bridging two streams of research and practice pp. 245-252

Jean-Luc Cerdin and Chris Brewster

Integrating global mobility and global talent management: Exploring the challenges and strategic opportunities pp. 253-261

David G. Collings

Generational challenges to talent management: A framework for talent retention based on the psychological-contract perspective pp. 262-271

Marion Festing and Lynn Schäfer

The role of talent-perception incongruence in effective talent management pp. 272-280

Mariëlle Sonnenberg, Vera van Zijderveld and Martijn Brinks

From talent management to talent optimization pp. 281-288

William A. Schiemann

Volume 49, issue 1, 2014

Expatriate-deployment levels and subsidiary growth: A temporal analysis pp. 1-11

Suhaib Riaz, W. Glenn Rowe and Paul W. Beamish

Institutions, resources, and internationalization of emerging economy firms pp. 12-20

Ajai S. Gaur, Vikas Kumar and Deeksha Singh

Entrepreneurs as intermediaries pp. 21-31

Mike W. Peng, Seung-Hyun Lee and Sungjin J. Hong

Strong or invisible hands? – Managerial involvement in the knowledge sharing process of globally dispersed knowledge groups pp. 32-41

Katharina J. Raab, Björn Ambos and Stephen Tallman

Cross-listing and the scope of the firm pp. 42-50

Mike W. Peng and Weichieh Su

MNC subsidiary size and expatriate control: Resource-dependence and learning perspectives pp. 51-62

George Z. Peng and Paul W. Beamish

Does internationalization make a difference? Stock market reaction to announcements of international top executive appointments pp. 63-77

Stefan Schmid and Tobias Dauth

How do employees adapt to organizational change driven by cross-border M&As? A case in China pp. 78-86

Goo Hyeok Chung, Jing Du and Jin Nam Choi

Facing global economic crisis: Foreign sales, ownership groups, and corporate value pp. 87-100

Xufei Ma, Daphne W. Yiu and Nan Zhou

How subsidiaries gain power in multinational corporations pp. 101-113

Ram Mudambi, Torben Pedersen and Ulf Andersson

Time compression diseconomies in foreign expansion pp. 114-121

Ruihua Joy Jiang, Paul W. Beamish and Shige Makino

The interplay of networking activities and internal knowledge actions for subsidiary influence within MNCs pp. 122-131

Zhaleh Najafi-Tavani, Axèle Giroud and Ulf Andersson

Earliness of internationalization and performance outcomes: Exploring the moderating effects of venture age and international commitment pp. 132-142

Lianxi Zhou and Aiqi Wu

Top executive compensation, regional institutions and Chinese OFDI pp. 143-155

Xiaohui Liu, Jiangyong Lu and Amon Chizema

Business under adverse home country institutions: The case of international sanctions against Myanmar pp. 156-171

Klaus Meyer and Htwe Htwe Thein