Journal of International Business Policy

2018 - 2025

Current editor(s): Sarianna Lundan, Ari Van Assche and Anne Hoekman

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Volume 8, issue 1, 2025

From the editors: Crafting impactful articles that resonate with policy actors pp. 1-9

Valentina De Marchi, Ari Van Assche, Lucian Cernat, Victor Luiz Do Prado, Bernard Hoekman, Sébastien Miroudot, Anne Miroux, Arianna Rossi and Amelia Santos-Paulino

Cross-border data transfer: patterns and discrepancies pp. 10-32

Ke Rong, Yunshu Ling, Tianxi Yang and Cheng Huang

Designing effective policy to achieve sustainable development impact of FDI: the case of Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 33-52

Nafisat Olabisi and Yingqi Wei

Exploring factors influencing manufacturing home-shoring strategies: insights from three diverse geographical regions pp. 53-79

Diletta Pegoraro, Agnieszka Chidlow and Lisa Propris

How did the Brexit uncertainty impact services exports of UK firms? pp. 80-104

Jun Du, Oleksandr Shepotylo and Xiaocan Yuan

Foreign policy: implications for multinational firms pp. 105-119

Daniel S. Andrews, Stav Fainshmidt, Michael A. Witt and Ajai Gaur

World Investment Report 2024: Investment facilitation and digital government pp. 120-124

Axèle Giroud and Stephania Bonilla-Feret

Volume 7, issue 4, 2024

Virtuous circles in the academy: insights from AIB’s ethical organizational culture pp. 397-415

Lorraine Eden

Challenging the deglobalization narrative: Global flows have remained resilient through successive shocks pp. 416-439

Steven A. Altman, Caroline R. Bastian and Davis Fattedad

Intergovernmental organizations and entrepreneurship: understanding the relationship between the supranational, national, and individual level pp. 440-458

Elizabeth M. Moore, Kristin Brandl and Luis Alfonso Dau

Mandatory due diligence legislation: a paradigm shift for the governance of sustainability in global value chains? pp. 459-465

Miriam Wilhelm

Measuring innovation in international business research: how can trademark data help? pp. 466-475

Carolina Castaldi

The connections world: the future of Asian capitalism pp. 476-478

Eric Thun

Correction: The connections world: the future of Asian capitalism pp. 479-479

Eric Thun

Volume 7, issue 3, 2024

From the editor: On writing a perspectives article—what they are, what they are not (and what they should be) pp. 253-259

Rajneesh Narula

Violent conflict and multinational enterprises: identifying key frontiers in international business policy research pp. 260-275

Chang Liu, Lorraine Eden and Dan Li

Country-level dynamic capabilities and inward FDI: a framework on future policy adaptations applied to post-Brexit UK pp. 276-294

Nigel Driffield, Irina Surdu and Xiaocan Yuan

Basic-needs social protections and own-account informal entrepreneurship: implications for policy and cross-national comparative analysis pp. 295-313

Joshua K. Ault and Andrew Spicer

FDI and human capital development: a tale of two Southeast Asian economies pp. 314-336

J. Eduardo Ibarra-Olivo, Thomas Neise, Moritz Breul and Jöran Wrana

Consumer liability and firm responsiveness: evidence from automobile recalls pp. 337-355

Kashef Abdul Majid and Hari Bapuji

Knightian uncertain violence and the challenge of FDI-assisted development: policy recommendations where civilian lives are at risk pp. 356-390

Pooja Thakur-Wernz, Helena Barnard and Marianne Matthee

The six faces of globalization: who wins, who loses, and why it matters pp. 391-394

Vera Kunczer

Correction: The six faces of globalization: who wins, who loses, and why it matters pp. 395-395

Vera Kunczer

Volume 7, issue 2, 2024

From the editor – Governments as buyers: the international business implications of public procurement pp. 133-146

Ari Van Assche, Ali Arsalan Pasha, Lucian Cernat and Hinrich Voss

Regulating inbound foreign direct investment in a world of hegemonic rivalry: the evolution and diffusion of US policy pp. 147-165

Jing Li, Daniel Shapiro and Anastasia Ufimtseva

Who obtains political exemptions? An attention-based analysis of steel tariff exclusion requests pp. 166-180

Vivienne Born, Lee Warren Brown and Dinesh Hasija

Leveraging natural language processing techniques to explore the potential impact of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) pp. 181-202

Louise Curran and Carlos Carrasco-Farré

A thematic analysis of the links between multinational enterprises’ corporate social responsibility and the Sustainable Development Goals in Myanmar pp. 203-223

Rekha Rao-Nicholson, Htwe Htwe Thein and Yifan Zhong

The impact of language translation quality on commerce: The example of patents pp. 224-246

Sahar Araghi, Alfons Palangkaraya and Elizabeth Webster

Weaponizing globalization: a review of Henry Farrell and Abraham L. Newman’s Underground empire: how America weaponized the world economy pp. 247-251

Sorin Krammer

Volume 7, issue 1, 2024

Defining the boundaries of international business policy research pp. 1-11

Ari Van Assche and Valentina De Marchi

Populist politics and international business policy: problems, practices, and prescriptions for MNEs pp. 12-18

Christopher Hartwell, Barclay James, Thomas Lindner, Jakob Müllner and Paul M. Vaaler

The emergence of populism as an institution and its recursive mechanisms: A socio-cognitive theory perspective pp. 19-40

Matevž (Matt) Rašković, Katalin Takacs Haynes and Anastas Vangeli

The antecedents of MNC political risk and uncertainty under right-wing populist governments pp. 41-63

Dorottya Sallai, Gerhard Schnyder, Daniel Kinderman and Andreas Nölke

The influence of societal nationalist sentiment on trade flows pp. 64-98

Douglas Dow and Ilya R. P. Cuypers

Supply chain myths in the resilience and deglobalization narrative: consequences for policy pp. 99-111

Bublu Thakur-Weigold and Sébastien Miroudot

Unravelling cross-country regulatory intricacies of data governance: the relevance of legal insights for digitalization and international business pp. 112-127

Eugénie Coche, Ans Kolk and Václav Ocelík

World Investment Report 2023: Investing in sustainable energy for all pp. 128-131

Axèle Giroud

Volume 6, issue 4, 2023

Theorizing international business in Africa: A roadmap pp. 389-407

Helena Barnard, Kenneth Amaeshi and Paul M. Vaaler

Industrial policy environments and the flourishing of African multinational enterprises pp. 408-431

Baniyelme D. Zoogah, William Y. Degbey and Maria Elo

Outsourcing in Africa: How do the interactions between providers, multinationals, and the state lead to the evolution of the BPO industry? pp. 432-452

Marcus M. Larsen, Ben Mkalama and Michael J. Mol

On the location choices of African multinational enterprises: Do supranational economic institutions matter? pp. 453-490

Yamlaksira S. Getachew, Roger Fon and Elie Chrysostome

Correction: On the location choices of African multinational enterprises: Do supranational economic institutions matter? pp. 491-491

Yamlaksira S. Getachew, Roger Fon and Elie Chrysostome

Corruption distance and the equity-based foreign entry strategies of multinational enterprises in sub-Saharan Africa pp. 492-510

Ling Liu, Jose Godinez, John Henley and J. Mauricio Galli Geleilate

Geopolitics, conflict, and decoupling: evidence of Western divestment from Russia during 2022 pp. 511-540

Simon J. Evenett and Niccolò Pisani

Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology pp. 541-545

Sorin M. S. Krammer

Volume 6, issue 3, 2023

The heterogeneous and evolving roles of sovereign wealth funds: Issues, challenges, and research agenda pp. 241-252

Narjess Boubakri, Veljko Fotak, Omrane Guedhami and Yukihiro Yasuda

Sovereign wealth funds in the post-pandemic era pp. 253-275

William L. Megginson, Asif I. Malik and Xin Yue Zhou

The times are they a-changin’? Tracking sovereign wealth funds’ sustainable investing pp. 276-305

Bernardo Bortolotti, Giacomo Loss and Robert W. Zwieten

Cross-country variations in sovereign wealth funds’ transparency pp. 306-329

Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra, Anna Grosman and Geoffrey T. Wood

Sovereign wealth fund investment in venture capital, private equity, and real asset funds pp. 330-355

Douglas Cumming and Pedro Monteiro

The role of sovereign wealth funds in natural resource-rich countries: A systematic meta-narrative review pp. 356-371

Elvira Mami

SWF 3.0: How sovereign wealth funds navigated COVID-19 and changed forever pp. 372-387

Diego López

Volume 6, issue 2, 2023

Managing, theorizing, and policymaking in an age of sociopolitical uncertainty: Introduction to the special issue pp. 133-140

Timothy M. Devinney, Christopher Hartwell, Jennifer Oetzel and Paul Vaaler

Intergovernmental organizations, institutional schisms, and business environments pp. 141-158

Elizabeth M. Moore, Kristin Brandl and Luis Alfonso Dau

Overcoming political risk in developing economies through non-local debt pp. 159-181

Jakob Müllner and Sinziana Dorobantu

Surviving populism: A corporate political activity approach in Mexico pp. 182-200

Andrei Panibratov, Ramsés A. Sánchez Herrera, Alvar Castello Esquerdo and Daria Klishevich

Local, yet global: Implications of caste for MNEs and international business pp. 201-234

Hari Bapuji, Snehanjali Chrispal, Balagopal Vissa and Gokhan Ertug

World Investment Report 2022: International tax reforms and sustainable investment pp. 235-239

Céline Azémar and Axèle Giroud

Correction to: World Investment Report 2022: International tax reforms and sustainable investment pp. 240-240

Céline Azémar and Axèle Giroud

Volume 6, issue 1, 2023

Upgrading against the odds: How peripheral regions can attract global lead firms pp. 1-23

Stephan Manning and Cristiano Richter

Bimodal lobbying and trade policy outcomes: Evidence from corporate political activity under uncertainty in India pp. 24-46

Amrita Saha, Vikrant Shirodkar and Thomas C. Lawton

Foreign partner choice in the public interest: Experience and risk in infrastructure public–private partnerships pp. 47-66

Bernadine J. Dykes and Ikenna Uzuegbunam

Maritime container terminal infrastructure, network corporatization, and global terminal operators: Implications for international business policy pp. 67-83

Theo Notteboom and Jean-Paul Rodrigue

Creating innovation capabilities for improving global health: Inventing technology for neglected tropical diseases in Brazil pp. 84-114

Paola Perez-Aleman and Tommaso Ferretti

The role of corporations in addressing non-market institutional voids during the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of an emerging economy pp. 115-132

Suzana B. Rodrigues and John Child