Journal of International Business Policy

2018 - 2025

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

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Volume 5, issue 4, 2022

Financial and fiscal incentives and inward foreign direct investment: When quality institutions substitute incentives pp. 417-443

Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra, Bernardo Silva-Rêgo and Ariane Figueira

WTO accession and firm exports in developing economies pp. 444-466

N. Nuruzzaman, Ajai Gaur and Rakesh B. Sambharya

Voluntary programs and emissions revisited: What is the effect of EU trade agreements with environmental provisions? pp. 467-489

Mattia Di Ubaldo, Steven McGuire and Vikrant Shirodkar

The wind energy global value chain localisation and industrial policy failure in South Africa pp. 490-511

Mike Morris, Glen Robbins, Ulrich Hansen and Ivan Nygard

Multilevel determinants of MNC corruption risk pp. 512-528

Juliane Markscheffel and Michael Plouffe

Correction to: Multilevel determinants of MNC corruption risk pp. 529-529

Juliane Markscheffel and Michael Plouffe

From the liability to the advantage of refugeeness pp. 530-561

C. Annique Un, Chhomran Ou and Silvy Un Lafayette

Volume 5, issue 3, 2022

The effect of MNEs’ technology startup acquisitions on small open economies’ entrepreneurial ecosystems pp. 277-295

Shaker A. Zahra and Niron Hashai

Additionality or opportunism: Do host-country R&D subsidies impact innovation in foreign MNC subsidiaries? pp. 296-327

Wolfgang Sofka, Christoph Grimpe, Fuad Hasanov and Reda Cherif

Does global integration stimulate corporate citizenship? The effect of international trade agreements and regulatory quality on state and private firm adoption of CSR standards pp. 328-352

Luis Alfonso Dau, Elizabeth M. Moore, Jonathan P. Doh and Margaret A. Soto

International business policymaking for a “wicked” world pp. 353-362

Matevž Rašković

Protectionism through legislative layering: Implications for auditors and investors pp. 363-383

Anna Alon and Oksana Kim

Emerging international compliance: Policy implications of a money laundering case pp. 384-405

Emilia A. Isolauri, Peter Zettinig and Niina Nummela

The world has a unique opportunity: Accelerating technology transfer and vaccine production through partnerships pp. 406-415

Xiaolan Fu, Peter J. Buckley, Diego Sanchez-Ancochea and Ines Hassan

Volume 5, issue 2, 2022

The Belt and Road Initiative and international business policy: A kaleidoscopic perspective pp. 135-151

Jiatao Li, Ari Van Assche, Xiaolan Fu, Lee Li and Gongming Qian

Subnational response differences on the Belt and Road Initiative policy and firm internationalization: A longitudinal and multi-level approach pp. 152-171

Artemis Chang, Rui Torres de Oliveira, Hsi-Mei Chung and Nan Zheng

A bargaining and property rights perspective on the Belt and Road Initiative: Cases from the Italian port system pp. 172-193

Cristian Luise, Peter J. Buckley, Hinrich Voss, Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki and Elisa Barbieri

The impact of government policy on Chinese investment locations: An analysis of the Belt and Road policy announcement, host-country agreement, and sentiment pp. 194-217

Filip Beule and Haiyan Zhang

Speed of China’s OFDIs to the Belt and Road Initiative destinations: State equity, industry competition, and the moderating effects of the policy pp. 218-235

Bin Liu and Qingtao Wang

The Belt and Road Initiative and cascading innovation in China’s domestic railway ecosystem pp. 236-258

Yang Gao

China’s Belt and Road Initiative: The rationale and likely impacts of the new structural economics perspective pp. 259-265

Justin Yifu Lin

China’s Belt and Road Initiative and international business: The overlooked centrality of politics pp. 266-275

Arie Y. Lewin and Michael A. Witt

Volume 5, issue 1, 2022

Globalization, economic development, and corruption: A cross-lagged contingency perspective pp. 1-28

Rachida Aïssaoui and Frances Fabian

Explaining the rate of opportunity compared to necessity entrepreneurship in a cross-cultural context: Analysis and policy implications pp. 29-55

Ratan J. S. Dheer and Len J. Treviño

Global patent systems: Revisiting the national bias hypothesis pp. 56-67

Elise Petit, Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie and Lluis Gimeno-Fabra

Global value chains, import orientation, and the state: South Africa’s pharmaceutical industry pp. 68-87

Rory Horner

State policies and upgrading in global value chains: A systematic literature review pp. 88-111

Valentina De Marchi and Matthew Alford

Regional factors enabling manufacturing reshoring strategies: A case study perspective pp. 112-133

Diletta Pegoraro, Lisa Propris and Agnieszka Chidlow

Volume 4, issue 4, 2021

Emerging from war: Public policy and patterns of foreign direct investment recovery in postwar environments pp. 455-475

Robert J. Moore

Political corporate social responsibility in authoritarian contexts pp. 476-495

Anna-Lena Maier

National security and FDI policy ambiguity: A commentary pp. 496-505

Keyan Lai

Trade policies, firm strategies, and adaptive reconfigurations of global value chains pp. 506-522

Gary Gereffi, Hyun-Chin Lim and Joonkoo Lee

Linking Malawi’s agricultural sector to global value chains: The case for community governance pp. 523-540

Johanna Gammelgaard, Stine Haakonsson and Sine Nørholm Just

Value distribution and markets for social justice in global value chains: Interdependence relationships and government policy pp. 541-563

Lilac Nachum

Volume 4, issue 3, 2021

Making sense of global value chain-oriented policies: The trifecta of tasks, linkages, and firms pp. 327-346

Carlo Pietrobelli, Roberta Rabellotti and Ari Van Assche

The effect of institutional pressures on business-led interventions to improve social compliance among emerging market suppliers in global value chains pp. 347-367

Anthony Goerzen, Simon Peter Iskander and Joerg Hofstetter

Understanding regional value chains through the interaction of public and private governance: Insights from Southern Africa’s apparel sector pp. 368-389

Giovanni Pasquali, Shane Godfrey and Khalid Nadvi

Value chain approaches to reducing policy spillovers on international business pp. 390-409

Christopher Findlay and Bernard Hoekman

The IO–PS in the context of GVC-related policymaking: The case of the South African automotive industry pp. 410-432

Wouter G. Bam, Karolien De Bruyne and Mare Laing

Capturing value in GVCs through intangible assets: The role of the trade–investment–intellectual property nexus pp. 433-452

Alexander Jaax and Sébastien Miroudot

Correction to: FDI in hot labour markets: The implications of the war for talent pp. 453-454

Bettina Becker, Nigel Driffield, Sandra Lancheros and James H. Love

Volume 4, issue 2, 2021

From the editors: Reflections on the nexus of complementarity between international business research and the policy practitioner community pp. 201-205

Sarianna Lundan and Ari Assche

GVC transformation and a new investment landscape in the 2020s: Driving forces, directions, and a forward-looking research and policy agenda pp. 206-220

James X. Zhan

Exogenous and endogenous change in global value chains pp. 221-227

Peter J. Buckley

Going digital multinationals: Navigating economic and social imperatives in a post-pandemic world pp. 228-243

Niraja Srinivasan and Lorraine Eden

Improving the distribution of FDI benefits: The need for policy-oriented research, advice, and advocacy pp. 244-261

Karl P. Sauvant

Trade policy shocks in the UK textile and apparel value chain: Firm perceptions of Brexit uncertainty pp. 262-285

Patrizia Casadei and Simona Iammarino

Group subsidiaries, tax minimization and offshore financial centres: Mapping organizational structures to establish the ‘in-betweener’ advantage pp. 286-307

Richard Phillips, Hannah Petersen and Ronen Palan

Trade agreement depth, foreign direct investment, and the moderating role of property rights pp. 308-325

Jonas Gamso and Robert Grosse

Volume 4, issue 1, 2021

The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals: Can multinational enterprises lead the Decade of Action? pp. 1-21

Rob Van Tulder, Suzana B. Rodrigues, Hafiz Mirza and Kathleen Sexsmith

Business alignment for the “Decade of Action” pp. 22-27

Jeffrey D. Sachs and Lisa E. Sachs

Evidence-based policymaking and the wicked problem of SDG 5 Gender Equality pp. 28-57

Lorraine Eden and M. Fernanda Wagstaff

Dynamic synergies between China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals pp. 58-79

Donald J. Lewis, Xiaohua Yang, Diana Moise and Stephen John Roddy

Small- and medium-sized enterprises and sustainable development: In the shadows of large lead firms in global value chains pp. 80-101

Noemi Sinkovics, Rudolf Sinkovics and Jason Archie-Acheampong

Financial benefits of reimagined, sustainable, agrifood supply networks pp. 102-118

Tracy Van Holt, Martin Delaroche, Ulrich Atz and Kevin Eckerle

Governance in energy democracy for Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges and opportunities for partnerships at the Isthmus of Tehuantepec pp. 119-135

Jacobo Ramirez

Multinational enterprises and Sustainable Development Goals: A foreign subsidiary perspective on tackling wicked problems pp. 136-151

Ru-Shiun Liou and Rekha Rao-Nicholson

More and better investment now! How unlocking sustainable and digital investment flows can help achieve the SDGs pp. 152-165

Matthew Stephenson, Mohammed Faiz Shaul Hamid, Augustine Peter, Karl P. Sauvant, Adnan Seric and Lucia Tajoli

Investing in the Sustainable Development Goals: Mobilization, channeling, and impact pp. 166-183

James X. Zhan and Amelia Santos-Paulino

Corporate uptake of the Sustainable Development Goals: Mere greenwashing or an advent of institutional change? pp. 184-200

Addisu A. Lashitew