Editors’ Introduction

We are pleased to present our seventh volume as co-editors of the Advances in International Management series. We took over the series in 2009 with the goal of publishing collections of cohesive papers that focus on influential theories and areas of research in international business and management. We wanted to provide a forum for scholars of the field to discuss novel ideas and present thought-provoking findings on a variety of topics. By acknowledging that authors have many outlets to publish their work, we wanted to enhance the reputation of this series by collecting exceptional theoretical analyses and empirical studies from leading and emerging experts of the field. Our previous volumes focused on topics ranging from the general state of research in International Management over location aspects, institutional theory, meta-analysis in IM research to the structure of multinational companies and emerging markets research. We hope that the series has developed its niche as an essential outlet for groundbreaking ideas and has been complemented other publication formats in the field, such as journals, books, and conference proceedings.