...Ingo Kleindienst; Rahul Anand Purpose This study aims to examine the role of the incoming CEO as a precipitating circumstance that converts latent divestment pressures into foreign divestments. The authors develop a governance-based theoretical framework explaining when and why incoming CEOs...

...Ran Xiong; Chengcheng Zhang Purpose Foreign divestment is attracting increasing attention, but its implication for environmental pollution remains underexplored. This paper aims to analyse how foreign divestment influences environmental pollution in the host country. Design/methodology/approach...

...Arshed Iqbal; Jamshed Iqbal; Arto Ojala Purpose This study aims to explore how foreign divestment ( FD ) affects the insolvency risk of parent firms and examines the moderating role of corporate social responsibility ( CSR ) in this relationship, an underexplored but critical issue...

...Ha Nguyen Purpose This paper aims to critically examine foreign divestment research, revealing significant gaps between its antecedents, processes and outcomes. It highlights overlooked areas and offers a theory-driven framework for future research, challenging existing assumptions and encouraging...