...Vanessa Prieto-Sandoval; Andres Mejia-Villa; Lina Lopez; Sergio Torres-Valdivieso; Rupert Baumgartner Purpose This study aims to address a significant gap in the International Business ( IB ) literature by analysing the implications of adopting a Circular Economy ( CE ) strategy...

... business rather than passive actors constrained by institutional deficits. It extends nonmarket strategy discourse by introducing the notion of Indigenous corporate diplomacy and by highlighting Indigenous-to-Indigenous trade as an emerging form of international business network. By integrating cultural...

...Huda Khan; Zaheer Khan; Geoffrey Wood Purpose As a global pandemic of historically significant scale, COVID-19 and its impact on global business activities have gained significant scholarly attention in the international business (IB) domain. This study aims to review and consolidate the IB...

...Ilan Alon; Haakon Stole Klemetsen; Aušrinė Šilenskytė; Ilan Gildin Purpose This study aims to explore the innovative governance structures enabled by blockchain-based decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) in the context of international business (IB). As nonhierarchical entities managed...

...Fahim Anwar; Bella B. Nujen; Hans Solli-Sæther Purpose This paper aims to provide a focused review of international business (IB) literature on research and development (R&D) internationalization, assessing the progress and proposing future research directions. Design/methodology/approach...

...Jakob Müllner; Igor Filatotchev; Thomas Lindner Purpose The purpose of this paper is to bridge the disciplinary divide between international finance and international business (IB) to realign academic research with business reality in which strategy and finance align to determine firms’ success...

...Douglas Cumming; Sofia Johan; Robert Reardon Purpose This paper aims to provide an in-depth examination of the emergent state of financial technology (fintech), particularly emphasizing capital-raising innovations and their implications for international business. Design/methodology/approach...

...Christopher Hazlehurst; Michael Etter; Keith D. Brouthers Purpose Digital communication technologies have become ubiquitous for various firm processes related to international business (IB) and global strategy. However, IB and strategy scholars lack an encompassing and theory-based typology...

...Mark Casson Purpose This paper aims to introduce economic history as a new stream of international business (IB) research. It offers a long-term perspective on how the IB has evolved over time, focussing on the interplay between multinational enterprise and the nation state. Design/methodology...

...-researched topic of trademarks. Design/methodology/approach This paper takes on the business history approach, which allows rich evidence from the dynamic and evolving natures of multinational enterprises (MNEs) to drive the research process, so that international business scholars can test models...

...Luc Fransen; Ans Kolk; Miguel Rivera-Santos Purpose This paper aims to examine the multiplicity of corporate social responsibility (CSR) standards, explaining its nature, dynamics and implications for multinational enterprises (MNEs) and international business (IB), especially in the context...

... and Karunaratna rather than the Kogut and Singh index. In light of the prominence of these two influential and widely-cited articles, this commentary challenges the notion of calculating psychic distance. Psychic distance Cultural distance Methodology Index Globalization International business ©...

..., Verbeke and Kano (2012) argue that existing international business (IB) theory provides an adequate base for exploring the extent of internationalization of MNEs. Specifically, they hold that internalization theory provides a parsimonious and effective framework for MNE activity, leading them...

... International business Environmental management From the 1990s onwards, non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) have increasingly expressed concern about the negative environmental and social implications of globalization in general, and multinational enterprises (MNEs) in particular. This resulted...

... and favor financial firms' geographic diversification, thereby reducing the risk profile of those firms (De Nicoló et al., 2004 ; Elango, 2010). However, the effect of geographical diversification on risk reduction remains a complex and compelling issue in the international business literature...

... on the institutional environment literature, this theory and results make original contributions by underscoring how the consideration of regulatory institutions at home can significantly improve understanding of institutional influence on MNEs. The findings have important implications for both international business...

... argument in the fields of international business and strategic management is that economic stability and growth is central to the success of multinational organizations and their various forms of collaborations worldwide (e.g. Werner et al., 1996 ; Agarwal and Ramaswami, 1992 ; Kim and Hwang...

... Publishing Limited 2012 Multinational corporations Home‐region orientation International business theory Organizational culture International business In the heart of the academic field of “international business/international management” (IB/IM) there are numerous concepts that refer...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Foreign direct investment Multinational enterprises Eclectic paradigm Collocation Country‐specific advantages Innovation International business Understanding the reasons why economic activity prefers to locate in certain physical spaces...

... tools and infrastructure to construct these virtual public spheres. Arab Spring Multinational enterprises Virtual public spheres International business Social networking sites There is little doubt that information and communications technologies (ICT) has had a significant impact...