critical perspectives on international business
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From Ebola to COVID-19: what explains institutionalized manias and the ultimate preference for non-optimal solutions in global health governance?
Frederick AhenThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how “manias” in global health governance lead to health inequalities even before, during and in the aftermath of acute health…
How far are we from understanding corruption? The effect of cultural distance on corruption perception
Mike Szymanski, Ivan Valdovinos, Evodio KalteneckerThis study aims to examine the relationship between cultural distances between countries and their scores in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI), which is the most…
Reversal of language hierarchy and the politics of translation in a multinational corporation
Jonna Ristolainen, Virpi Outila, Rebecca PiekkariThe purpose of this paper is to explain the reversal of language hierarchy in a Finnish multinational corporation (MNC) from a political perspective. This paper situated…
International relationships and resilience of New Zealand SME exporters during COVID-19
Benjamin Fath, Antje Fiedler, Noemi Sinkovics, Rudolf R. Sinkovics, Bridgette Sullivan-TaylorThis paper aims to empirically investigate how small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have engaged with international network partners during COVID-19 and how the…
Towards crisis protection(ism)? COVID-19 and selective de-globalization
Layla Branicki, Bridgette Sullivan-Taylor, Stephen BrammerDrawing on Wendt’s (1995, 1999) thin constructivist approach to international relations this paper aims to critically examine how the measures taken by the Australian…
Resilient or not: boundary-spanning in innovation focused MNEs during global crises
Andreas SchotterThe purpose of this paper is to provide a critical perspective on whether the boundary-spanner model and consequently complex disaggregated intra-MNE value chain…
The trade policy response to COVID-19 and its implications for international business
Louise Curran, Jappe Eckhardt, Jaemin LeeThis paper aims to explore trade policy measures taken in response to COVID-19 and analyses in detail their extent and nature. It assesses their compatibility with World…
What shapes industrial relations in foreign affiliates? Comparative case study results from Germany
Christoph Dörrenbächer, Heinz Tüselmann, Heinz-Rudolf Meissner, Qi CaoThe purpose of this paper is to develop an analytical framework to categorize the quality of industrial relations in foreign affiliates. Using the case of foreign…
Predatory FDI during economic crises: insights from outbound FDI from China and host country responses
Arindam DasThis paper aims to analyze outbound investments from China at the time of economic crisis caused due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and how target valuation and…
Internalising and internationalising country specific CSR practices of a Japanese multinational company
Chamila R. Perera, Chandana R. HewegeApplying mainstream, Western-centric corporate social responsibility (CSR) theory to make sense of CSR practices of multinational firms of non-Western origin seems to be…
Emerging social and business trends associated with the Covid-19 pandemic
Hamid YeganehThis paper aims to identify, classify and study emerging social and business trends associated with the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Contesting extractivism: international business and people’s struggles against extractive industries
Rafael Kruter Flores, Steffen Bōhm, Maria MisoczkyThis paper aims to introduce the special issue “Extractivism and the Links between International Business and People’s Struggles,” which is part of our joint research…
Elite maintenance work across the Covid-19 crisis: a critical view on power and language
Suhaib Riaz, Sean BuchananThis paper aims to present a critical interpretation of unfolding events related to corporate and policymaking elites during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic crisis to…
Multilevel theorizing in international business: the case of research on strategy implementation in MNCs
Aušrinė Šilenskytė, Adam SmaleThis paper aims to illustrate why an understanding of how levels of analysis interact is an essential part of multilevel research in the field of international business…
Englishization and the politics of translation
Natalie Victoria Wilmot, Susanne TietzeThis study aims to investigate the treatment of translation within the international business and management (IBM) literature to highlight colonialist assumptions…
International mega-corruption Inc.: the structural violence against sustainable development
Frederick AhenThis paper aims to determine the underlying structural foundations that explain why mega (large-scale) corruption exists in an ever-more sophisticated form and how and why…
“We care about others”: discursive constructions of corruption vis-à-vis national/cultural identity in Indonesia’s business-government relations
Kanti PertiwiThis paper aims to problematize existing conceptualization of corruption by presenting alternative perspectives on corruption in Indonesia through the lens of…
Strategic responses of MNCs in emerging markets: addressing institutional voids associated with informal institutions
Anne H. KochThe purpose of this paper is to address the question how multinational corporations (MNCs) can respond to different domains of formal voids associated with informal…
MNCs’ open international strategy–local dynamics: transfer of German “vocational education and training” to emerging economies
Martina FuchsThis paper aims to examine multinational companies’ (MNCs) international transfer strategies of German vocational education and training (VET) and examines the dynamics in…
Subnational institutions and EMNE acquisitions in advanced economies: institutional escapism or fostering?
Rishika Nayyar, Shameen PrashanthamThe purpose of this paper is to examine whether subnational market-supporting institutions in Indian states affect the likelihood of Indian multinational enterprises…
Skill formation, automation and governance: comparing German and Korean automotive manufacturers in Central-Eastern Europe
Martin Krzywdzinski, Hyung Je JoBuilding on neo-institutionalism models of the transfer of human resource management (HRM) practices within multinational companies, this paper aims to analyze the…
An analysis of globalisation in international business research 1993–2018: rise of the sceptics
Marina Dabic, Jane Maley, Ivan NovakThe rise of the global economy has been an essential element in the international business (IB) agenda since the 1980s, and the topic of globalisation has not failed to…
Analyzing the reliability of Chinese outward FDI studies: a replication approach
John Anderson, Dylan Sutherland, Fan Zhang, Yangyang ZanMany academic studies in international business empirically test the determinants of Chinese outward (O)FDI. A weakness with these studies is the limited critical…
Viewpoint – could the belt and road initiative be derailed? An analysis of impediments to completion
Peter EnderwickThe continuation of China’s belt and road initiative (BRI) is assumed in most analyses. Yet, recent events have created significant reputational damage for China and…
International entrepreneurial orientation amidst post-colonial upheaval: entrepreneurs during the Hong Kong Umbrella Revolution
Farzad Haider AlviThis paper examines the internationalization response of entrepreneurs in Hong Kong to the institutional upheaval of the Umbrella Revolution (UR), analyzed through the…
Uncovering missing links in global value chain research – and implications for corporate social responsibility and international business
Merel Serdijn, Ans Kolk, Luc FransenAmidst burgeoning attention for global value chains (GVCs) in international business (IB), this paper aims to identify a clear “missing link” in this literature and…
Contemporary restructuring trends in European multinational corporations: rationale and impact on labour and workers’ participation
Christoph Dörrenbächer, Mike Geppert, Aline HoffmannThis paper addresses the so far hardly understood contemporary restructuring trends in European Multinational corporations (MNCs), their rationales and their…
From cultural differences to cultural globalization: towards a new research agenda in cross-cultural management studies
Mehdi BoussebaaThis paper responds to calls for a new raison d’être in the field cross-cultural management (CCM) and culture-sensitive studies of international business (IB) more…
Financing Russian firms: Ireland and round tripping
Cillian Doyle, Jim StewartIreland has become one of the main sources of finance for Russian based firms. The purpose of this paper is to quantify and analyse these flows to examine governance and…
Towards a process model of emotional sensemaking in post-merger integration: linking cognitive and affective dimensions
Eva Schlindwein, Mike GeppertThe purpose of this paper is to advance micro-level theorising of sociocultural post-merger integration (PMI) by merging insights from international business and…
CSR and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples in Canada
Brad S. LongThis paper aims to highlight blind spots in the discourse of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and stretch the boundaries of existent CSR frameworks within the…
Political CSR initiatives as levers of marginalisation: The disconnect between representatives and the so-called represented in the mining industry
Clara Roussey, Nicolas Balas, Florence PalpacuerThe transformative potential of CSR is a far-reaching question. It has been analysed through the lens of the inclusion of stakeholders concerned by social and…
A critical discourse analysis to explain the failure of BoP strategies
Nancy E. LandrumThis paper aims to highlight differences between business and non-business literature regarding base of the pyramid (BoP) and subsistence contexts and reveal discourse’s…
The tragedy of Mariana in management’s tragedy
Carolina Machado Saraiva, Pamella Thaís Magalhães FerreiraThis paper aims to unveil the spheres that were silenced by the media and academia with regard to the collapse of the Fundão Dam that occurred in 2015, in Mariana (Minas…
Confronting extractivism – the role of local struggles in the (un)making of place
Maria Ehrnström-FuentesThe purpose of this paper is to examine the politics involved in local struggles against forestry extractivism. The forestry sector is dependent on vast areas of land for…
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- Prof Christoph Dörrenbächer
- Professor Rudolf Sinkovics
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