Cross Cultural & Strategic Management: Volume 27 Issue 3

Micro-foundations of small business internationalization: introduction to the Special Section

Johanna Vanderstraeten, Ellen Loots, Anaïs Hamelin, Arjen van Witteloostuijn

We introduce and summarize the selected papers of the Special Section on the “Micro-Foundations of Small Business Internationalization and briefly summarize the state-of-the-art…

When strategic consensus matters: dynamic managerial capabilities and firm internationalization as seen by TMT

Lauri Haapanen, Pia Hurmelinna-Laukkanen, Kaisu Puumalainen

In this study, the authors explore how sensing and seizing of market opportunities, asset reconfiguration and top management team (TMT) consensus on these elements jointly relate…

Enjoying or refraining from risk? The impact of implicit need for achievement and risk perception on SME internationalization

Radityo Putro Handrito, Hendrik Slabbinck, Johanna Vanderstraeten

This study aims to explore how an entrepreneur's implicit need for achievement and risk reception contribute to internationalization performance.

Individualism-collectivism cultural differences in performance feedback theory

Mooweon Rhee, Valerie Alexandra, K. Skylar Powell

Performance feedback theory (PFT) has informed analyses in numerous national contexts and has been used to explain various business and management activities of firms. Stemming…

The evolution of MNCs' R&D foreign units: the case of Swedish MNCs in India

Roger Schweizer, Katarina Lagerström, Johan Jakobsson

The article aims to explain how the drivers of subsidiary evolution influence a multinational company's (MNC) research and development (R&D) subsidiary's evolution over time.

Expatriates as catalysts: what and how Vietnamese locals learn from self-initiated expatriates

Anthony Fee, Sidney J. Gray

In an era when expatriates are increasingly used as strategic conduits for developing capabilities in local business units, we identify what and how host-country nationals in a…

Cultural dimensions as correlates of favoritism and the mediating role of trust

Hohjin Im, Chuansheng Chen

This study sought to examine the relation of cultural practices and values with favoritism and nepotism/cronyism. Additionally, this study's purpose was also to examine how trust…

The role of national culture in the relationship between microfinance outreach and sustainability: a correlated random effects approach

Mohammad Zainuddin, Masnun Mahi, Shabiha Akter, Ida Md. Yasin

This study investigates the role of national culture between outreach and sustainability of microfinance institutions (MFIs). Despite microfinance's deep embeddedness in cultural…

Leading in an Amish Paradise: humanistic leadership in the Old Order Amish

Charles Keim, Masoud Shadnam

The authors examined the traditional leadership practiced by the Old Order Amish located in the Holmes and Wayne counties of America. Despite popular stereotypes, this community…

Added cultural distance and ownership in cross-border acquisitions

Hyun Gon Kim, Ajai S. Gaur, Debmalya Mukherjee

As multinational companies enter different countries, the extent of cultural unfamiliarity they face depends on their most recent entry. We examine this pattern of added cultural…

Cross-cultural comparison of mental health between Japanese and Dutch workers: relationships with mental health shame, self-compassion, work engagement and motivation

Yasuhiro Kotera, Michelle Van Laethem, Remi Ohshima

The primary purpose of this descriptive study was to compare the levels of, and relationships among mental health problems, mental health shame, self-compassion, work engagement…

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