Review of International Business and Strategy: Volume 27 Issue 4

Does organizational politics kill company growth?

Massimo Garbuio, Dan Lovallo

Whether an organization’s political behaviour is positively related to its performance has been a long-standing question. Most studies elaborating on this issue, although rich in…

Inward retail internationalization and exogenous – based outshopping on the US-Mexico border

John Hadjimarcou, Jessica Herrera, Dalila Salazar

Previous research on the internationalization of retailing typically focused on retail companies crossing borders to enter other countries. Yet, a large number of people cross…

Cultural values, institutional arrangements and stakeholder management culture: A cross-national study

Kamalesh Kumar, Giacomo Boesso, Jun Yao

This study draws upon the cultural values model, institutional theory and comparative capitalism to investigate differences in organizations’ approach to stakeholder management…

Export promotion programmes and export performance: A study of selected SMEs in the manufacturing sector of Ghana

Daniel M. Quaye, Kwame Ntim Sekyere, George Acheampong

Many nations now engage in economic promotion of their countries in foreign countries. One major aspect of this activity is export promotions. This paper aims to understand the…

Does the country of origin of a halal logo matter? The case of packaged food purchases

Nazlida Muhamad, Vai Shiem Leong, Normalisa Md Isa

This paper aims to model consumers’ decision to use halal logo on packaged food products. The model primarily tests the importance of country of origin (COO) of a halal logo as an…

Insurance effect on economic growth – among economies in various phases of development

Sajid Mohy ul din, Angappan Regupathi, Arpah Abu-Bakar

The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between insurance and economic growth for six (developed, emerging and developing) countries over the period of 1980 to…

The relationship between access to finance and growth of SMEs in developing economies: Financial literacy as a moderator

George Okello Candiya Bongomin, Joseph Mpeera Ntayi, John C. Munene, Charles Akol Malinga

The purpose of this paper is to establish the moderating effect of financial literacy in the relationship between access to finance and growth of small and medium enterprises…