Review of International Business and Strategy: Volume 33 Issue 4

Exploring corruption impacts on MNE performance through the lens of risk and uncertainty

Dawn L. Keig, Lance Eliot Brouthers

This paper aims to apply a risk/uncertainty lens to corruption to explore how different types of corruption (formal vs informal) in a multinational enterprise’s (MNE) operating…

A review of the evolving conceptualization of internationalization from a global value chain perspective

Mehmet Mithat Üner, Ceyhan Cigdemoglu, Yihuai Wang, Aybuke Yalcin, S. Tamer Cavusgil

The purpose of this paper is to reveal the assumptive concept of internationalization because it is discussed and understood in the international business (IB) literature. This…

The impact of institutional quality on country-level variations in foreign equity shares in transition economies

Besnik Krasniqi, Nick Williams, Iraj Hashi, Fisnik Reçica, Ermal Lubishtani, Liridon Kryeziu

This paper aims to examine the influence of formal and informal institutional quality on country-level variations in foreign equity shares in transition economies (TEs).

Do contingencies matter between organizational capabilities and SME export performance?

Hyeon Jeong Cho, Byoungho Ellie Jin, Daeun Chloe Shin

Drawing on the resource-based view and contingency theory, this study aims to investigate the effects of organizational capabilities – technology capability and marketing…

Drivers and outcomes of sustainable export marketing strategies in international environments

Graça Miranda Silva, Álvaro Lopes Dias, Ana Cadima Lisboa, Filipa Pereira Silva

This study aims to investigate the relationship between market-oriented environmental sustainability (MES) and green export-related resources and capabilities, analyzes the impact…

Sectoral and institutional characteristics of acquirers and targets: a dyadic approach to deal completion

Rimi Zakaria, Eylem Ersal Kiziler

This study takes a dyadic approach to explaining merger and acquisition (M&A) deal outcomes. Acknowledging the socio-cognitive (e.g. intangible and macro-environmental…

Entrepreneurial mindset and SME internationalization in Uganda: the mediating role of international networking

Godwin Mwesigye Ahimbisibwe, Muhammed Ngoma, Annet K. Nabatanzi-Muyimba, Levi Bategeka Kabagambe

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the mediating role of international networking in the relationship between entrepreneurial mindset and small- and medium-sized…

Trade openness, global competitiveness, and catching up between the European Union countries

Milja Marčeta, Štefan Bojnec

This study aims to establish the position of the European Union (EU-28) countries in the dynamics of international trade openness linkages and the Global Competitiveness Index…