Multinational Business Review: Volume 17 Issue 4

The Monetary Transmission Mechanism of a Small Open Economy with Sweeping Financial Reforms: The Case of Korea

Young Seob Son, William T. Smith, Chong Soo Pyun

This study reveals how a Korean monetary transmission mechanism evolves in the tumultuous decade of the 1990s. We show that (i) contractionary monetary policy shocks have more…

Evidence of Managerial Response to the Level of Consumer Complicity, Pirate Activity, and Host Country Enforcement of Counterfeit Goods: An Exploratory Study

Peggy E. Chaudhry, Jonathan R. Peters, Alan Zimmerman

The major findings of this exploratory research are that a firm’s level of market commitment through future investments will increase in strategically important markets…

Temporal and Geographical Patterns of Internationalization ‐ An Exploratory Analysis

Thomas Hutzschenreuter

Internationalization is of high relevance and has been discussed intensively. However, different internationalization paths have been proposed by theoretical models and have been…

Corporate Governance in the European Union: Firm Nationality and the ‘German’ Model

Manzur Rahman

While there has been some convergence in corporate governance codes and securities regulations across the European Union (EU), the remaining areas of divergence are the most…

Transformation of Chinese State‐Owned Enterprises: Challenges and Responses

Jifu Wang, Jinghua Zhao, Yixi Ning, Peng Yu

The impact of globalization and worldwide competition has become excruciatingly noticeable in China. The purpose of this study is to examine China’s transformation of state‐owned…

Branding in China: Global Product Strategy Alternatives

Ilan Alon, Romie F. Littrell, Allan K.K. Chan

This article reviews and discusses issues in the translation of international brand names to Chinese, and provides a framework for international brand managers who want to expand…

Networks, SMEs, and International Diversification

Monica A. Zimmerman, David Barsky, Keith D. Brouthers

Despite changes in international trade agreements and the introduction of new technologies that facilitate international business, many firms, especially SMEs, still do not…

Aligning the Interests of Subsidiaries and Headquarters in Multinational Corporations: Empirical Evidence

Ayse Olcay Costello, Thomas G. Costello

To better understand the relationship between the headquarters and subsidiaries of multinational corporations, we introduce and test a theoretical framework that builds on and…