Multinational Business Review: Volume 28 Issue 1

Country-specific determinants of FDI inflows to the MENA region: A systematic review and future research directions

Anna Dimitrova, Tim Rogmans, Dora Triki

This paper aims to synthesize, analyze and categorize the empirical literature on country-specific factors that affect foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to the Middle East…

How concentrated owners improve the performance of Asian firms: Filling voids or imposing effective governance?

Marc van Essen, Pursey P.M.A.R. Heugens, Patricio Duran, Sabrina F. Saleh, Steve Sauerwald, Hans van Oosterhout, En Xie

The purpose of this study is to investigate how concentrated owners add value to Asian firms. While prior research suggests that relational owners (i.e., business groups, top…

International assignments, human capital resources and MNC subsidiary performance in CEE countries

Monica Zaharie, József Poór, Patricia Ratiu, Codruta Osoian

Multinational companies (MNCs) expect the highest return from their locally dispersed units, and thus the factors that impact the success of the subsidiaries have been of great…

Antecedents of psychological attachment in multinational enterprises

Davina Vora, Tatiana Kostova

This paper aims to examine the individual-level headquarters–subsidiary relationship issue of psychological attachment in multinational enterprises (MNEs). Antecedents to…

“Wag the Dog” initiatives and the corporate immune system

Roger Schweizer, Katarina Lagerström

This paper aims to contribute to the subsidiary initiative literature by studying the interaction between a headquarters and its subsidiary during an initiative process that has…

EMNC technological knowledge flow patterns: an overview of the US patents granted

Feng Zhang

With considerable attention paid to the motives and process of idiosyncratic internationalization trajectory of multinationals from emerging economies (EMNCs), little is known on…