Multinational Business Review: Volume 31 Issue 4

Towards a unified typology of digital communication technologies in international business: a tool for management and research

Christopher Hazlehurst, Michael Etter, Keith D. Brouthers

Digital communication technologies have become ubiquitous for various firm processes related to international business (IB) and global strategy. However, IB and strategy scholars…

The subsidiary strategising process for a competence-creating role

Niall O'Riordan, Paul Ryan, Ulf Andersson

The authors’ contention in this paper is that the expression of subsidiary strategy in IB literature has become fragmented and incomplete. Therefore, this study aims to propose a…

Balancing home unit visibility and integration in host unit: understanding differences in repatriation adjustment processes

Hammad Ul Haq, Jiyoung Shin, Hyo Eun Cho, Sophie Junge

The purpose of this study is to examine the question of whether the repatriation adjustment process varies with different combinations of duration and purpose of international…

Inter-state war, institutions and multinationals: insights from the Russian-Ukraine war

Martin David Owens

Wars, and violent conflicts generally, can generate significant institutional dynamics and new legitimacy pressures for multinational enterprises (MNEs). The purpose of this paper…

Internationalization and firm performance: moderating role of multi-stakeholder initiatives

Sang-Bum Park

Previous scholars have assumed that multinational enterprises (MNEs) can reduce the liability of foreignness and increase profitability by investing in corporate social…

Product and business process innovation, competitive advantage and export performance

José Piñera-Salmerón, Raquel Sanz-Valle, Daniel Jiménez-Jiménez

This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of the relationship between innovation and export performance by examining the effect of different types of innovation on export…

Policies to support the internationalisation of latecomer science-based firms: the experience of large Brazilian pharmaceutical companies

Fernanda Steiner Perin, Julia Paranhos

This study aims to analyse how different types of public policies have supported the internationalisation of latecomer science-based firms, taking the case of large Brazilian…

Adjustment strategies for firms affected by international sanctions

Omid Aliasghar, Elizabeth L. Rose

When terrorism threaten geopolitical stability, many policymakers turn to economic sanctions. In this way, governments and multilateral organizations continue to affect corporate…