Multinational Business Review: Volume 32 Issue 4

Improving the credibility of case study research in international business studies and beyond: a simple fix for a serious problem

Trevor Buck, Mehdi Boussebaa

The field of international business (IB) formally welcomes and frequently calls for case study research, but the proportion of case study papers appearing in IB journals remains…

Open strategy and the multinational firm

Christian Stadler, Julia Hautz, Thomas Ortner

Distance has been a core concept and issue in international business and management research. While scholars argue that distance through internationalization is increasing costs…

Open innovation and internationalization of SMEs: a systematic literature review

Bingyan TanTai, Zizah Che Senik, Rosmah Mat Isa, Nur Sa′adah Muhamad

Open innovation (OI) significantly impacts the internationalization of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by connecting them with external resources and accelerating their…

Towards environmental impact of inward foreign direct investment: the moderating role of varieties of democracy

João Bento, Miguel Torres

This paper aims to clarify the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI), democracy and carbon intensity. This study examines the influence of types of democracy on the…

What is the role of national media environments in shaping the impact of CSR on a firm’s performance?

Gahye Hong, Hyo Eun Cho, Juhee Kim, Jiyoung Shin

This study aims to contribute to the existing literature on corporate social responsibility (CSR) by examining the influence of national media environments on the economic…

Ownership share in cross-border acquisitions: does high-tech status of the target matter?

Leon Faifman, Sangbum Ro, Kimberly M. Ellis, Peggy Golden

The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of the target firm’s high-tech status on the share of ownership decision in cross-border acquisitions (CBAs), which is an…