Critical Perspectives on International Business: Volume 18 Issue 3

Offshore outsourcing of R&D to emerging markets: information systems as tools of neo-colonial control

Zehra Sayed, Henrik Agndal

This paper analyzes how information systems (IS) can serve as tools of neo-colonial control in offshore outsourcing of research and development work. It draws on critical work…

International opportunity development of born global firms: the role of institutions

Rubina Romanello, Masoud Karami, Stephan Gerschewski, Natasha Evers, Cici Xiao He

The purpose of the study is to investigate the international opportunity development process of born global firms embedded in two different institutional contexts: China, an…

Transnationality in the XXI century. Concept and indicators

Grazia Ietto-Gillies

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the impact of major structural changes on the conceptualization of the transnational corporation (TNC) based on foreign direct investment…

Ethnography of economic globalization in Mapuche and forest territory of South-Central Chile

Noelia Carrasco Henríquez

The purpose of this paper is to propose an ethnographic discussion surrounding the sociocultural dimensions of the contemporary economy, using the dynamics of monoculture…

Post-merger integration and subsidiary roles in Chinese MNCs – the case of Chinese M&As in Germany

Ursula Mense-Petermann

This paper adds to the literature on outward Foreign Direct Investments by Chinese Multinational Corporations (MNCs) in advanced economies. Its objective is threefold: to…

The standalone and resource-bundling effects of government and nongovernment institutional support on early internationalizing firms’ performance

Anisur R. Faroque, Hafiza Sultana, Jashim Uddin Ahmed, Farhad Uddin Ahmed, Mahabubur Rahman

This study aims to analyze the individual and joint effects of institutional support by government and nongovernment institutions on early internationalizing firms’ (EIFs…