Review of International Business and Strategy: Volume 28 Issue 2

Headquarters value added and subsidiary performance: insights from Thailand

Suthikorn Kingkaew, Sven Dahms

The purpose of this paper is to understand the impact of network relationship strength and subsidiary initiatives on the headquarters value added and performance in foreign-owned…

Mediation of product design and moderating effects of reference groups in the context of country-of-origin effect of a luxury Brand

Dafnis N. Coudounaris

The purpose of this paper is to examine the symbolic representations of non-users compared to the life experiences of users related to a luxury brand. In particular, the study…

External growth strategies and organizational performance in emerging markets: The mediating role of inter-organizational trust

Saad Alaaraj, Zainal Abidin Mohamed, Ummi Salwa Ahmad Bustamam

Inter-organizational trust has a vital role in any external trade relationship. However, there are not many studies relating to growth strategies and inter-organizational trust in…

A strategic mismatch: organizational politics and creative propensity

Fatima Omer, Hamid Hassan

This paper aims to investigate the relationship between negatively perceived organizational politics (NPOP) on creative propensity (CP), while also studying their interplay with…

Migration and outward FDI: a double direction approach

Jorge Alcaraz, Elizabeth Salamanca

The purpose of this study is to identify, based on social network theory, the relationship between the direction of international migration (immigration/emigration) and the…

The role of personality in SMEs internationalization: empirical evidence

Muhammad Anwar, Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah, Sher Zaman Khan

This paper aims to examine the role of owners/managers’ big five personality traits: conscientiousness, openness, extroversion, neuroticism and agreeableness on SMEs…