Review of International Business and Strategy: Volume 29 Issue 4

Strategic planning practices in the telecommunications industry: evidence from Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Alharbi, Peter John Dowling, M. Ishaq Bhatti

The purpose of this paper is to explore the current strategic planning practices in the MENA region by highlighting the practices in the Saudi telecommunications industry (Saudi…

Understanding trust across cultures: an empirical investigation

Namporn Thanetsunthorn, Rattaphon Wuthisatian

In today’s business world, trust is an essential ingredient for business success, as it serves as a foundation for enhancing a network of positive relationships among businesses…

Motivations and perceived opportunities for partnerships among international business consultancy firms

Eva-Maria Kindl, Beatriz Casais

Consultancy services for internationalisation are crucial to help companies to grow and find new businesses abroad. This kind of service used to be provided by consultancy firms…

Knowledge transfer roles of subsidiaries in MNCs’ networks

Cigdem Baskici

Although there have been a considerable number of studies regarding subsidiary role typology in multinationals’ management literature, there appear to be few studies that consider…

Subsidiary strategy and managers’ perceptions of distance to foreign markets

Isabel Cristina Martins Antunes, Hortênsia Gouveia Barandas, Francisco Vitorino Martins

The purpose of this paper is to examine how headquarters’ managers perceive – cultural, administrative, geographic and economic (CAGE) – distance between countries and its…