Review of International Business and Strategy: Volume 33 Issue 2

Institutions and inward foreign direct investment in the primary sectors

Asmund Rygh, Kristine Torgersen, Gabriel R.G. Benito

Well-functioning institutions are repeatedly claimed to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) by reducing the costs and uncertainty of economic activity. Nonetheless, it has…

Multinational enterprises’ narratives about and approaches to modern slavery: an exploratory study

Benjamin Robb, Snejina Michailova

Globalisation plays a major role in the existence and persistence of modern slavery, one of the most extreme examples of human rights abuses in recorded history. This paper aims…

When firms go international: deliberate or random?

Rui Vinhas da Silva, Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes, Helena Carvalho, José Duarte

The net outward investment position (NOIP) indicator is insufficient for the purposes of understanding firms’ internationalization decision-making behaviour. The indicator does…

Chair–CEO demographic dissimilarities and firm internationalization

Yee Peng Chow

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between chair–chief executive officer (CEO) demographic dissimilarities and firm internationalization.

Unraveling collaborative learning stimuli and effective dynamic capability integration on MNCs: the global capabilities administration model (GCAM)

Bruno F. Abrantes, Miguel Torres Preto, Nelson Antonio

Dynamic capabilities yield positive effects to firm-specific advantage formation. Paradoxically, the body of literature on capability diffusion is scarce. The purpose of this…

Factors influencing supply chain agility to enhance export performance: case of export-oriented textile sector

Naveed Ahmed Khan, Waqar Ahmed, Muhammad Waseem

This study aims to examine the effect of supply chain agility (SCA) on the export performance of the Pakistani textile industry. Despite being one of the leading manufacturing and…

The COVID-19 pandemic impact on the global tourism industry SMEs: a human capital development perspective

Dewi Puspaningtyas Faeni, Ratih Puspitaningtyas Faeni, Hosam Alden Riyadh, Yuliansyah Yuliansyah

This paper aims to propose a model for increasing human capital competitiveness in the tourism sector in emerging economies. Using Indonesia as an example, the authors study the…

Do primary HR functions model work in emerging economies? Sustainable compact perspective for Bangladeshi RMG industry

Md. Rahat Khan, Sanjoy Kumar Roy

The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) sustainable compact is evident for many labor-intensive industries in emerging economies. This study aims to develop a sustainable…