Review of International Business and Strategy: Volume 33 Issue 5

Inward foreign direct investment in emerging economies: a review and future research avenues

Sharmistha Chowdhury, Revti Raman Sharma, Yang Yu

Given the surge in foreign direct investment (FDI) in emerging economies (EEs) during the past four decades, inward FDI (IFDI) has spawned a rich, scholarly conversation on the…

A literature review on CEE firms’ internationalization: success measurement, achievement and outcomes

Tiia Vissak

This paper aims to give an overview of the literature on Central and Eastern European (CEE) firms’ successful internationalization: different authors’ understanding of success…

The internationalization performance of Indonesian SMEs during COVID-19 pandemic: exploring a mediation model

Grisna Anggadwita, Nurul Indarti, Paresha Sinha, Hardo Firmana Given Grace Manik

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in emerging economies face significant challenges in formulating effective strategies to enter international markets, particularly amid…

How external network and innovation affect the link between export orientations and export performance?

Ali Kazemi, Seyedeh Fatemeh Ghasempour Ganji, Lester W. Johnson

The purpose of this paper is to explore empirically how the two kinds of strategic orientations including export market orientation (EMO) and technology orientation (TO) predict…

Firm innovation and technical capabilities for enhanced export performance: the moderating role of competitive intensity

Meng Di Zhang, Mohd Haniff Jedin

Drawing on the resource-based view (RBV) and structure–conduct–performance (SCP) paradigm perspectives, this study aims to investigate the influence of the innovation and…

The difference between exporter and non-exporter knowledge-based firms: the case of Iranian firms in the chemical industry

Mitra Samadi, Seyed Reza Mirnezami, Mohammad Sadegh Khayyatian, Mohammad Torabi Khargh

This study aims to compare the level of organizational capabilities of the exporter and non-exporter Iranian knowledge-based firms in the sector of chemical technology.

The “costs of doing business abroad” in a cross-border context characterised by extreme political volatility

Torbjørn Bjorvatn, Trond Randøy

The purpose of this study is to describe and explain the organisation design antecedents of coordination, learning and trust in an international strategic alliance in a…

Modeling the dynamics of firms’ international and product market diversification strategy: the case of U.S. firms’ response to late 20th century globalization

Harry P. Bowen, Leo Sleuwaegen

This paper aims to derive and estimate a theory-based empirical specification that models a firm’s choices of its international diversification (ID) and product diversification…

Degree of internationalisation and firm performance: the flattening role of organisational slack resources

Tien Dung Luu, Lan Anh Trinh, Thanh Phuong Binh Nguyen, Ngoc Linh Chi Ngo, Nguyen Phuong Nhi Le, Nhat Vi Vu

This study aims to analyse the impact of the degree of internationalisation (DOI) on firm performance (FP), with the moderating role of organisational slack resources, namely…