Review of International Business and Strategy: Volume 34 Issue 5

Unlocking the relationship between board of directors’ attributes and international diversification in Indian firms

Aparna Bhatia, Meenu Khurana

The study aims to investigate the relationship between certain key attributes of the board of directors as their international experience, tenure, age, independence and size and…

A literature review on CEE firms’ outward internationalization failures: definitions, processes, causes and consequences

Tiia Vissak

This paper aims to summarize the literature (journal articles and book chapters) on Central and Eastern European (CEE) firms’ outward internationalization failures: definitions…

Is variety the spice of (expatriate) life? How cultural diversity in an expatriate’s home country affects their adjustment

Christopher Richardson, Sabrina Amir

While the expatriation literature has explored cultural adjustment in considerable depth, it has largely overlooked the influence of cultural diversity in an expatriate’s home…

The path to overcoming the liability of foreignness using the eclectic paradigm: evidence from China

Na Wang, Huan Sun

The purpose of this study is to examine different paths to overcoming the liability of foreignness. Based on the eclectic paradigm, the authors construct a theoretical framework…

Trade policy revisited: how government support initiatives affect international performance in SMEs?

Hossein S. Jalali

This paper aims to understand how government support initiatives can enhance the international performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). To address the gap of…

COVID-19 impact on cross-border M&A advisory business in Japan

Ralf Bebenroth, Carolin Lielienthal, Kevin Massmann

The purpose of this study is to shed light on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cross-border M&A advisory business in Japan.