The discourse on the competitiveness of emerging economy firms continues with globalization. This paper joins the dialogue by providing a framework of the competitiveness of business groups and their affiliates in international operations. The goal is to address the vast literature on emerging...

The last three decades have been a story of lost opportunities for Spanish industry to transform and improve their international competitiveness. However, there are some paradigmatic examples that violate this rule. This is the case of two Spanish companies: Hidden Champions and Brand Champions....

There is a vast body of literature on the internationalization of Higher Education. On the other hand, there is much less information on its strategic internationalization. Yet, the question of business school strategic alignment with their environment across different spatial contexts has...

By virtue of their participation in multiple competitive settings, MNEs confront competitors with different attributes and in different locations, creating variations that pose different competitive challenges. We classify MNE competitors by their nationality, geographic scope, and location, and...

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are a key driver for (global) business/nation competitiveness: economic growth, innovation, employment and social integration. Thus (global) business competitiveness of any country can be observed throughout national (globally operating SMEs) enterprises...