Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to look into state ownership and political support as two factors that influence the process of internationalization of Russian MNEs. Design/methodology/approach: The authors observe the theory and empirical evidence behind the phenomenon. Findings: The...

Purpose: This paper examines Western multinational enterprises’ (MNEs) application of ethnocentrism in human resource management (HRM) practices utilised in their subsidiaries in Ghana. The practices examined include recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management...

Purpose – To explore the contention that, contrary to earlier research suggesting that people in transition economies such as Russia and China have a propensity not to share knowledge, Russians' and Chinese' may in fact be more inclined to share knowledge than people in Western, industrialised...