This paper studies strategy related beliefs in five organizations in Hungary with substantial foreign participation. We find that one of the strongest determinants of similarity of beliefs was being a member of the functional area favored by the strategic change. The effect of being in the...

Partner selection is a critical issue in building international joint ventures (IJVs). We argue that foreign firms are more likely to select local firms with unique network structural advantages within a local alliance network. We frame structural advantages as two network position traits:...

Integrating agency theory with institutional analysis in international business, we propose a state-control perspective to analyze government-control mechanisms in emerging economies’ globalization of state-owned enterprises (SOEs). We identify two types of state control that influence SOEs’...