We examine the international new venture - multinational enterprise interface, specifically the extent and nature of entrepreneurial partnering actions undertaken by internationalization-seeking new ventures vis-a-vis MNEs as an internationalization pathway. Based on three longitudinal cases in...

We analyze a novel way to configure and manage multinational networks and propose a model of "co-parenting", characterized by the sharing of parenting roles and distribution of responsibilities between two units. We develop our argument around the notion of the springboard subsidiary, which has...

The existence of industry and country of origin agglomerations is well-established in the literature, yet it remains to be understood which firm-level characteristics drive their decisions regarding specific locations when investing in a foreign country. Focusing on origin clusters, we provide...

We investigate the rapid internationalization of many multinationals from emerging economies through acquisition in advanced economies. We conceptualize these acquisitions as an act and form of entrepreneurship, aimed to overcome the ‘liability of emergingness' incurred by these firms and to...

This paper explores challenger strategy from a demand-side perspective. Departing from the traditional supply-side perspective, we highlight the significance of buyer switching inertia as an isolating mechanism affecting competitive heterogeneity and asymmetry across rivals and discuss its...

In this article I make three main arguments. First, the appropriate governance choice for firms is one that reflects the tradeoff between market failure and relational failure or, in other words, between knowledge appropriability and knowledge accessibility. Second, through what may be...