Global competition has imposed pressures on governments to reform state-owned airlines (SOAs) in developing countries. Building on the extant literature and drawing on both institutional and resource-based perspectives, this paper develops an integrated conceptual framework and propositions,...

Covers -- Editorial boards -- International marketing strategies of emerging market firms -- Innovativeness as a driver of the international expansion of developing markets' firms -- Institutional interactions andforeign firms' strategies undertribal rule complexities in emerging markets --...

Although the rationale for multi-flag airlines' formation is rooted in contemporary strategic thinking, our understanding of their emergence and subsequent mass disappearances in the twentieth century remains an elusive issue. This article seeks to fill this void by examining the emergence,...

In this paper, we advance a novel concept of liability of origin to explicate the mechanisms through which location can be become either a liability or an advantage. Our analysis sheds light on how firms’ ability to compete and gain legitimacy can be derailed or enhanced by their geographical...