Institutional theory explains how interactions between organizations and institutions shape economic activity and consequently managerial performance and strategies. The institutional setting of most emerging countries is in transition, whereby a relationship-based transaction mode is gradually...

Interorganizational relationships (IOR) arise under many different structures and can take the form of alliances, networks, partnerships and joint ventures, amongst others. This study looks at such relationships using a static approach that reverts to the starting point of interorganizational...

This article looks at the reasons for the rapid rise of emerging country multinationals (EMNCs) in the global competitive landscape, despite their ‘late mover' status. We identify two predominant factors in the rise of these companies: the influence of the institutional environment on the...

This is one of three working papers (with Casanova, Kassum 2013a, and Casanova, Kassum 2013b) to examine the role of Brazil as an emerging global power. Is Brazil's rise on the global stage barely beginning, or has it already hit a plateau, held back by domestic challenges and the external...