We examine whether immigration-related fear sentiments (IFS), that escalates populist views, affects the flow of inbound cross-border acquisitions (CBAs). Consistent with the economic conjecture that IFS induced populist policies can create economic uncertainty and dead-weight costs for...

We study the relationship between international migration and foreign direct investment (FDI), differentiating between the two modes of entry: Greenfield FDI and cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Each mode may face different formal and informal information barriers, from regulations,...

Political economy accounts of economic integration strongly emphasize the importance of legal contract enforcement. We challenge extant research by showing that relational contracting, relationship-based contract enforcement, is more efficient for high-risk, human capital-intensive activities...

Objectives – Using a single case study of the Global Soap Project, a social enterprise founded by Derreck Kayongo, an African Immigrant resident in the USA, this paper undertakes a discursive analysis of African immigrant entrepreneurship in diasporic contexts. This is in order to probe the...