Small and medium sized enterprises account for over 99% of all companies in Eu-ropean Union and have very important position in the EU economy in the area of growth and employment. However, they face great deal of obstacles, such as com-pliance costs of taxation, 28 different tax systems in...

This paper examines whether and, if so, why source country heterogeneity exists in foreign direct investment (FDI). Using detailed data on all Swedish firms for the period from 1996 to 2009, we find statistical evidence that affiliate performance differs systematically across source countries....

Integrating the customer in the innovation process is believed to be a powerful means to reduce failure rates and to increase the revenue from new products. Although many companies have launched programs to enable such integration, the understanding of the mechanisms behind successful programs...

While attention to the social and environmental impacts of international business (IB) is not new, the past years have seen renewed interest due to pressing global problems such as climate change and poverty. Multinational enterprises (MNEs) are regarded as playing a specific role given their...

The results of this study indicate that companies have built strong capabilities for collecting information. However, their ability to interpret information, disseminate gained insights and trigger management reactions leaves room for improvement: Only 23% of the participants state that SF...

Corporate sustainability is increasingly regarded as a management task. Thereby, especially environmental performance is becoming an important indicator. This paper addresses a measurement approach of evaluating environmental performance from an innovation perspective. Based on the insights from...

The ongoing change in the perception of business, from a narrow view of profit making to a wider view of extended responsibilities towards a large set of stakeholders, is challenging enterprises globally. We base our research on the understanding that leadership is a key issue in making...

This study investigates the use of country of origin image (COI) by an emerging market multinational (EMMN) on their internationalization process. To this end, we integrate COI literature with the attributes that make up Brazil's image abroad. This study conducts a qualitative and descriptive...

The influences of business environment and leadership style on team performance are examined in a field study of 37 technology-based projects. The findings provide insight into the changing business environment, as well as the leadership style and organizational conditions most conducive to high...

The rise of new global contender MNEs from large emerging markets (EMs) is leading to significant structural transformation of global industries, international institutions, and global power (re)arrangement. Outward FDI undertaken by these EM multinational enterprises (MNEs) is growing fast as...