Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of learning, trust, and innovation in the auto‐component industry in China. The paper traces the shifting parameters of achieving global competitiveness. Design/methodology/approach – Research was conducted with 82 auto‐component...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the need for international managers to rethink current managerial practices, especially the application of a universalistic approach in an international business context. A differentiated managerial approach is recommended to meet the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to integrate the global value chain (GVC) perspective with firms' innovation in emerging economies (EEs) and explain why EE firms can improve their innovation capabilities more from their domestic markets by focusing on R&D and marketing than from...

Purpose – The objective of this paper is to understand the success factors of mobile operators. Design/methodology/approach – Explores the business practices of leading carriers in Japan, South Korea, China, Europe and the USA. Findings – The paper finds several common characteristics in...

Purpose – To demonstrate that mainstream current ethical stances of corporate governance and associated strategic and operational management are contributors to global unsustainability, and to discuss issues and approaches for bringing governance and management into alignment with...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to offer an overall view of knowledge management challenges for global business via discussing the challenges and proposing theoretical and managerial implications. Design/methodology/approach – Based on a comprehensive literature review, the paper...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine key emerging trends in sourcing of business services. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is primarily theoretical and observational. It is based on the author's review of major academic and managerial publications, extensive interactions...

Purpose – Is non‐sequential internationalization process solely technology enabled or a product of mutually interdependent forces? This paper aims to show that even though the sequential approach in the process model is intuitively appealing, not all firms follow such a path. Hence,...

Purpose – China's increasing importance as a major global supplier has coincided in recent years with a number of disturbing cases of quality fade (sudden unexpected deteriorations in agreed quality levels) adversely impacting consumer safety, welfare and brand equity. The most effective...