This paper proposes an alternative framework to understand enterprise unionism by emphasizing political dynamics and the role of the state in labor relations. Our framework delineates the strategic behavior patterns of the tripartite IR actors, and maintains that the initial period of the...

This paper develops an organizational approach to corporate governance and assesses the effectiveness of corporate governance and implications for policy. Most corporate governance research focuses on a universal link between corporate governance practices (e.g. shareholder activism, board...

In this paper, we analyze data on the world's largest merger and acquisition (Mamp;A) announcements in the 1990s to explore the relational factors that determine their completion or withdrawal. Existing research on this little understood phenomenon in the Mamp;A process typically focuses on the...

International business research has long acknowledged the importance of regional factors for foreign direct investment (quot;FDIquot;) by multinational corporations (quot;MNCsquot;). However, significant differences when defining these regions obscure the analysis about how and why regions...

In this paper we examine foreign location choices of the top 100 US multinational corporations (MNCs) in 1980 and 2000. We first ask whether there has been a change in MNC foreign location choice in this two-decade period. Second, we explore the underlying reasons of location change by focusing...

Cross-border mergers and acquisitions (Mamp;As) have become the dominant mode of growth for firms seeking competitive advantage in an increasingly complex and global business economy. Although Human Resource Management (HRM) can play a value-adding role in the merger process, existing research...

In this article, we develop a theoretical model to identify and explain the diversity of corporate governance across advanced capitalist economies. Our sociological approach is inspired by quot;actor-centeredquot; institutionalism in stressing the interplay of institutions and firm-level actors....

Latin America is an under-researched region that has the potential to yield new and important insights on the internationalization of firms from emerging markets, particularly as compared with the experience of firms from other regions. At the same time, some of the unique features of Latin...

In this article, we review four decades of research about the corporate governance of multinational corporations (MNCs), which we label International Corporate Governance (ICG). We identify and discuss three main streams of research that draw on different conceptualizations and theoretical...