Our study reveals the financial performance implications of the speed at which Chinese multinational enterprises (CMNEs) expand into intra-regional versus inter-regional host countries. In doing so, we propose a framework that integrates internationalization speed and home regionalization...

This article explores the role of the formal network centrality of top management teams (TMT) for foreign expansion, looking at the case of Chinese firms. The former is defined by the degree to which top managers are connected with TMTs of other firms informal ways, through service as...

In this study, we integrate resource dependence theory and agencytheory to argue that state ownership has a dual (inducement and constraint) effect onemerging market firms’ export performance. Building on this inducement-constraintframework, we hypothesize a non-linear relationship between...

This article presents a trade based theory of casino taxation along with empirical evidence found from Macao as a typical tourism resort. We prove that there is aunique optimum gaming tax in a particular market for casino gambling, argue that any change in this tax is engendered by external...

We examine how host-country institutional development influences innovation performance of internationalized emerging market enterprises (EMEs). Our panel-data analysis of Chinese EMEs shows that although host-country institutional development on average enhances innovation performance of the...

This research examines the roles of government policies within the national innovation system (NIS) in promoting effective social entrepreneurial action and enhancing economic growth in rural sectors. We investigate government's role in promoting effective social entrepreneurial action within...

Research Summary: This study examines the role of international institutional complexity, which is defined as the scope and multiplicity of institutional dimensions across foreign markets, on emerging market multinational companies(EMMCs) innovation performance. We propose that international...

Although prior research conceptualizes how knowledge-seeking motivates the internationalization of emerging-market enterprises (EMEs), whether outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) indeed leads to enhanced innovation performance has received limited attention. We address this subject by...

The relationship between self-imposed certification of the quality of a firm’s management practices and its new product performance was investigated using data from a survey of 878 manufacturing and service firms. Certification was shown to promote new product success by reducing the...

This study proposes a moderated mediating framework to describe the relationships among international diversification, technological capability, market orientation and emerging market multinational enterprises' new product performance. Within this framework, emerging market multinational...