Purpose: This study uses the notions of institutional harshness and uncertainty avoidance in the home country to explain the choice between direct and indirect exporting strategies by emerging market firms. Design/methodology/approach: This study is based on a dataset of 23,256 observations on...

Purpose: This paper aims to develop a generalizable framework for acquisition performance. Design/methodology/approach: This paper attempts to simulate a controlled experiment by examining the strategies and performance of the same acquired company under different acquirers. The inductive...

Tissue engineering is a young and interdisciplinary scientific discipline but it offers exciting opportunities to improve the quality of health care for hundreds of thousands of patients. Lured by its potential, several start-up companies, pharmaceutical corporations, and medical device...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether new store locations by two incumbent supermarket chains in Singapore were consistent with a preemptive strategy. Design/methodology/approach: The methodology involved collecting store location data and using a geographical technique...

Purpose: This study aims to propose a framework to help firms craft value-creating strategies for multiple stakeholders. Design/methodology/approach: The study uses an inductive methodology based on analysing strategies for two exemplar companies, namely, Starbucks and Wagestream. Key insights...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine how geographic diversification affects the performance of international new ventures. Design/methodology/approach: This study develops hypotheses about the individual and joint effects of geographic diversification and industry life cycle on the...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine whether the usage of informal finance helps exports of emerging market firms. Design/methodology/approach: The study analyzes a large dataset of observations on emerging market firms. To address the issue of a non-random sample and correct for...