Unlike multinational enterprises from developed economies (DE MNEs), MNEs from emerging economies (EE MNEs) commonly do not have absolute ownership advantage in management, technology, and know-how. Yet some of them have recently undertaken aggressive cross-border mergers and acquisitions...

While voluminous research has focused on the impact of host country institutions on foreign entrants, the rise of outward internationalization of firms from emerging economies is challenging this research stream. Limited work has been done to investigate a crucial question: How do home country...

Partner selection is a critical issue in building international joint ventures (IJVs). We argue that foreign firms are more likely to select local firms with unique network structural advantages within a local alliance network. We frame structural advantages as two network position traits:...

Purpose – The paper aims to argue that the social responsibility of international business (IB) scholars is to seek truth, disseminate learning, and make a difference on issues crucial to the global economy. Design/methodology/approach – Instead of making philosophical and abstract arguments...