This paper investigates the process of developing and implementing special economic zones (SEZs) and industrial parks in Russia. Governments commonly use SEZ policies to develop and diversify exports, create jobs and launch technology/knowledge sharing. The industrial cluster concept is based on...

It is well established that connections to government officials confer important benefits to firms. However, past work has ignored the crucial role that ties to other firms in the same industry (peer ties) also play in facilitating firms' political participation. We develop new theory that...

The digital economy, which heralds the start of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, is upon us. What can history teach international business (IB) scholars about how firms are likely to respond to this new form of technological change? Who are the likely winners? The likely losers? For 30 years, I...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between corporate governance practices and Internationalization in the context of family-owned business groups in India.Design: Comparative case study method is used to understand the above-said relationship using four family-owned...

This paper empirically investigates the influence of corruption, bureaucratic quality and government stability on inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to major SAARC nations including Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka over the period of 1985-2008. Owing to the long-term relationship...

Investigating the Russian economic footprint through outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) and the activities of Russian multinationals has not become either outdated or less interesting, even though, understandably, most of the current attention on Russian influence in Europe has been...

Benefitting from the publication of a new data set by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in 2017, this article examines the main characteristics in the realm of state-owned multinationals, especially in terms of their geographical origin, the target countries of...

We analyze the non-market advantages of developing-country multinational companies (DMNCs) over advanced-economy multinational companies (AMNCs) when both compete in the same host country. Non-market advantages are advantages based on resources developed by the firm to operate in a country's...

Hungary has become a showcase for Russian energy statecraft in Central and Eastern Europe over the last decade. Russian–Hungarian relations have developed in a vociferous and spectacular manner, demonstrating a broad understanding between the two leaders in world policy and economic matters....

China has become the world's third largest outward investor, behind the United States and Japan. A growing body of literature suggests that China's regulatory framework for outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) is a determinant of the country's rising OFDI. This paper presents a holistic...