This study focuses on the linkages occurring between UK service multinationals and their local suppliers in China and Korea. We consider the effects of linkage formation on domestic firms. Data collection was undertaken over a three-year period whereby qualitative in-depth interviews were...

Purpose – Underdog positioning is often used to evoke a positive attitude when interacting with consumers. However, little research has been conducted on the market competition structure and innovation contexts in which underdog positioning produces the most impact. This research aims to...

Innovative business models in B-to-B settings allow suppliers to renew their business and to tighten the customer/supplier relationship while customers may benefit from more innovative and customized solutions. Astonishingly, the pace of adoption of these new business models is rather low. By...

This paper looks into various means of regulating pharmaceuticals and their effects on the structure of the international pharmaceutical industry. Regulation adds complexity to the activities of a firm. This complexity is multiplied, if different countries apply different sets of regulations....

Organizations face trade-offs when designing growth strategies. With limited resources, managers have to decide in which type of business they want to deploy their resources. We integrate the Penrosian theory of the growth of the firm with institutional perspectives to analyze when business...

Global sourcing has led to lower cost and more effective supply chains for many companies. However, when the cost-driven practices of many suppliers in these chains come to light there is often considerable debate over the ethics of these practices. This research uses the well-known Hunt-Vitell...

How did innovation and technological change affect information flows and the degree of legitimacy afforded authorities such as industry associations? In this paper, six cases from the photography industry are analyzed over time. The findings indicate first that changes in innovation affected...

Brazil's established soft-drink firms recently lost ground to multiple low-price entrants, with small-scale operations and minimal advertising. While incumbents attributed such undercutting to entrants' lower costs from non-compliance with the law, "generics" counterargued that incumbents' high...

In analyzing firm entry and exit across Belgian manufacturing industries, this paper presents evidence that import competition and foreign direct investment discourage entry and stimulate exit of domestic entrepreneurs. These results are in line with theoretical occupational choice models that...

In analyzing firm entry and exit across Belgian manufacturing industries, this paper presents evidence that import competition and foreign direct investment discourage entry and stimulate exit of domestic entrepreneurs. These results are in line with theoretical occupational choice models that...