Purpose This paper aims to discuss the opportunities and limitations that the location-specific advantages of the home country represent for infant multinational enterprises (MNEs). The systemic weaknesses of the home country can constrain the long-term competitiveness of its firms and,...

Purpose – The economic realignment in Latin America has created two clusters, one stagnant in the north and the other growth-bound in the south. This study aims to focus on Brazil, the key player in the growth-bound southern cluster, and address three fundamental questions: how Brazilian...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how family firms affect analyst forecast dispersion, accuracy and optimism and how earnings smoothness as the moderating factor, affects these relationships in an emerging market context. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses the population...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine the motives of cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M & A) by Indian companies for the period 1998 through 2009. The study has also attempted to ascertain the post-merger paybacks realized by the sample acquirer companies. It also...

Dynamic capabilities analyze the sources and methods of better performance and wealth creation and capture by firms operating in environments of rapid technological changes. Based on this, The objective of this research was to analyze the relationship between absorptive, adaptive, and innovation...

Emerging Information Technology explores cutting-edge research on emerging information technologies and their specific relevance for professionals in the business world. Kenneth E Kendall bridges the gap between the emergence of information technology, and its application and relevance for...

Preface / by Prof Dr. Wim Naude -- About the author -- Introduction -- Doing business in emerging markets : risks, opportunities and practice -- First section: risks -- Country risk -- Politics and business in emerging markets -- Corporate social responsibility -- Ethics, transparency, and...

Worldwide economic crisis that effects all major economies is rare. In the past, severe economic crises were usually contained within a country or a region. With the beginning of the financial and economic crisis in the United States and the rapid financial contagion of developed and developing...