Purpose: In cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As), acquirers often fail to achieve the expectations they held when they made the M&A deals. This paper aims to propose that the risks of cross-border M&As can be mitigated by building and cultivating organizational resilience as a prime...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to answer why some multinational enterprises (MNEs) fail within the international business (IB) domain. Design/methodology/approach: Conceptually, the study takes an organismic approach to MNE failure. Methodologically, it adopts an elite interview approach...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine operational-level implementation issues regarding mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in general, and resource combination and integration at the functional marketing level in particular. Design/methodology/approach – The paper introduces four...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the role that different collaborative entry modes play in how international new ventures (INVs) expand into international markets. Design/methodology/approach: The paper’s arguments are based on the INVs and social network literatures. In order...

Purpose: In almost every large business, there is a growing recognition of the importance of organisational agility in improving their marketing responsiveness and business survival. However, limited insights have been offered by scholars on multinational enterprises and their marketing agility...