Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to introduce the notion of social responsibility skepticism (SRS) and demonstrate its importance to the existing social responsibility literature. Stakeholder-emphasizing perspective (STEP) and shareholder-emphasizing perspective (SHEP) are tested as...

Purpose: This study uses the notions of institutional harshness and uncertainty avoidance in the home country to explain the choice between direct and indirect exporting strategies by emerging market firms. Design/methodology/approach: This study is based on a dataset of 23,256 observations on...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to link country factors which impact the selection of women as CEOs of firms in emerging markets. Design/methodology/approach: Using a multilevel model, this study investigates the factors driving the selection of a woman as CEO using a sample of 30,015...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine whether the usage of informal finance helps exports of emerging market firms. Design/methodology/approach: The study analyzes a large dataset of observations on emerging market firms. To address the issue of a non-random sample and correct for...

Reinsurance premium receipts from overseas countries to firms domiciled in the United States increased 207% during the years 1987 to 1999. It is important to understand the characteristics of countries that exhibit a rapid increase in imports of U.S. reinsurance services. This study found that...

In recent years, there has been an emerging stream of studies that challenge the idea of the importance of globalization for companies. One study even calls the common assumptions of globalization a "myth" (Rugman, A., 2000). Needless to say, this particular perspective has generated a lot of...

While anecdotal and research evidence exists supporting the difficulties faced by foreign firms in host nation environments due to liability of foreignness, it is clear that many foreign firms have been successfully operating in the U.S. over the years. This study seeks to understand the...