Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the formal political, legal and economic institutional legitimacy challenges for (US-based) multinational corporations (MNCs) attempting to enter the Cuban market, discuss the key local constituencies in Cuba that are able to grant legitimacy and...

Purpose: This study sought to provide a more comprehensive understanding of how managers' coaching skills can affect individual performance through the mediating role of affective commitment. Design/methodology/approach: The sample included 198 employees from diverse organizations. Based on an...

Purpose: This paper constitutes an explorative study into post-acquisition implementation of emerging market acquisitions in developed countries. More specifically, the study aims to better understand how low capability Chinese firms are able to capture value when acquiring high-capability...

Blockchains have the potential to disrupt many of the assumptions that we hold about market transactions. As a result of the new technology, different forces will come into play, providing both opportunities and challenges for market agents who will be forced to redesign their interactions with...

This article presents a fencing network perspective to describe the process and motives of the internationalization of emerging market multinationals. Emerging market multinationals use a fencing network internationalization model, through merge and acquisitions, to strategically redirect...