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We reassess the effects of family ownership and strong family control on non-family minority and non-controlling shareholders. We argue that assumptions and interpretations regarding the cost and benefits of family ownership in the extant literature need to be understood relative to other firm...
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We seek to bring to the core of the study of comparative corporate governance analysis the idea that within countries and industries, there exist multiple configurations of firm level characteristics and governance practices leading to effective corporate governance. In particular, we propose...
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The turning to the XXI century has been marked by reforms in corporate governance practices around the world. Whether due to shocks caused by the economic crisis in East Asia, Russia and Latin America, or by financial scandals in the United States and Europe, the fact is that the way of doing...
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Mergers and acquisitions lead to important changes in corporate governance including the constitution of a new board of directors and top management team (TMT). While there exists substantive research on TMT behavior of acquired firms, we know relatively little about the factors influencing...
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Corporate governance lies at the heart of contemporary debates over internationalization and varieties of capitalism. Despite this growing attention to cross-national diversity, a unified comparative framework remains elusive. This article develops a theoretical model to describe and explain...
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Multinational corporations, especially those with headquarters in the U.S., are often singled out as the flagship of globalization. Empirical research on the internationalization trends of U.S. MNCs' subsidiaries shows mixed findings regarding the rationale for the choice of foreign location. In...
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This paper undertakes a comparative and historical analysis of the subsidiaries of a large US oil multinational to examine how each subsidiary reacted to nationalist policies by different types of political regimes, host country regime changes, and the relationship of the host country government...
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This paper provides a multi-level theoretical model to understand why business organizations are increasingly engaging in corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, and thereby exhibiting the potential to exert positive social change. Our model integrates theories of micro-level...
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Manuscript Type: Conceptual Research Question/Issue: Director turnover post-acquisition is a complex and multi-faceted phenomenon that needs to be examined beyond the agency lens. In this article, we examine the likelihood of non-executive director turnover in target firms following an...
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Over the past decades terms such as regionalism, regionalization, 'regional multinationals', and 'liability of regional foreignness' have populated International Business and Global Strategy research. Notwithstanding their popularity, the definition of the term 'region' is ambiguous, which...
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