Research has examined how “economizing” and “strategizing” mechanisms interact in driving competitive outcomes, but the role of coalitions in this process has received little attention. Coalitions between players are established to increase value creation (i.e., economizing), as well as...

The taxation of the multinational enterprise (MNE) has been a continuing concern for policy-makers. We argue that the changing nature of the mobile MNE (e.g., its improved ability to fine-slice the value chain and disperse it geographically) makes it increasingly important to rethink current tax...

This paper argues that the technology and economic determinants of value creation in platform businesses need to be better incorporated in the analysis of the conduct of digital platforms. Platforms operate in an environment of extreme interconnectivity, exhibit many externalities and economies...

The disruption of the trade and investment activities of multinational enterprises as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic has reinvigorated the debate on the configuration of global value chains (GVCs) as well as the risks and challenges associated with offshoring. This article depicts how...

This paper investigates the relationship between intellectual capital and value creation in the Textile Manufacturing Sector in Brazil. Through the access of the database from the Annual Industrial Research conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, we gathered 644...

We compute the shareholder value creation and the return of the companies in the IBEX 35 for the 18-year period 1991-2009. The average return was 12.5%, but 4.4% was due to the decline in interest rates (from 13% to 4%). The shareholder value creation in the whole period was 101 billion euros,...

Only 36 companies out of 125 had negative return in 2009 (133 out of 136 in 2008). The companies created value in 2009 (100 billion euros), but destroyed value in 2008 (420 billion euros) and in 2007 (17 billion euros). The average return of the 125 companies was 30% in 2009 and -40% in 2008

This paper studies the marginal contribution of intellectual capital (IC) components to company value using a hedonic pricing framework. The ANOVA is used to identify group differences among different national markets and industries. Two models have been developed to reflect the time effect: one...