The purpose of this inductive theory-building paper is to address the following research question: How does the role of social capital in fostering the international growth of new technology-based firms (NTBFs) evolve over time? It does so by theorizing from a three-year longitudinal study of...

Under the rubric of internalization theory, transaction cost-based arguments have been dominant in addressing multinational firms' mode of foreign market entry decisions. Another line of argument addresses this decision by focusing more closely on firms' capabilities. This paper presents, and...

With increasing globalization, the foreign market entry decision has come to acquire increasing strategic significance. This study is based on information drawn directly from managers through in-depth interviews. Drawing from the literature, an investigation was conducted into the manner in...

This paper discusses two approaches towards managing interorganizational relationships, based on opportunism and trust respectively. Data is presented from interviews conducted with four managers to investigate the relevance of these two approaches in their joint venture relationships. Both the...

We examine the multinational firm from the lens of coevolutionary theory. Coevolutionary theory encompasses both macrocoevolution with the external (local) environment and microcoevolution within the internal environment, i.e. among the MNC's parts (subsidiaries) and the whole, and the relations...