International & Multi-national

The Effect of Investing in Foreign Countries to Pay Lower Taxes on Economic Productivity>

An increasingly connected world and a strong digital economy have made it easier for multinational companies to have investments in multiple countries. This investment, where the company buys a controlling…

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What Globalization Looks Like in the Digital Business Era

By J Katherine Bahr Transformative technology has remade global business structures time and time again. With the Industrial Revolution, dispersed cottage industries became centralized production hubs. In the 20th century, communication…

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Making the Case for Business Leaders to Understand Locational Strategy

A new study identifies the growing need for business leaders to consider the broad implications of choosing where to put down roots as the world shifts toward a knowledge-based economy.…

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Considering an Acquisition in a Foreign Country? Watch Home-Host Country Relations

New research finds conflictive relations between two countries can negatively affect acquisition efforts. By Sarah Steimer Policy risk has a negative effect on whether firm acquisitions are completed, but the strength…

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Emerging Market Multinational Enterprises Should be Taken More Seriously, a Recent SMS Collection Argues

by Matthias Wenzel, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany History shows us that many multinational enterprises originate in Western industrial economies. Yet, these enterprises are not alone anymore. Huawei, TikTok, and…

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Open and nonmarket strategies for innovation capability building in emerging markets

By Henry Lopez-Vega and Nicolette Lakemond The rise and downfall of well-known EMNEs has raised interest in understanding how these firms build and destroy innovation capabilities. Even though investments in…

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How Do Globally Scaling Digital Firms Navigate Competing Strategic Demands? 

Recent research published in the Global Strategy Journal, coauthored by Esther Tippmann (National University of Ireland Galway), Sinéad Monaghan (Trinity College Dublin) and Becky Reuber (University of Toronto), shows that…

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How Firms Take Advantage of Pollution Havens through Global Sourcing

  By Heather Berry, Aseem Kaul and Narae Lee The pollution haven effect—firms taking advantage of lax environmental standards in foreign countries by shifting their manufacturing activities there—has been extensively…

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Into the Unknown: A Richer Way to Capture Firm Internationalization

by Gábor Békés, Gabriel R.G. Benito, Davide Castellani and Balázs Muraközy A medium-sized chemical manufacturer from Bologna in Italy is already exporting its products across the European Union (EU) and…

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Family CEOs May Get Paid Less in the US; New Study Suggests the Opposite is True for India

originally published by SMS Journals Press Releases Few topics in organization studies have received as much attention from scholars as CEO compensation. Two key questions are why some CEOs are…

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