Drawing from the resource-based view, signaling theory, and internationalization literatures, we argue that a key intangible resource – reputation influences decision to engage in cross-border acquisitions (CBAs). Reputation facilitates foreign market entry by reducing risks costs inherent such strategic moves, while acting curb potentially risky decisions. Based on longitudinal sample of 869 c...

Research summary: We examine why a firm takes specific competitive action in nonmarket and resource-market spaces, particularly when it perceives threats from informal and foreign competitor groups, respectively. We address this question by combining insights from competitive rivalry, strategic groups, and nonmarket strategy literatures in an emerging economy context. Specifically, we theorize ...

We generate new knowledge about financial crises and their consequences for MNC technological development, thereby addressing a largely uncharted issue at the crossroads of organization, strategy international business literatures. Drawing on threat-rigidity theory, we argue that have an overall negative effect exploration strength differs across greenfield acquired subsidiaries. Results from e...

Taking an interdisciplinary perspective, we examine the evolution of economic sanctions in post-World War II era and reflect on lessons that could be drawn from their features patterns use. We observe that, during this time, there has been a remarkable increase use as instrument foreign policy. classify period into four ‘eras’ discuss, context, how may linked to salient contemporaneous internat...

The West Indian poet Mervyn Morris (1937-) is renowned for espousing the importance of a national language in creating literature as well integrating European poetic heritage with Caribbean literary traditions. Through an exploration Morris’s selected poems, paper discusses role plays shaping themes diasporic writing and postcolonial identity, argues that his works show deep awareness fundament...

Abstract In India, as in other parts of the world, readers’ exposure to world and literatures largely took place through pages magazines, via translations, reviews, snippets information, survey articles, so on. The 1950s 1970s were golden age magazine publishing Hindi. Several Hindi magazines devoted short story not only showcased new literary talent but also invested much effort translating wr...

Abstract This study investigates the antecedents of human rights infringements (HRIs) by emerging market firms (EFs). We used fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to examine HRIs in 245 based eight markets, between 2003 and 2012. Our findings disclose three equifinal configurations high levels HRIs, all involving EFs that have expanded a number foreign markets: (i) large, old, low...