A5044035200- International Business and FDI
- Corporate Finance and Governance
- Innovation and Knowledge Management
- Firm Innovation and Growth
- Global trade and economics
- Family Business Performance and Succession
- Private Equity and Venture Capital
- Business Strategy and Innovation
- Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
- Corporate Taxation and Avoidance
- Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
- Multi-Criteria Decision Making
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- International Student and Expatriate Challenges
- Global Financial Crisis and Policies
- Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- AI-based Problem Solving and Planning
- Risk Management in Financial Firms
- Corporate Governance and Law
- International Development and Aid
- Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
- Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management
- Global Trade and Competitiveness
- Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration
- Intellectual Capital and Performance Analysis
Kyoto University
2022-2024
Kyoto Notre Dame University
2023-2024
Chinese University of Hong Kong
2010-2021
Strategic Management Society
2020
Loyola University Chicago
2017-2018
Carleton College
2018
Alphabet (United States)
2007
Toyo Engineering (Japan)
2003
Western University
1994-1995
The study of foreign entry-mode choice has been based almost exclusively on transaction-cost theory. This theory focuses mainly the impacts firm- and industry-specific factors entry mode, taking effects country-specific contextual as constant or less important. In contrast, institutional perspective emphasizes importance influence both forces embedded in national environments decision makers' cognitive constraints founding conditions new ventures. Still, this theoretical yet to provide...
Abstract Previous studies have explored the predictors of business unit performance in multiple‐business firms and investigated extent effect industry, corporate, on a unit. These focused almost exclusively examining differences within single country, thus treating country effects as external to performance. In contrast, this study focuses multinational corporations examines which explain variation foreign affiliates. Our findings show that are strong industry effects, following affiliate...
This study examined whether early movers and technology leaders attained superior performance in emerging economic regions. We assessed the determinants consequences of two key aspe...
Abstract This study examines the extent to which subnational regions can explain foreign affiliate performance in two host country settings, United States and China, world's largest economies at polar ends of economic spectrum (i.e., an advanced versus emerging economy). Our results suggest that region is significant explaining performance, thus confirming its importance as additional unit analysis for firm performance. also shows effects are far stronger China than they States, suggesting...
Abstract This article investigates the effect of level institutional development host countries on and variation in foreign affiliate performance. Institutional is defined as extent to which economic, political, social institutions a country are developed favorable for affiliates. A longitudinal analysis over 30,000 affiliate‐year cases that include 6,985 affiliates 38 between 1996 2001 shows performance varies noticeably both across within countries. The results suggest development,...
abstract The impact of knowledge transfer on foreign subsidiary performance has been a major focus research management in multinational enterprises (MNEs). By integrating the knowledge‐based view and expatriation literature, this study examines relationship between firm's (i.e. marketing technological knowledge), its use expatriates, subsidiaries. We conceptualize that expatriates play contingent role facilitating redeployment parent to subsidiary, depending location specificity...
Abstract This study proposes that international joint ventures (IJVs) are terminated either when the initial purposes of formation IJV have been achieved (intended termination), or unanticipated contingencies emerge in external, internal, inter‐partner conditions after establishment impede continuation its operation (unintended termination). Our examines factors affect intended and unintended termination longevity IJVs. The findings show approximately 90 percent all terminations 10 intended,...
abstract Sociological‐based information theory and economics‐based competitive rivalry operate as the dominant theories of interorganizational mimetic behaviour. Recent work has sought to integrate ideas in these theories, or determine which greater explanatory power. In this study, we juxtapose concepts two illustrate complementary nature information‐based rivalry‐based Specifically, consider how predictions are moderated by home context industry a firm making an international expansion....