Abstract Building on Leonidou and Katsikeas'(1996) recent review of the export
development literature, we identify an important missing link in existing research: the role of …

First published in 1991, Japanese Management succeeds in filling a major gap by providing
a thorough account of the evolution and day-to-day practices of management within the …

This paper extends Chang's (1995) sequential investment theory to include multinational
corporations (MNCs) in service industries, given this sector's large and growing impact on …

We revisit the new perspectives that explain the internationalization and growth of
multinational enterprises (MNEs) in emerging markets (EMs). Do we need a new theory for …

In this book, the business of international freight forwarding is examined from both a
theoretical and empirical point of view with a special emphasis on multimodal transport …

This book is intended to build a bridge between two different sets of literature and ideas. On
the one side, it is concerned with the multinational corporation and the rather considerable …

This study extends and updates a review published in the Academy of Management Review
in 1984. First the external forces that have shaped Japanese management practices are …

The study examines the impact of product, functional and geographical diversification on the
sales, exports and profitability of export intermediaries (EIs). It is based on a mailed survey of …

abstract Information gaps between markets create opportunities for international trade
intermediaries to negotiate cross‐border exchanges. Faced with the prospect of eventually …

Past research into the development of trading companies has seldom been able to separate
the economic raison d'être of the firm from the political and legislative influence of the home …