Abstract Kirkman, Lowe, & Gibson's (2006) JIBS article summarized and critiqued
international business research inspired by the most cited book in the field Hofstede's 1980 …

Over the past 50 years, cooperative forms of governance such as equity joint ventures and
other strategic alliances have received tremendous attention in international business and …

Social science research has recently been subject to considerable criticism regarding the
validity and power of empirical tests published in leading journals, and business scholarship …

In the process of globalization, enterprises often choose to penetrate international markets in
order to improve their competitiveness and develop their market share in foreign markets …

We scrutinize the explanatory power of one of the key concepts in International Business:
the concept of (cultural) distance. Here we focus on its effect on entry mode choice, one of …

For a long time most international business researchers assumed homogeneity within
national borders. More and more, international strategy is being considered at the …

Foreign investors generally need to overcome a liability of foreignness stemming from
contextual distance between their home country and the target country. We argue that they …

Using panel data for 29 source and 65 host countries in the period 1995–2009, we examine
the determinants of bilateral FDI stocks, focusing on institutional and cultural factors. The …

This article explores how within-country diversity of both language and religion influences
the ownership structure of foreign acquisitions. Commentators have acknowledged the …

Multinational enterprise (MNE) location decisions are central to international business (IB)
scholarship and research shows that global cities are key MNE investment locations …