Influence factors of small and medium-sized enterprises and micro-enterprises in the cross-border e-commerce platforms

WH Chen, YC Lin, A Bag, CL Chen - Journal of Theoretical and Applied …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) are frequently exposed to a variety of
difficulties during global epidemic crises like coronavirus (COVID-19), which may even …

Family firm status and environmental disclosure: The moderating effect of board gender diversity

B Maggi, R Gjergji, L Vena, S Sciascia… - Business Ethics, the …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Building on agency and resource‐based view theories, this study investigates the level of
environmental disclosure (ED) practices of family versus non‐family firms and explores the …

[HTML][HTML] Family business and international business: Breaking silos and establishing a rigorous way forward

JL Arregle, A Calabrò, MA Hitt, L Kano… - Journal of World …, 2024 - Elsevier
Over the past decade, a consensus has crystallized recognizing the significance of family
firm internationalization in international business (IB) research. This recognition comes with …

Ownership, governance, and internationalization in family firms: A replication and extension

F Debellis, M Pinelli, M Hülsbeck, A Heider - Small Business Economics, 2023 - Springer
In one of the most influential studies on family firm internationalization, Sciascia et al.
advance a curvilinear relationship between family ownership and firm internationalization …

Board competence and green innovation—Does external governance matter?

UB Yousaf, MZ Tauni, I Yousaf… - Business Strategy and the …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Previous research examining the link between board attributes and ecological strategies
such as green innovation has primarily focused on structural board attributes, yielding mixed …

New quality productivity and environmental innovation: The hostile moderating roles of managerial empowerment and board centralization

S Yue, NH Bajuri, SFA Khatib, Y Lee - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
As new quality productivity (NQP) emerges as a rising star of productivity that can effectively
leverage technological innovation and sustainability, this study aims to explore the …

[HTML][HTML] Using field and quasi experiments and text-based analysis to advance international business theory

RS Ramani, H Aguinis - Journal of World Business, 2023 - Elsevier
Methodological developments are critical for driving theoretical advancements in
international business (IB) due to the field's diversity regarding disciplinary, theoretical, and …

Unpacking unfair transaction experiences, competition, and imports in technology-intensive SMEs' FDI

K Kim, S Cho, A Gaur - International Business Review, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study we examine how unfair transaction experiences with domestic partners might
affect international expansion efforts, as moderated by industry competition and importing …

Overcoming the liability of origin by hiring foreign independent directors: Evidence from Chinese firms' cross-border M&As

L Yu, T Bai, J Yin, X Tan - Journal of World Business, 2024 - Elsevier
Firms from countries with weak corporate governance institutions tend to face liability of
origin when they conduct cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As). We argue that they …

Diversity management and firms' internationalization: Evidence from French SMEs

A Breuillot, R Bocquet, V Favre-Bonté - International Business Review, 2024 - Elsevier
Although internationalizing small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are heterogenous
as a population, they face similar resource constraints, such that resource management is …