De-internationalization: A thematic review and the directions forward

RW Tang, Y Zhu, H Cai, J Han - Management International Review, 2021 - Springer
The fast-growing interest in de-internationalization research calls for a comprehensive
synthesis of extant literature to identify paths for future research. We have responded to this …

Foreign divestment from emerging markets: A systematic literature review, integrative framework, and research agenda

AK Ameyaw, A Panibratov, AS Ameyaw - European Management Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite the significance of context in international business studies, existing reviews on
foreign divestment have combined findings from developed and emerging markets …

Women entrepreneurship in small service firms: Motivations, barriers and performance

G Akehurst, E Simarro, A Mas‐Tur - The Service Industries Journal, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
This article presents an exploratory study on the characteristics of women entrepreneurs and
the businesses they run in the Valencia region. Following a close look at the evolution of …

Taking stock of foreign divestment: Insights and recommendations from three decades of contemporary literature

P Arte, J Larimo - International Business Review, 2019 - Elsevier
Despite garnering an increasing amount of scholarly attention in the past three decades, the
literature on foreign divestment is characterised by inconsistent theoretical arguments and …

Governance, entrepreneurship and economic growth

MT Méndez-Picazo, MÁ Galindo-Martín… - Entrepreneurship & …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
In general terms, governance simply means how an organization is governed. It is the
science of government performance and behaviour and it refers to several processes that …

Tackling the hidden enterprise culture: Government policies to support the formalization of informal entrepreneurship

CC Williams, S Nadin - Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
It is now recognized that many entrepreneurs operate wholly or partially in the informal
economy. Harnessing this hidden enterprise culture by facilitating its formalization is …

Which resources matter how and where? A meta‐analysis on firms' foreign establishment mode choice

H Klier, C Schwens, FB Zapkau… - Journal of Management …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Firm resources play an important role in explaining the foreign establishment mode choice.
However, a theoretical framework that simultaneously a) differentiates between …

The business plan as a project: an evaluation of its predictive capability for business success

R Fernández-Guerrero… - The Service …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Although there is extensive research aimed at identifying the main success factors for new
ventures, efforts directed at evaluating the real effect of the existence and quality of a …

Survival of full versus partial acquisitions: The moderating role of firm's internationalization experience, cultural distance, and host country context characteristics

Y Wang, J Larimo - International Business Review, 2020 - Elsevier
The high divestment rates of acquired foreign units indicate challenges connected to
planning and management of foreign acquisitions. In this paper we analyze the moderating …

The dynamic effects of learning: Host country experience and international joint venture termination

P Wang, B Liu, T Niu - Industrial Marketing Management, 2023 - Elsevier
A lack of host country experience is the fundamental reason for the foreign partner to
establish international joint ventures (IJVs) with the local partners while host country …