Thought Leadership in Advancing International Business Research

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Arie Y. Lewin, S. Tamer Cavusgil, G. Tomas M. Hult, David A. Griffith

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3. A Discourse Analysis of Knowledge Creation in International Business Research: JIBS 1970–2005

   • Minna Söderqvist, Brian Toyne

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4. Multinationality of the Firm: Conceptualization and Measurement

   • Ahmet H. Kirca

   Pages 41-56

5. Mode Configuration Diversity: A New Perspective on Foreign Entry Mode Choice

   • Bent Petersen, Gabriel R. G. Benito, Lawrence S. Welch, Christian Geisler Asmussen

   Pages 57-78

6. Value Creation in International Electronic Markets: A Conceptual Framework

   • Saeed Samiee, Peter G. P. Walters, Leslie Yip

   Pages 79-103

7. Decision Factors Influencing MNEs’ Regional Headquarters Location Selection Strategies

   • John Holt, William R. Purcell, Sidney J. Gray, Torben Pedersen

   Pages 104-133

8. A Signaling Theory Investigation of How to Overcome Negative Country-of-Origin Effects

   • Lance E. Brouthers, John W. Story, John Hadjimarcou

   Pages 134-152

9. Institutions and Organizational Socialization: Integrating Employees in Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions

   • Ruth V. Aguilera, John C. Dencker, Zeynep Y. Yalabik

   Pages 153-189

10. Multi-Firm Collaboration and International Competitive Dynamics

    • Craig Crossland, David J. Ketchen Jr., Charles C. Snow

    Pages 190-204

11. Establishing the Moral Basis of Global Capitalism: Implications for MNEs in Emerging Markets

    • Eden Yin

    Pages 205-229

12. The Study of Fit in International Business Research: Methodological and Substantive Issues

    • Matthew B. Myers, David A. Griffith

    Pages 230-246

13. Back Matter

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This volume is devoted to those areas that can advance our understanding of international business. It contains contributions from intellectual leaders of the field, using cutting edge research to explore frontier topics in international business, and to look at where international business is going.

• Acquisition
• business
• capitalism
• dynamics
• Emerging Markets
• institutions
• International Business
• leadership
• merger
• mergers
• organization
• organizations
• rating
• research

• Duke University, USA

  Arie Y. Lewin

• Georgia State University, USA

  S. Tamer Cavusgil

• Michigan State University, USA

  G. Tomas M. Hult, David A. Griffith

S. TAMER CAVUSGIL is Fuller E. Callaway Professorial Chair and Director of the Institute of International Business at Georgia State University, USA. He serves as an elected Fellow of the Academy of International Business. His areas of interest include emerging markets, international marketing strategy, and early internationalization.

DAVID A. GRIFFITH is an Associate Professor of Marketing at the Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University, where he also serves as Director of the Ph.D. Program. Dr. Griffith specializes in marketing strategy and international marketing with a focus on intra- and inter-organizational governance. He has served on faculty at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, the Japan-America Institute of Management Science, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, and University of Oklahoma.

G. TOMAS M. HULT is Director of the Broad International Business Center and Professor of Marketing and International Business in the Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University. He is also the Executive Director of the Academy of International Business. Professor Hult has published more than 70 articles on marketing management, strategic marketing/management, supply chain management, and international marketing/business.

ARIE Y. LEWIN is Professor of Business Administration and Sociology at the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University. He is the Director of the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER). He leads a cross-national research collaboration (Denmark, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States) research consortium - New Organization Forms for the Information Age (NOFIA) - involving a longitudinal comparative study of strategic re-orientations and organization restructurings and international competitiveness.

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