Journal of International Business Studies

Editor-in-Chief

Rosalie L. Tung, Simon Fraser University, Canada

Managing Editor

Anne Hoekman, Academy of International Business, USA

Senior Deputy Editor

Yadong Luo, University of Miami, USA

Deputy Editor

Sjoerd Beugelsdijk, University of South Carolina, USA
Rebecca (Becky) Reuber, University of Toronto, Canada

Reviewing Editors

Sjoerd Beugelsdijk, University of South Carolina, USA
Allan Bird, Rikkyo University, Japan
Stav Fainshmidt, Florida International University, USA

Book Review Editor

Catherine Welch, Trinity College Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Area Editors

Ruth V. Aguilera, Northeastern University, USA
Tailan Chi, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Jonathan Doh, Villanova University, USA
Michele Gelfand, Stanford University, USA
Cristina Gibson, Pepperdine University, USA
David A. Griffith, Texas A&M University, USA
Mingyi Hung, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR
Ans Kolk, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dan Li, Indiana University, USA
JT Li, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR
Marjorie Lyles, Florida International University, USA
Xufei Ma, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
William Megginson, University of Oklahoma, USA
Rebecca Piekkari, Aalto University, Finland
Saeed Samiee, University of Tulsa, USA
Lemma W. Senbet, University of Maryland, USA
Riki Takeuchi, University of Texas, Dallas, USA
Esther Tippmann, University of Galway, Ireland
Arjen van Witteloostuijn, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Shaker A. Zahra, University of Minnesota, USA
Yan Anthea Zhang, Rice University, USA

Research Methods Advisory Committee

Herman Aguinis, George Washington University, USA
Eileen Fischer, York University, Canada
Elizabeth Rose, Indian Institute of Management Udaipur, India
Catherine Welch, Trinity College Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Societal Impact Advisory Committee

Jonathan Doh, Villanova University, USA
Lorraine Eden, Texas A&M University, USA
Anne Tsui, Arizona State University, USA; Peking University, China; Fudan University, China
Sri Zaheer, University of Minnesota, USA

Consulting Editors Board

Yehuda Baruch, University of Southampton, UK
Paul W. Beamish, Western University, Canada
Gabriel R. G. Benito, Norwegian Business School, Norway
Julian Birkinshaw, London Business School, UK
Nathaniel Boso, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, and University of Pretoria, South Africa
Mary Yoko Brannen, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, and San Jose State University, USA
Keith D. Brouthers, King's College London, UK
Peter J. Buckley, University of Manchester, UK
Pawan S. Budhwar, Aston University, UK
Paula Caligiuri, Northeastern University, USA
John Cantwell, Rutgers University, USA
Asli M. Colpan, Kyoto University, Japan
Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra, Northeastern University, USA
Timothy M. Devinney, University of Manchester, UK
Douglas Dow, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Ajai Gaur, Rutgers University, USA
Pervez N. Ghauri, University of Birmingham, UK
Omrane Guedhami, University of South Carolina, USA
Jean-François Hennart, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, and Aalborg University, Denmark
Michael A. Hitt, Texas A&M University, USA
Ying-Yi Hong, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Ioannis Ioannou, London Business School, UK
Constantine S. Katsikeas, University of Leeds, UK
Jeong-Bon Kim, Simon Fraser University, Canada
April Knill, University of South Carolina, USA
Tatiana Kostova, University of South Carolina, USA
Masaaki Kotabe, Waseda University, Japan, and University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
Chuck C. Y. Kwok, University of South Carolina, USA
Arie Y. Lewin, Duke University, USA
Peter W. Liesch, The University of Queensland, Australia
Jane Lu, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Martha Maznevski, Western University, Canada
Hemant Merchant, University of South Florida, USA
Klaus Meyer, Western University, Canada
Stewart R. Miller, Durham University, UK
Dana Minbaeva, King's College London, UK
Michael W. Morris, Columbia University, USA
Ram Mudambi, Temple University, USA
Janet Y. Murray, University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA
Lilac Nachum, City University of New York, USA
Bo Nielsen, University of Sydney, Australia
Yigang Pan, York University, Canada
Torben Pedersen, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Mark F. Peterson, Unaffiliated
Anupama Phene, George Washington University, USA
Grazia Santangelo, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Jaeyong Song, Seoul National University, South Korea
Mary Teagarden, Arizona State University, USA
Alain Verbeke, University of Calgary, Canada
Ilan Vertinsky, The University of British Columbia, Canada
Mary Ann Von Glinow, Florida International University, USA
Robert Weiner, George Washington University, USA
Rohan Williamson, Georgetown University, USA

Editorial Review Board

Rajesh Aggarwal, Northeastern University, USA
Roberta Aguzzoli, Durham University, UK
David Ahlstrom, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Joao Albino-Pimentel, University of South Carolina, USA
Björn Ambos, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Tina Ambos, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Giselle E. Antoine, Washington University, USA
Ilgaz Arikan, Kent State University, USA
Preet S. Aulakh, York University, Canada
Joshua K. Ault, Arizona State University, USA
Erkko Autio, Imperial College, UK
Zeynep Aycan, Koç University, Turkey
Elitsa Banalieva, Northeastern University, USA
Chris Baumann, Macquarie University, Australia
Mirko Benischke, Erasmus University, The Netherlands
Narjess Boubakri, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Maria Boutchkova, University of Edinburgh, UK
Kristin Brandl, University of Victoria, Canada
Juan Bu, Indiana University, USA
Brian R. Chabowski, The University of Tulsa, USA
Sea-Jin Chang, National University of Singapore and KAIST, Singapore
Liang Chen, Singapore Management University, Singapore
Mark A. Chen, Georgia State University, USA
Agnieszka Chidlow, The University of Birmingham, UK
Francesca Ciulli, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Joseph A. Clougherty, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Anatoli Colicev, University of Liverpool, UK
Carole Couper, University of Birmingham, UK
Nicole E. Coviello, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
Giuseppe Criaco, Erasmus University, The Netherlands
Lin Cui, Australian National University, Australia
Ilya Cuypers, Singapore Management University, Singapore
Li Dai, Loyola Marymount University, USA
Luis Alfonso Dau, Northeastern University, USA
Valentina de Marchi, University of Padova, Italy
Stephanie Decker, University of Birmingham, UK
Cem Demiroglu, Koç University, Turkey
Ziliang Deng, Renmin University of China, China
Kurt Desender, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Adamantios Diamantopoulos, University of Vienna, Austria
Marleen Dieleman, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Joerg Dietz, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Rian Drogendijk, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Jialin Du, Renmin University of China, China
Denise R. Dunlap, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA
Jesper Edman, Waseda University, Japan
Carolyn Egri, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Stefano Elia, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Rwan El-khatib, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates
Miriam Erez, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Saul Estrin, The London School of Economics, UK
Tony Fang, Stockholm University, Sweden
Elaine Farndale, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Ronald Fischer, Victoria University of Wellington & Institute D’Or for Research and Teaching, New Zealand
Veljko Fotak, University at Buffalo, SUNY, USA
Bill B. Francis, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
Pingping Fu, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, China
Amar Gande, Southern Methodist University, USA
Gerald Yong Gao, University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA
Xuesong Geng, Singapore Management University, Singapore
Edith Ginglinger, Université Paris Dauphine, France
Anthony Goerzen, Queen's University, Canada
Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez, Universidad EAFIT, Colombia
Aida Hajro, University of Leeds, UK
Kathleen Weiss Hanley, Lehigh University, USA
Colleen Harmeling, Florida State University, USA
Julia Hartmann, EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, Germany
Iftekhar Hasan, Fordham University, USA
Niron Hashai, Reichman University, Israel
Walid Hejazi, University of Toronto, Canada
Kelly Hewett, University of Tennessee, USA
Gerard Hoberg, University of Southern California, USA
Zhu Hong, Peking University, China
Anne Jacqueminet, Bocconi University, Italy
Yujin Jeong, American University, USA
Fuming Jiang, RMIT University, Australia
Marjana Johansson, University of Glasgow, UK
Marios Kafouros, University of Manchester, UK
Jun-Koo Kang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Liena Kano, University of Calgary, USA
Inder Khurana, University of Missouri, USA
Daekwan Kim, Florida State University, USA
Ahmet H. Kirca, Michigan State University, USA
Kenneth J. Klassen, University of Waterloo, Canada
Ziko Konwar, Leeds University, UK
Sorin Krammer, University of Surrey, UK
Sarah Ku, Loyola University, USA
Pankaj Kumar, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
Arun Kumaraswamy, Florida International University, USA
Nandini Lahiri, American University, USA
Somnath Lahiri, Illinois State University, USA
Anna Lamin, Northeastern University, USA
Marcus M. Larsen, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Mila B. Lazarova, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Jong Min Lee, Yonsei University, South Korea
Ju-Yeon Lee, Iowa State University, USA
Fuli Li, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Kai Li, University of British Columbia, Canada
Peter Ping Li, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Sali Li, University of South Carolina, USA
Siqi Li, Santa Clara University, USA
Weiwen Li, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Xuhong Li, Fudan University, China
Yong Li, University of International Business and Economics, China
Yong Li, University of Nevada, USA
Yupeng Lin, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Johan P. Lindeque, FHNW School of Business, Switzerland
Chang (Cathy) Liu, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Leigh Anne Liu, Georgia State University, USA
Xiaohui Liu, University of Birmingham, USA
Peter Magnusson, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA
Elizabeth Maitland, University of Liverpool, UK
Shige Makino, Kyoto University, Japan
Vladislav Maksimov, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA
Valentina Marano, Northeastern University, USA
Bulent Menguc, Leeds University, UK
Snejina Michailova, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Christof Miska, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
Jose F. Molina-Azorin, University of Alicante, Spain
Sinead Monaghan, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Ivan Montiel, City University of New York, USA
Fiona Moore, Royal Holloway London, UK
Neil A. Morgan, Indiana University, USA
Martina Musteen, San Diego State University, USA
Cheryl Nakata, University of North Carolina, USA
Satish Nambisan, Case Western Reserve University, USA
William Newburry, Florida International University, USA
Aloysius Marcus Newenham-Kahindi, University of Victoria, Canada
Elizabeth M. Moore, Northeastern University, USA
Andy Niu, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Niina Nummela, University of Turku, Finland
Niina Nurmi, Aalto University, Finland
Claude Obadia, ESCE International Business School, France
Chang Hoon Oh, University of Kansas, USA
Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki, University of Turku, Finland
Ronaldo C. Parente, Florida International University, USA
Sarah Park, University of Kent, UK
Andre Pekerti, The University of Queensland, Australia
Olga Petricevic, University of Calgary, Canada
Niccolò Pisani, IMD Business School, Switzerland
Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki, University of Vienna, Austria
Shameen Prashantham, China Europe International Business School, China
Jonas Puck, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
Markus Pudelko, University of Tübingen, Germany
Cuili Qian, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Julia Meijun Qian, Zhejiang University, China
S. Abraham (Avri) Ravid, Yeshiva University, USA
B. Sebastian Reiche, IESE Business School, Spain
Nicole F. Richter, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Petra Riefler, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Austria
Tiina Ritvala, Aalto University, Finland
Matthew J. Robson, Cardiff University, UK
Ke Rong, Tsinghua University, China
Gaia Rubera, Bocconi University, Italy
Carlos Rufin, Suffolk University, USA
Ayse Saka-Helmhout, Radboud University, The Netherlands
Innan Sasaki, University of Warwick, UK
Steve Sauerwald, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Christopher Schlägel, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany
Andreas Schotter, Western University, Canada
Amalesh Sharma, Texas A&M University, USA
Wei Shi, University of Miami, USA
Carlos M. P. Sousa, Molde University College, Norway
Günter K. Stahl, University of Vienna, Austria
Charles E. Stevens, Lehigh University, USA
Herve Stolowy, HEC Paris, France
Roger Strange, University of Sussex, UK
Dana McDaniel Sumpter, Pepperdine University, USA
Irina Surdu-Nardella, University of Warwick, UK
Betina Szkudlarek, University of Sydney, Australia
Hongping Tan, McGill University, Canada
Ryan W. Tang, University of South Australia, Australia
Vas Taras, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA
Peter Tashman, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA
Fredrik Tell, Uppsala University, Sweden
Marios Theodosiou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Bobbi Thomason, Pepperdine University, USA
Janne Tienari, Haken School of Economics, Finland
Tony Tong, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
Len Treviño, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Eric W. K. Tsang, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Ari Van Assche, HEC Montréal, Canada
Gurneeta Vasudeva, University of Minnesota, USA
Sunil Venaik, University of Queensland, Australia
M. Fernanda Wagstaff, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA
John K. Wald, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
Guoguang Wan, Nanjing University, China
Baolian Wang, University of Florida, USA
Mo Wang, University of Florida, USA
Shiheng Wang, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong (SAR)
Stephanie Wang, Indiana University, USA
S. Arzu Wasti, Sabanci University, Turkey
Michael A. Witt, INSEAD, Singapore
Caroline Witte, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Jun Xia, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Holly Yang, Singapore Management University, Singapore
Jun Yang, Indiana University, USA
Attila Yaprak, Wayne State University, USA
Daphne W. Yiu, University of Oklahoma, USA
Gwen Yu, University of Michigan, USA
Tieying Yu, Boston College, USA
Seokhwa Yun, Seoul National University, South Korea
Ivo Zander, Uppsala University, Sweden
Antonello Zanfei, University of Urbino, Italy
Katharina Petra Zeugner-Roth, SKEMA Business School, France
Qinqin Zheng, Fudan University, China
Jieyu Zhou, Xiamen University, China
Kevin Zhou, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (SAR)
Milda Žilinskaitė, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria