Corporate response to natural disaster in the forms of cash and/or in-kind donations (corporate p... more Corporate response to natural disaster in the forms of cash and/or in-kind donations (corporate philanthropic disaster response --CPDR) has been a growing form of corporate philanthropy. Thus far, ...
Scholars of international relations and international political economy have long documented inte... more Scholars of international relations and international political economy have long documented international business diplomacy (IBD) as a practice of multinational enterprises (MNEs), although the specific practices involved have not been consistently established in international business scholarship. We apply "practice theory" to position IBD within the realm of MNEs’ global non-market strategy (NMS), arguing that IBD constitutes a set of practices in the implementation of global NMS, and that the most appropriate practices depend upon two key dimensions of the global institutional governance regime faced by the MNEs: the governance level and the degree of rule formality.
In this introduction to the Point‐Counterpoint on the corporate objective, I briefly review and r... more In this introduction to the Point‐Counterpoint on the corporate objective, I briefly review and reflect on three views of the corporate objective presented in the exchange. I argue that each perspective – the shareholder value model, the stakeholder management perspective, and the strategic corporate governance framework – has merit in its own right, but that their relevance is contingent on the theoretical and practical contexts in which they are applied, assessed and evaluated. From a theoretical perspective, the choice of which model best fits depends upon whether one is looking through a normative, instrumental, or descriptive lens. From a practical vantage, the relevance and applicability of each of these corporate objectives is contingent on the national institutional context as well as the individual corporation’s relevant sector and industry, its strategy, and its leaders’ vision. In fact, there is no one corporate objective; rather the objective is variable based on a range...
Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic and its medical, social and economic impacts presented profound ch... more Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic and its medical, social and economic impacts presented profound challenges to business, government, and society It also presents management scholars with an opportunity to rethink some of our core assumptions and directions of our research In response, in the Summer of 2020, in our capacity as co- General Editors of the Journal of Management Studies, one of the foremost academic journals of management and organization studies, we commissioned short commentaries from leading management scholars
Abstract International Business (IB) phenomena often encompass activities at the nation, industry... more Abstract International Business (IB) phenomena often encompass activities at the nation, industry, firm, and individual levels. Consequently, empirical analyses in IB often consider at least two levels of analysis; failing to do so represents omitted variable bias. In this Perspectives paper, we review and evaluate the use and misuse of multi-level methods in IB, suggesting that IB scholars often fail to employ explicitly multilevel approaches when confronted with multi-level phenomena. We also assess different multi-level modeling techniques, noting that despite different nomenclature, many are functionally equivalent, and offer suggestions for best practices in the deployment of multi-level methods in IB.
Spatial and geographic constructs have been incorporated into strategy research since its incepti... more Spatial and geographic constructs have been incorporated into strategy research since its inception. Yet, strategy researchers have been slow to take advantage of methods designed specifically for these variables. This is despite the fact that spatial methods can be used to identify and remediate spatial autocorrelation—eliminating a potentially important source of bias in empirical results—and more broadly, to test hypotheses about spatial phenomena in novel ways. This article reviews the use of spatial constructs and variables in strategy research, summarizes spatial methods relevant to the strategy field, and shows how these approaches can enhance strategy research. The authors demonstrate the utility of these methods for a wide range of empirical inquiries into the role of geographic space in firm location, competition, and other phenomena, and offer three specific illustrations of their usefulness in the context of international strategy research.
With globalization and the growth in emerging economies, multinational enterprises (MNEs) now fre... more With globalization and the growth in emerging economies, multinational enterprises (MNEs) now frequently confront challenges associated with corrupt governments. Already, a growing body of research has demonstrated that corruption significantly reduces a country’s aggregate inflows of foreign direct investment through its effects on firm performance. We move the analysis of corruption from aggregate financial flows toward managerial theory and practice by examining how firms adjust their strategy for entering foreign markets in corrupt environments and how different types of corruption affect firms’ choices. Building on institutional theory, we predict that MNEs will respond to pervasive and arbitrary corruption in a host country by selecting particular types of equity and nonequity modes of entry. Using data on 220 telecommunications development projects in 64 emerging economies, we find that firms adapt to the pressures of corruption via short-term contracting and entry into joint...
Corporate response to natural disaster in the forms of cash and/or in-kind donations (corporate p... more Corporate response to natural disaster in the forms of cash and/or in-kind donations (corporate philanthropic disaster response --CPDR) has been a growing form of corporate philanthropy. Thus far, ...
Scholars of international relations and international political economy have long documented inte... more Scholars of international relations and international political economy have long documented international business diplomacy (IBD) as a practice of multinational enterprises (MNEs), although the specific practices involved have not been consistently established in international business scholarship. We apply "practice theory" to position IBD within the realm of MNEs’ global non-market strategy (NMS), arguing that IBD constitutes a set of practices in the implementation of global NMS, and that the most appropriate practices depend upon two key dimensions of the global institutional governance regime faced by the MNEs: the governance level and the degree of rule formality.
In this introduction to the Point‐Counterpoint on the corporate objective, I briefly review and r... more In this introduction to the Point‐Counterpoint on the corporate objective, I briefly review and reflect on three views of the corporate objective presented in the exchange. I argue that each perspective – the shareholder value model, the stakeholder management perspective, and the strategic corporate governance framework – has merit in its own right, but that their relevance is contingent on the theoretical and practical contexts in which they are applied, assessed and evaluated. From a theoretical perspective, the choice of which model best fits depends upon whether one is looking through a normative, instrumental, or descriptive lens. From a practical vantage, the relevance and applicability of each of these corporate objectives is contingent on the national institutional context as well as the individual corporation’s relevant sector and industry, its strategy, and its leaders’ vision. In fact, there is no one corporate objective; rather the objective is variable based on a range...
Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic and its medical, social and economic impacts presented profound ch... more Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic and its medical, social and economic impacts presented profound challenges to business, government, and society It also presents management scholars with an opportunity to rethink some of our core assumptions and directions of our research In response, in the Summer of 2020, in our capacity as co- General Editors of the Journal of Management Studies, one of the foremost academic journals of management and organization studies, we commissioned short commentaries from leading management scholars
Abstract International Business (IB) phenomena often encompass activities at the nation, industry... more Abstract International Business (IB) phenomena often encompass activities at the nation, industry, firm, and individual levels. Consequently, empirical analyses in IB often consider at least two levels of analysis; failing to do so represents omitted variable bias. In this Perspectives paper, we review and evaluate the use and misuse of multi-level methods in IB, suggesting that IB scholars often fail to employ explicitly multilevel approaches when confronted with multi-level phenomena. We also assess different multi-level modeling techniques, noting that despite different nomenclature, many are functionally equivalent, and offer suggestions for best practices in the deployment of multi-level methods in IB.
Spatial and geographic constructs have been incorporated into strategy research since its incepti... more Spatial and geographic constructs have been incorporated into strategy research since its inception. Yet, strategy researchers have been slow to take advantage of methods designed specifically for these variables. This is despite the fact that spatial methods can be used to identify and remediate spatial autocorrelation—eliminating a potentially important source of bias in empirical results—and more broadly, to test hypotheses about spatial phenomena in novel ways. This article reviews the use of spatial constructs and variables in strategy research, summarizes spatial methods relevant to the strategy field, and shows how these approaches can enhance strategy research. The authors demonstrate the utility of these methods for a wide range of empirical inquiries into the role of geographic space in firm location, competition, and other phenomena, and offer three specific illustrations of their usefulness in the context of international strategy research.
With globalization and the growth in emerging economies, multinational enterprises (MNEs) now fre... more With globalization and the growth in emerging economies, multinational enterprises (MNEs) now frequently confront challenges associated with corrupt governments. Already, a growing body of research has demonstrated that corruption significantly reduces a country’s aggregate inflows of foreign direct investment through its effects on firm performance. We move the analysis of corruption from aggregate financial flows toward managerial theory and practice by examining how firms adjust their strategy for entering foreign markets in corrupt environments and how different types of corruption affect firms’ choices. Building on institutional theory, we predict that MNEs will respond to pervasive and arbitrary corruption in a host country by selecting particular types of equity and nonequity modes of entry. Using data on 220 telecommunications development projects in 64 emerging economies, we find that firms adapt to the pressures of corruption via short-term contracting and entry into joint...
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