III. Corporate Strategies in International Business


The Decision to Outsource / Outsource Offshore R&D Services: A Co-Evolutionary Approach (ID 93); Andrea Martinez-Noya, University of Oviedo; Esteban Garcia-Canal, University of Oviedo


The Organizational Complexity of Offshoring and its Consequences: The Role Of Modularity and Organizational Learning (ID 227), Marcus M. Larsen; Copenhagen Business School; Torben Pedersen, Copenhagen Business School; Stephen Tallman, University of Richmond


Backsourcing: Beneficial Strategic Change or Strategy Failure? (ID 307), Pooja Thakur, Virginia Tech
 

Motivations to Offshore and the Choice of Offshoring Mode. An Application to the European Manufacturing Industry (ID 7); Esmeralda Linares Navarro, University of Valencia; José Pla-Barber, University of Valencia, Anoop Madhok, York University

 

Does Confucian Dynamism Complement the OLI Framework? A Study of Chinese Private Firms (ID 196); Junzhe Ji, University of Glasgow; Pavlos Dimitratos, Athens University of Economics and Business


Institutional Isomorphism in Retail Firms’ Entry Mode Choice (ID 250); Stefan Elsner, University of Trier; Bernhard Swoboda, University of Trier


Converting Wine into Vinegar: Acquisitions by Foreign Firms in Periods of Crisis (ID 275); Wenjie Chen, George Washington University, School of Business; Gabriela Contreras, Central Bank of Chile and University of Michigan, Department of Economics; Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra, U. of South Carolina, Moore School of Business, Sonoco International Business Department
 

The Impact Of Cultural Distance on Ownership Mode in International Investments: Hofstede, Schwartz Vs. GLOBE (ID 68); Jorma Larimo, University of Vaasa; Douglas Dow, University of Melbourne

Political Risk and Profitability: the Case of Spanish Multinational Enterprises (ID 126); Alfredo Jimenez, University of Burgos; Juan Bautista Delgado, University of Burgos


Contingency of the Multinationality-Performance-Relationship? A Comparison of Different Firm-Specific Endowments Concerning Intangible Assets and Capital-Intensity (ID 253); Stefan Eckert, IHI Zittau; Marcus Dittfeld, IHI Zittau; Marcus Neureiter, University of Bamberg; Susanne Rässler, University of Bamberg


Towards the Standardization of External Retail Marketing Instruments and Internal Processes (ID 321); Stefan Elsner, University of Trier; Bernhard Swoboda, University of Trier


Corporate Control, Board Independence and International Diversification: Evidence from Italian Firms (ID 77); Antonio Majocchi, Dpt. of Management, University of Pavia; Roger N. Strange, University of Sussex