Over the past decades terms such as regionalism, regionalization, 'regional multinationals', and 'liability of regional foreignness' have populated International Business and Global Strategy research. Notwithstanding their popularity, the definition of the term 'region' is ambiguous, which...

International business research has long acknowledged the importance of regional factors for foreign direct investment ("FDI") by multinational corporations ("MNCs"). However, significant differences when defining these regions obscure the analysis about how and why regions matter. In response,...

International business research has long acknowledged the importance of regional factors for foreign direct investment (FDIʺ) by multinational corporations (MNCsʺ). However, significant differences when defining these regions obscure the analysis about how and why regions matter. In response,...

International business (“IB”) research has long acknowledged the importance of supra-national regional factors in building models to explain phenomena such as where multinational corporations (“MNCs”) choose to locate. Yet, criteria for defining regions based on similar factors vary...

The scope of this project was to assess the value-add of Australian incubators and accelerators to the high-growth innovative startups they support, as well as to the local, regional and national innovation ecosystems. This scope includes exploring their impact on the development of...

There is a consensus within the Merger and Acquisition (M&A) literature that acquisitions fail during the integration phase, in large part due to neglect of social factors such as differences in rules, norms, and values across organizations. Thus, a crucial part of successful integration is...

We develop and test a multi-level theoretical framework for understanding country-, industry-, syndicate-, firm- and project-specific factors shaping the capital structure and broader risk profile of a quintessentially Asian form of foreign direct investment ("FDI") called project finance....

Manuscript Type: Conceptual Research Question/Issue: Director turnover post-acquisition is a complex and multi-faceted phenomenon that needs to be examined beyond the agency lens. In this article, we examine the likelihood of non-executive director turnover in target firms following an...

Analyzing 247 French and Spanish listed companies, we evaluate the influence of the ownership structure and the board of directors on the demand for external audit services. We argue that controlling shareholders influence the priorities of the board to focus on the provision of resources rather...