Despite rapid increase in cross-border acquisitions (CBAs), prior research has not examined ownership choice of foreign MNEs investing in the services sector in emerging economies. Drawing on multiple strands of literature, we posit acquirer's ownership choice (partial versus full acquisition)...

This paper presents a conceptual discussion and a theoretical framework explaining how the liabilities of newness, which are traditionally thought of as disadvantages that young companies face, contribute to early firm internationalization. Through a systematic analysis of the liabilities that...

We analyze the impact of internationalization on firm performance in emerging economies, proposing that this relationship varies with home country uncertainty. Specifically, building on organizational learning theory and the institution-based view, we argue, first, that in emerging markets...

Latin America is an under-researched region that has the potential to yield new and important insights on the internationalization of firms from emerging markets, particularly as compared with the experience of firms from other regions. At the same time, some of the unique features of Latin...

This study investigates the antecedents of human rights infringements (HRIs) by emerging market firms (EFs). We used fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to examine HRIs in 245 firms based in eight emerging markets, between 2003 and 2012. Our findings disclose three equifinal...

This paper studies the effects of state fragility and economic development on necessity and opportunity-based individual entrepreneurial efforts. We contribute to the literature on the contextual determinants of entrepreneurship by examining multilevel data on 956,925 individuals from 51...

In the present research we investigate possible predictors of the presence of women in Spanish online newspapers using an automatic content analysis over a three-month period. Results of the analysis reveal that Spanish online newspapers continue depicting women in a stereotyped manner. Women...