Summary This paper examines the role of social networks in the internationalization processes of new ventures in contexts characterized by different levels of institutional development. A country's level of institutional development may have a direct effect on the composition of entrepreneurs'...

We provide a meta-analysis of alienation, outlining the extent to which it is predicted by individual differences (need for achievement), role stressors (role conflict), leader dimensions (initiating structure), and aspects of the work context (formalization). We also examine its relationship...

Summary A long-standing issue in strategy research is the relationship between executive individual characteristics, strategic decisions, and resulting outcomes. I refocus upper echelons theory on executives' psychological processes represented by their self-regulation (promotion vs....