Under the rise of network group-buying, consumers can form groups of strangers through the Internet, under the leadership of an coordinator, to integrate internal opinions and negotiate with vendors. Therefore, the coordinator gradually becomes a business. In this newly developed business, the...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships among taking a prospector local-market focus, managerial ties (business ties and political ties) and performance in the Chinese market. Design/methodology/approach: This study, using a sample of 371 Taiwanese subsidiaries of...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide a more robust understanding of how to develop dynamic capabilities (DCs) in multiunits by examining the roles of international experience and career capital. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses a survey of a sample of 413 managers in...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a more robust understanding of how to deploy multiunit organizations’ dynamic capabilities (DCs) by examining the roles of embedded social (structural and relational) capital and knowledge archetype (exploitative and exploratory) learning....