Existing studies on multinational enterprise (MNE) location strategy assume that MNEs are focused on economic not political objectives. The emergence of globalizing state-owned enterprises (SOEs) requires us to revisit such an assumption because SOEs symbolize national interests of their home...

This article considers the harmonizing effect of TRIPS and the global enforcement of IPR through a discussion of legal transplantation and cultural adaptation. Part I examines the harmonizing effect of TRIPS and its implications to the countries at different development levels, particularly...

Our study reveals the financial performance implications of the speed at which Chinese multinational enterprises (CMNEs) expand into intra-regional versus inter-regional host countries. In doing so, we propose a framework that integrates internationalization speed and home regionalization...