We examine the relationships between national ethical environment (NEE) and foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing and developed countries from an institutional theory perspective. Based on an NEE measure developed by Franke and Nadler (2008) and FDI data from the Ministry of Finance of...

We examine the effect of Japanese official development assistance (ODA) on entry mode and expatriate staffing of Japanese subsidiaries in China over the period 1993-2000 at a sub-national level, based on data aggregated from Toyo Keizai, China Statistical Yearbook and the Embassy of Japan in...

We examine the relationship between MNC location choice across countries and the three dimensions (internal, external and environmental) of the national corporate responsibility index (NCRI) using corporate social responsibility (CSR) and international business theories. Based on...

The international joint venture (JV) literature has focused on two parent JVs formed between one foreign and one local firm. Yet, other types of JVs exist. This paper iddentifies four distinct forms of JVs based on the JV partners' nationality and equity affiliation. These are (i) JVs that are...