Although trust and commitment are important for the success of any alliance activity, there is only a minimal attention given to the 'soft' side of alliance management. In this article we propose a dynamic framework for the development of trust and commitment in different alliance types. We...

We argue that the effectiveness of aligning incentives through greed and fear reductions cannot be examined independent of the relational context molded by trust and time horizon. We propose that trust and time horizon jointly give rise to apprehension and temptation, which in turn generate...

Sociological-based information theory and economics-based competitive rivalry theory operate as the dominant theories of interorganizational mimetic behavior. Recent work has sought to both integrate the ideas in these theories, or determine which has greater explanatory power. In this study, we...

This article integrates institutional theory and organizational learning perspective and proposes a contingency framework on the relationship between ownership strategies and subsidiary performance. Using a sample of Japanese subsidiaries worldwide, the article finds important main effects of...

Research on internationalization of emerging market firms (EMFs) has received an increasing attention in the international management field. A central argument in a majority of these studies is that the internationalization of EMFs is different from that of firms from developed economies, and...

This study surveys recent work, published in four International Business journals, that has focused on the non-manufacturing sector which includes the 'services' sector. It documents the nature of scholarship in this area, identifies opportunities for future work, highlights some important...

We investigate the effect of product diversity and geographic diversity on the performance of SMEs. We propose an inverted U shaped relationship between product (geographic) diversification (PD/GD) and the performance of SMEs. We also propose that PD and GD positively interact with each other to...

We propose that formal and informal enforcement mechanisms have a substituting as well as complementing effect. Building on the literature on cooperation in the provision F public good, we argue that the effectiveness of punishment vs. protection as a formal mechanism hinges on the extent to...

We identify and examine the efficacy of organizational mechanisms through which diversified firms are effectively managed without loss of control. Building on the resource based view of business groups, we argue that business groups in emerging markets use these mechanisms more often and derive...

We study antecedents of innovation performance for the subsidiaries of multinational enterprises (MNEs) using the microfoundations approach. Based on the upper echelons perspective, we argue that managers’ demographic characteristics, such as prior MNE work experience and industry experience...