How do emerging market enterprises become competitive actors in a global environment still largely dominated by established firms from advanced economies? Debate on this question is fueled by an apparent paradox: Even though EMEs are increasingly becoming global contenders, their underlying...

The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed many of the weaknesses in our current systems of government and commerce. In this essay, I provide some historical context to the recent era of "hyper-globalization." I then present multiple factors-economic, social, political, technological, and...

Under the rubric of internalization theory, transaction cost-based arguments have been dominant in addressing multinational firms' mode of foreign market entry decisions. Another line of argument addresses this decision by focusing more closely on firms' capabilities. This paper presents, and...

With increasing globalization, the foreign market entry decision has come to acquire increasing strategic significance. This study is based on information drawn directly from managers through in-depth interviews. Drawing from the literature, an investigation was conducted into the manner in...

This paper discusses two approaches towards managing interorganizational relationships, based on opportunism and trust respectively. Data is presented from interviews conducted with four managers to investigate the relevance of these two approaches in their joint venture relationships. Both the...