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Assessing the impact of brexit on UK-based inventor teams' connectivity 评估英国脱欧对英国发明家团队连通性的影响

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Journal of International Management

Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2024.101202

Julianne Sellin , Vaibhav Mishra

Contemporary events have challenged the idea of an inevitable rise in connectivity. Economic, geopolitical, and regulatory disruptions have led scholars and practitioners to consider the potential implications that a loss of global mobility and connectedness has on the potential for knowledge creation. Although key to this process, the notion of connectivity has seldom been studied along with disruptions. To fill in this gap, this paper intends to investigate the impact of an unprecedented regulatory shock - the 2016 United Kingdom European Union (EU) membership referendum - on UK-based inventor teams' knowledge connectivity. There is considerable literature documenting a negative relationship between the uncertainty generated by disruptions and innovation. We add a complementary and potentially ameliorating effect whereby disruptions increase knowledge connectivity. We review the evidence for the former and discuss potential mechanisms behind the latter. Relying on patent application data from 2009 to 2022, we observe an overall increase in connectivity for teams with at least one inventor based out of the UK after the referendum. Our analysis also suggests an internationalization of UK teams taking precedence over what may have been a more regional focus. We discuss the immediate, and potential long-term implications of this dynamic for UK innovation.

当代事件挑战了连通性必然上升的观点。经济、地缘政治和监管的中断促使学者和从业者考虑全球流动性和连通性的丧失对知识创造潜力的潜在影响。尽管这一过程至关重要，但连通性的概念很少与中断一起研究。为了填补这一空白，本文打算调查一场前所未有的监管冲击——2016年英国欧盟（EU）成员国公投——对英国发明家团队知识连通性的影响。有相当多的文献记录了由破坏和创新产生的不确定性之间的负相关关系。我们添加了一个互补的和潜在的改善效应，即中断增加知识连接。我们回顾了前者的证据，并讨论了后者背后的潜在机制。根据2009年至2022年的专利申请数据，我们观察到，公投后，至少有一名发明人来自英国的团队的连通性总体上有所增加。我们的分析还表明，英国团队的国际化优先于可能更为区域性的关注。我们讨论了这种动态对英国创新的直接和潜在的长期影响。

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Unpacking coopetition in international strategic alliances: Dimensions, contingencies, and structures 拆解国际战略联盟中的合作：维度、偶然性和结构

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Journal of International Management

Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2024.101201

Qiuhao Xie , Pei Ma , Ying Gao , Shuibo Zhang

Further progress in coopetition research is currently impeded by three ongoing problems in the literature: (a) conceptual ambiguity surrounding the coopetition construct; (b) an insufficient understanding of contingency factors; and (c) a lack of consideration of the potential variations in coopetition structures. In the specific context of international strategic alliances (ISAs), these unresolved issues have increased confusion regarding coopetition–joint performance relationship. To address these interrelated issues, this study unpacks coopetition in the ISA context into coopetition intensity and coopetition balance, examines the contingent role of trust in coopetition–joint performance relationship, and provides a nuanced analysis of coopetition structures. Based on a sample of 172 ISAs, we find that both coopetition intensity and balance independently exert positive effects on ISA joint performance outcomes. Moreover, simultaneously high levels of coopetition intensity and balance yield synergistic benefits. The results of the moderating effects indicate that goodwill trust weakens the positive effect of coopetition balance on joint performance, while competence trust strengthens this positive effect. Compared to a horizontal structure, the moderating effects of trust on the relationship between coopetition balance and joint performance are stronger in a vertical structure. This study therefore provides novel results; specifically, it indicates how coopetition manifests and how parties in ISAs jointly benefit or suffer from coopetition activities, offering fresh insights into managing coopetition in ISAs.

目前，文献中存在的三个问题阻碍了竞争研究的进一步进展：(a)围绕竞争结构的概念模糊；(b)对偶然性因素的认识不足；(c)缺乏对竞争结构潜在变化的考虑。在国际战略联盟的特定背景下，这些尚未解决的问题增加了对合作-共同绩效关系的困惑。为了解决这些相互关联的问题，本研究将ISA背景下的合作分解为合作强度和合作平衡，考察了信任在合作-合作绩效关系中的偶然作用，并对合作结构进行了细致入微的分析。基于172个ISA的样本，我们发现合作强度和平衡对ISA联合绩效结果都有独立的正向影响。此外，高水平的竞争强度和平衡同时产生协同效益。调节效应结果表明，商誉信任削弱了合作平衡对共同绩效的正向影响，能力信任则强化了这种正向影响。与水平结构相比，垂直结构中信任对合作平衡与联合绩效关系的调节作用更强。因此，这项研究提供了新的结果；具体而言，它揭示了国际合作组织中各方如何从合作活动中共同受益或共同受损，为国际合作组织的合作管理提供了新的见解。

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Stability of international joint ventures: When experience and age overshadow host country risk 国际合资企业的稳定性：当经验和年龄盖过东道国风险时

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Journal of International Management

Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2024.101205

Hamza Aib

This study examines how host country risk affects the stability of international joint ventures (IJVs). Besides, it examines the moderating impact of experience in the host country and age of the IJV on the association between country risk and IJV stability. We use transaction cost economics (TCE) to hypothesize a detrimental impact of host country risk and IJV stability. Additionally, we integrate TCE and knowledge-based theory (KBT) to develop the hypotheses suggesting that the negative association between country risk and IJV stability is moderated by experience in the IJV's host country and the age of the IJV. Using a dataset on 140 IJVs established between French and cross-border partners, and employing event history analysis to assess IJV stability over time, we find that host country risk has a detrimental impact on IJV stability. Furthermore, we find that the degree of experience possession in IJV's host country and the age of the IJV moderate the negative association between host country risk and IJV stability.

本研究探讨东道国风险如何影响国际合资企业的稳定性。此外，它还考察了东道国的经验和合资企业的年龄对国家风险与合资企业稳定性之间关系的调节作用。我们使用交易成本经济学（TCE）来假设东道国风险对合资企业稳定性的不利影响。此外，我们整合了TCE和知识基础理论（KBT）来提出假设，表明国家风险与合资企业稳定性之间的负相关关系被合资企业东道国的经验和合资企业的年龄所缓和。利用法国和跨国合作伙伴之间建立的140家跨国合资企业的数据集，并采用事件历史分析来评估跨国合资企业的长期稳定性，我们发现东道国风险对跨国合资企业的稳定性有不利影响。此外，我们发现东道国的经验拥有程度和合资企业的年龄调节了东道国风险与合资企业稳定性之间的负相关关系。

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The evolution of the ability to effectively innovate in a transnational organization – A configurational analysis 跨国组织有效创新能力的演变——构型分析

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Journal of International Management

Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2024.101200

Samantha Macro , Ursula F. Ott

The transformation of transnational organizations coincides with the innovation ability and is based on the evolutionary changes in MNEs. The phenomenon of interest is investigated with a qualitative study through interviews with senior directors of a pharmaceutical MNE in both headquarters and subsidiaries supplemented with company data and information. A configurational analysis using fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) transfers the antecedent and outcome conditions into equifinal paths. The ability to innovate effectively is a function of the complexity of organization, complexity of science in light of local responsiveness. The findings contribute to enlarging the transnational theory regarding the ability to innovate effectively and the reconfiguration to a neomultidomestic archetype. The transnational organization with its evolutionary developments and re-configurations is the driver for worldwide innovation in an uncertain environment and with the challenges of new drug development a vehicle for innovation in the pharmaceutical industry. The study is important because it provides access to one of the leading pharmaceutical companies investigating its evolution and reconfiguration to adapt to new challenges in an ever-changing international business and scientific environment.

跨国组织的转型与创新能力的发展是一致的，并以跨国公司的演化变化为基础。通过对一家制药跨国公司总部和子公司的高级主管的访谈，并辅以公司数据和信息，采用定性研究来调查兴趣现象。采用模糊集定性比较分析（fsQCA）的组态分析方法，将前提条件和结果条件转换为等效路径。有效创新的能力是组织复杂性的一个函数，是科学在地方反应能力方面的复杂性。这一发现有助于扩大关于有效创新能力的跨国理论，并重新配置到一个新的多国内原型。在不确定的环境和新药开发的挑战下，具有进化发展和重新配置的跨国组织是全球创新的驱动力，也是制药工业创新的载体。这项研究很重要，因为它为一家领先的制药公司提供了调查其发展和重组的途径，以适应不断变化的国际商业和科学环境中的新挑战。

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Organizational creativity: A microfoundation of the international business competence and performance link 组织创造力：国际商业能力与绩效联系的微观基础

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Journal of International Management

Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2024.101203

Sílvio Luís De Vasconcellos , Ronaldo Couto Parente , Andreas P.J. Schotter , Ivan Lapuente Garrido , Cláudio Reis Gonçalo

We investigate the role of organizational creativity as a microfoundation underlying international business competence (IBC) and its impact on international performance in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Based on recent studies emphasizing the importance of creativity as an antecedent of valuable capabilities, we develop a model showing how organizational creativity manifests itself in diverse nuances in the connection between individual and organizational levels. We test our model with data from SMEs using established scales for organizational creativity and IBC. Our results demonstrate the role of organizational creativity as a nuanced, significant driver for developing IBC and that fostering a creative organizational environment that facilitates transforming individual creativity into an organizational resource leads to superior international performance.

我们研究了组织创造力作为国际商业能力（IBC）的微观基础的作用及其对中小企业（SMEs）国际绩效的影响。基于最近的研究强调创造力作为有价值能力的先决条件的重要性，我们开发了一个模型，展示了组织创造力如何在个人和组织层面之间的联系中以不同的细微差别表现出来。我们用中小企业的数据来测试我们的模型，使用既定的组织创造力和IBC量表。我们的研究结果表明，组织创造力是发展IBC的一个微妙的、重要的驱动力，培养一个创造性的组织环境，促进将个人创造力转化为组织资源，从而导致卓越的国际绩效。

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The effects of host and home country economies on MNEs’ overseas CSR investment 东道国和母国经济对跨国公司海外企业社会责任投资的影响

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Journal of International Management

Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2024.101191

Yuanyuan Zhou, Peng Liu, Min Teng

We employ a supply and demand framework to integrate mainstream theoretical lenses and assess the heterogeneous roles of host and home country economies on MNEs' overseas CSR investment. Using a sample of the world's 100 largest non-financial MNEs from 2015 to 2018, as published by UNCTAD, we find that host country economic performance is positively associated with MNEs' CSR investment in host countries, and home country economic performance exhibits a U-shaped relationship with MNEs' CSR investment in host countries. By distinguishing CSR into do-good and do-no-harm CSR, we further find that host country economic performance positively affects both types of CSR investment. Home country economic performance has a U-shaped effect on do-good CSR investment, but it is negatively related to do-no-harm CSR investment. Our study provides a more generalized insight into the impact of host and home economies on MNEs' overseas operations, thereby enriching our understanding of CSR management by MNEs.

我们采用供需框架整合主流理论视角，评估东道国和母国经济在跨国公司海外企业社会责任投资中的异质作用。利用联合国贸易和发展会议公布的2015年至2018年全球100家最大的非金融跨国公司样本，我们发现东道国经济绩效与跨国公司在东道国的企业社会责任投资呈正相关，母国经济绩效与跨国公司在东道国的企业社会责任投资呈u型关系。通过将企业社会责任区分为“做好事”和“无害”，我们进一步发现东道国的经济绩效对这两种类型的企业社会责任投资都有积极影响。母国经济绩效对企业社会责任投资呈u型影响，而对企业社会责任投资呈负相关。我们的研究为东道国和母国经济对跨国公司海外业务的影响提供了更广泛的见解，从而丰富了我们对跨国公司企业社会责任管理的理解。

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Self-serving leadership and knowledge hiding in MNEs: Examining the roles of emotional exhaustion and thriving at work 跨国公司的自私自利领导与知识隐藏：检视情绪耗竭与职场繁荣的作用

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Journal of International Management

Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2024.101204

Yang Shen , Sophie Lythreatis , Sanjay Kumar Singh , Palie Smart

Knowledge is an important resource for the development of individuals and the successful operation of companies, yet knowledge hiding (KH) within organizations is universal. Based on the conservation of resources theory, this study investigates the relationship between self-serving leadership (SSL) and individual KH through a moderated mediation model of emotional exhaustion (EE) and thriving at work (TAW). Two-wave survey data is collected from employees working in MNEs operating in China. The results show that SSL positively affects individual KH, and that EE plays a mediating role in this process. TAW negatively moderates the effect of EE on KH, and further moderates the indirect effect of SSL on employees' KH behavior through EE. Implications for theory, practice and future research are also discussed. The novel process that links SSL and individual KH behavior enriches the leadership-KH literature. Linking EE and TAW to the leadership-KH relationship further extends the mechanisms and boundary conditions that may influence KH. The main practical suggestions are to optimize the human resource management strategy and establish a positive corporate atmosphere.

知识是个人发展和企业成功运营的重要资源，而组织内部的知识隐藏现象是普遍存在的。本研究基于资源守恒理论，通过情绪耗竭（EE）和工作繁荣（TAW）的调节中介模型，探讨了自我服务型领导（SSL）与个体KH之间的关系。两波调查数据来自在中国运营的跨国公司的员工。结果表明，SSL正向影响个体KH， EE在此过程中起中介作用。TAW负向调节情感表达对员工KH行为的影响，并通过情感表达进一步调节SSL对员工KH行为的间接影响。对理论、实践和未来研究的启示进行了讨论。将SSL与个体KH行为联系起来的新过程丰富了领导力-KH文献。将EE和TAW与领导-KH关系联系起来，进一步扩展了可能影响KH的机制和边界条件。主要的实践建议是优化人力资源管理战略，营造积极向上的企业氛围。

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Fifty Shades of Ads. The Influence of Cultural and Institutional Factors on Television Advertisement Expenditure 广告的五十度。文化和制度因素对电视广告支出的影响

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Journal of International Management

Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2024.101190

Wolfgang Messner , Monica Migliorini

Deciding how to allocate ad spending across media channels is a complex marketing choice that varies by country due to cultural and institutional factors. This descriptive study examines TV ad spending in 50 countries, finding higher TV budgets in economically underdeveloped, less internet-connected nations. Countries with greater uncertainty avoidance and power distance exhibit higher TV ad budgets, while those with more individualism and masculinity have lower TV ad spending. TV is favored in ethnically, linguistically, and religiously fractionalized and more religious countries. Understanding the local context while keeping a global view is crucial for an effective marketing strategy.

决定如何跨媒体渠道分配广告支出是一个复杂的营销选择，因文化和制度因素而异。这项描述性研究调查了50个国家的电视广告支出，发现在经济不发达、互联网连接较少的国家，电视预算更高。不确定性规避和权力距离较高的国家电视广告预算较高，而个人主义和男子气概较强的国家电视广告支出较低。电视在种族、语言和宗教分化和更宗教的国家更受欢迎。了解当地的情况，同时保持全球视野是一个有效的营销策略的关键。

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Editorial on Doing business in Africa: Navigating opportunities and challenges in Africa's emerging markets 关于在非洲经商的社论：驾驭非洲新兴市场的机遇与挑战

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Journal of International Management

Pub Date : 2024-08-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2024.101189

Samuel Adomako , Oded Shenkar , Xiaohui Liu , Joseph Amankwah-Amoah , Mujtaba Ahsan

This editorial delves into the evolving context of doing business in Africa, tracing its journey from being dubbed the “hopeless continent” to becoming a beacon of hope and opportunity. Drawing on a wealth of scholarly research, it highlights Africa's increasing attractiveness for global investments, underscored by rising FDI inflows and the emergence of a vibrant middle class. Despite these promising trends, the editorial also sheds light on the persistent challenges, including institutional fragility and political instability, coupled with limited representation in the existing international business discourse. We advance a more nuanced understanding of Africa's business environment, emphasizing the need for responsible growth, improved governance, and sustainable development. Thus, the Special Issue offers insights into the complexities and challenges of doing business in Africa, as well as the paradoxes and potential for fostering competitiveness and inclusive growth on the global stage.

这篇社论深入探讨了在非洲经商不断变化的背景，追溯了非洲从被称为 "无望的大陆 "到成为希望和机遇灯塔的历程。在大量学术研究的基础上，社论强调了非洲对全球投资日益增长的吸引力，外国直接投资流入量的增加和充满活力的中产阶级的崛起凸显了这一点。尽管出现了这些充满希望的趋势，但社论也揭示了持续存在的挑战，包括体制脆弱和政治不稳定，以及在现有国际商业话语中的代表性有限。我们推进了对非洲商业环境更细致入微的理解，强调了负责任增长、改善治理和可持续发展的必要性。因此，本特刊深入探讨了在非洲经商的复杂性和挑战，以及在全球舞台上促进竞争力和包容性增长的矛盾和潜力。

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