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Looking back to look forward: Disruption, innovation and future trends in international human resource management 回顾过去，展望未来：国际人力资源管理的变革、创新和未来趋势

IF 5.9 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

International Business Review

Pub Date : 2024-11-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102362

Elaine Farndale , Sven Horak , Rakoon Piyanontalee , Sheila M. Puffer , Maja Vidović

Recent global challenges, particularly the COVID-19 pandemic, have underscored the critical role of human resources in international business, pushing disruptions and innovations to the forefront of international human resource management (IHRM) research and practice. This special issue editorial provides a timely and in-depth examination of the evolving IHRM landscape, reflecting on the profound changes brought by the pandemic and investigating the transformative potential of AI-driven innovations in shaping an uncertain future. Through our exploration, we challenge several dangerous assumptions that global leaders must navigate and propose a forward-looking research agenda for the IHRM field. Our analysis highlights five key themes: (1) demographic shifts and diversity, (2) evolving patterns in globalization and global mobility, (3) the complexities of managing global workforces, (4) emerging dynamics in international careers, and (5) the role of multinational enterprises (MNEs) and international small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Together, these themes offer a comprehensive framework for advancing IHRM research and practice in an increasingly complex and dynamic global environment.

最近的全球性挑战，特别是 COVID-19 大流行病，凸显了人力资源在国际商业中的关键作用，将颠覆和创新推向了国际人力资源管理（IHRM）研究和实践的前沿。本特刊社论及时深入地探讨了不断演变的国际人力资源管理格局，反思了大流行病带来的深刻变化，并研究了人工智能驱动的创新在塑造不确定未来方面的变革潜力。通过探讨，我们对全球领导者必须驾驭的几个危险假设提出了质疑，并为国际人力资源管理领域提出了前瞻性研究议程。我们的分析突出了五个关键主题：(1) 人口结构变化和多样性，(2) 全球化和全球流动性的演变模式，(3) 全球劳动力管理的复杂性，(4) 国际职业的新兴动态，(5) 跨国企业（MNE）和国际中小型企业（SME）的作用。这些主题为在日益复杂多变的全球环境中推进国际人力资源管理的研究与实践提供了一个综合框架。

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The micro-contextual conditions that influence host-country nationals’ decisions about horizontal knowledge sharing in multinational enterprises in China 影响东道国国民在华跨国企业横向知识共享决策的微观背景条件

IF 5.9 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

International Business Review

Pub Date : 2024-11-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102359

Danni Ma , Anthony Fee

This study explores the ‘micro-contextual’ conditions (individual, situational, interpersonal) affecting the willingness of host country nationals (HCNs) to share knowledge with peers in overseas subsidiaries. Our interviews with Chinese consultants in foreign-owned multinational firms in China extend current understanding of the breadth and types of considerations HCNs weigh up. We show that both collaborative and competitive dynamics shape their willingness to share knowledge, with self-interest typically trumping organizational interests. We also draw attention to the performative nature of knowledge sharing by revealing how HCNs’ perceptions of the knowledge-sharing processes, not just the outcomes, matter. Considerations like the difficulty, the visibility, and the actors involved in the process all contribute to HCNs’ willingness to share knowledge with other subsidiaries.

本研究探讨了影响东道国国民（HCNs）与海外子公司同行分享知识意愿的 "微观背景 "条件（个人、情景、人际）。我们对在华外资跨国公司中的中国顾问进行的访谈，拓展了目前对东道国国民权衡考虑因素的广度和类型的理解。我们的研究表明，合作与竞争的动态因素影响着他们分享知识的意愿，而自身利益通常高于组织利益。我们还揭示了高管网络对知识共享过程而不仅仅是结果的看法，从而提请人们注意知识共享的表演性质。知识共享过程中的难度、能见度和参与者等因素都会影响 HCN 与其他子公司共享知识的意愿。

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When I have to versus when I am able to: Behavioral and resource explanations for firms’ international expansion via exporting 当我不得不与当我有能力时：企业通过出口进行国际扩张的行为和资源解释

IF 5.9 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

International Business Review

Pub Date : 2024-10-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102358

Hongyan Qu , Zhujun Ding , David Ahlstrom , Changqi Wu , Huifen Helen Cai

This study investigates how the motivations of firms to expand internationally via exporting in rather different contexts can be explained through either the more traditional “ability to export” as held in the resource-based view of the firm or with a behavioral theory perspective. In a riskier context with numerous roadblocks to international trade and investment, this study found support for the behavioral perspective, showing that under- and over-performing firms in that challenging context tended to export more as a result of problemistic search and slack search, while the firms performing around their aspiration levels tended to export less. And this effect proved stronger for smaller firms and non-state enterprises. In contrast, when the conditions for international expansion turned less risky, due to reduced trade barriers, clearer rules and adjudication, the better-performing, larger, and state-owned firms with more resources tended to engage in more exporting activities than others, supporting the resource-based explanations for taking fairly bold strategic action. Based on data from China’s pharmaceutical firms in a time of major institutional change during the pre- and post-WTO periods, this study revealed that firms’ incentives and propensity for undertaking exports change, with changes in the context and the relevant risks. This underscores the importance of selecting and applying theories judiciously when examining firms' international expansion behaviors, particularly given significant contextual change.

本研究探讨了如何通过基于资源的企业观中更为传统的 "出口能力 "或行为理论视角来解释企业在截然不同的环境中通过出口进行国际扩张的动机。在国际贸易和投资障碍重重、风险较大的环境下，本研究发现行为理论观点得到了支持，研究表明，在这种具有挑战性的环境下，表现不佳和表现优异的企业往往由于问题搜索和松懈搜索而增加出口，而表现与其期望水平相近的企业往往减少出口。事实证明，这种效应对小型企业和非国有企业更为明显。相反，当贸易壁垒减少、规则和裁决更加明确，国际扩张的风险降低时，表现更好、规模更大、拥有更多资源的国有企业往往比其他企业从事更多的出口活动，这支持了基于资源的解释，即采取相当大胆的战略行动。本研究基于中国制药企业在世贸组织前后重大制度变革时期的数据，揭示了企业出口的动机和倾向会随着环境和相关风险的变化而变化。这强调了在研究企业国际扩张行为时审慎选择和应用理论的重要性，尤其是在背景发生重大变化的情况下。

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Refugees’ employment: Adapting a structural inequality framework for multinational corporations 难民就业：为跨国公司调整结构不平等框架

IF 5.9 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

International Business Review

Pub Date : 2024-10-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102357

Nadeera Ranabahu , Huibert P. de Vries , Zhiyan Basharati

Multinational corporations (MNCs), through action or inaction, directly and indirectly shape vertical, horizontal, or internal structural inequalities in labour markets. The refugee employment literature has given scant attention to the role of MNCs, and how these corporations can or do contribute to achieving equality in employment outcomes for diverse social groups such as refugees. In this paper, we explore how MNCs seek to address challenges associated with structural inequalities to achieve greater equality in employment outcomes for refugees. To do so, we draw on the refugee employment literature, industry evidence, and business reports. Our findings reveal that MNCs require global and national-level responses to address structural inequalities associated with vertical, horizontal, or internal inequalities. We synthesise these inequalities into a conceptual framework and illustrate the need for MNCs to balance standardisation vs localisation strategies in human resource and diversity management, sourcing and supply chain management, corporate social responsibility, marketing and branding, and external engagement. Such MNC strategies contribute to refugees’ ability to navigate structural factors that create employment inequalities.

跨国公司通过作为或不作为，直接或间接地造成劳动力市场纵向、横向或内部结构上的不平等。难民就业文献很少关注跨国公司的作用，以及这些公司如何能够或确实有助于实现难民等不同社会群体的就业平等。在本文中，我们将探讨跨国公司如何努力应对与结构性不平等相关的挑战，以实现难民就业结果的更大平等。为此，我们参考了难民就业文献、行业证据和企业报告。我们的研究结果表明，跨国公司需要采取全球和国家层面的应对措施，以解决与纵向、横向或内部不平等相关的结构性不平等问题。我们将这些不平等现象归纳为一个概念框架，并说明跨国公司需要在人力资源和多元化管理、采购和供应链管理、企业社会责任、营销和品牌建设以及外部参与等方面平衡标准化与本地化战略。这种跨国公司战略有助于提高难民驾驭造成就业不平等的结构性因素的能力。

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Spatial development of technological knowledge and the evolution of international business activity across technological paradigms 技术知识的空间发展与跨技术范式的国际商业活动演变

IF 5.9 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

International Business Review

Pub Date : 2024-10-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102356

John Cantwell, Pallavi Shukla

How has the spatial structure of the development of technological knowledge in international business (IB) shifted over time, moving between paradigms for IB and society? To answer this research question, we use the method of historical analysis and attempt to synthesize literature streams on international business history and technological paradigms to trace this evolution. Drawing insights from this synthesis and building on evolutionary theoretical approaches in IB, we argue that three elements - (i) technological (T), (ii) global institutional (G), and (iii) local institutional (L) – are key to understanding the spatial development of technological knowledge in IB, as these elements enable, expedite, or constrain technological and organizational change in MNEs within a paradigm and during periods of paradigmatic shifts. We conclude with a case illustration of a firm founded in the 1700s to assess its responses to (and actions that may have prompted) the shifts in the T, G, and L elements across the three technological paradigms – mechanical (1780–1880), electromechanical (1880–1980), and digital (1980-present).

随着时间的推移，国际商务（IB）技术知识发展的空间结构是如何在国际商务范式和社会范式之间转变的？为了回答这一研究问题，我们采用了历史分析方法，并尝试综合国际商务史和技术范式方面的文献流，以追溯这一演变过程。我们从这一综合中汲取见解，并以国际商务领域的演化理论方法为基础，认为三个要素--（i）技术（T）、（ii）全球制度（G）和（iii）地方制度（L）--是理解国际商务领域技术知识空间发展的关键，因为这些要素在范式内和范式转变期间促成、加速或限制了多国企业的技术和组织变革。最后，我们以一家成立于 1700 年代的公司为例，评估其在机械（1780-1880 年）、机电（1880-1980 年）和数字（1980 年至今）这三种技术范式中对 T、G 和 L 要素转变的反应（以及可能促使其转变的行动）。

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Intellectual property regimes and knowledge governance in MNEs: Expatriate staffing and R&D-manufacturing colocation 跨国企业的知识产权制度和知识治理：外籍人员配备和研发与制造的同地办公

IF 5.9 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

International Business Review

Pub Date : 2024-09-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102324

Jong Min Lee

Expatriates can provide multinational enterprises (MNEs) with an effective knowledge governance mechanism to buffer institutional deficiencies or maximize institutional benefits associated with varying intellectual property (IP) regimes. Building on the implications of both transaction cost minimization and value maximization through expatriate utilization, this study explores how MNEs adjust their use of expatriates in manufacturing subsidiaries contingent on host country IP regimes. The study also examines how R&D-manufacturing colocation and the parent firm’s technological competence moderate the relationship between host country IP regimes and expatriate utilization. Using a global dataset of South Korean MNEs, this paper finds support for a U-curve relationship between the strength of host country IP regimes and the MNE’s expatriate staffing levels in manufacturing subsidiaries. The results also reveal that the U-shape relationship is strengthened by R&D-manufacturing colocation but weakened by the parent firm’s R&D intensity. These findings provide important implications for research and practice pertaining to MNE management in different IP regimes in general and expatriate utilization in particular.

外派人员可以为跨国企业（MNE）提供有效的知识管理机制，以缓冲制度缺陷或最大限度地提高与不同知识产权制度相关的制度效益。基于利用外派人员实现交易成本最小化和价值最大化的意义，本研究探讨了跨国企业如何根据东道国的知识产权制度调整其在制造子公司中对外派人员的使用。本研究还探讨了研发制造中心的设置和母公司的技术能力如何调节东道国知识产权制度与外派人员使用之间的关系。通过使用韩国跨国企业的全球数据集，本文发现东道国知识产权制度的强度与跨国企业制造子公司的外籍员工水平之间存在 U 型曲线关系。研究结果还显示，母公司的研发强度会削弱U型关系，而研发与制造的同地办公则会加强U型关系。这些研究结果对跨国企业在不同知识产权制度下的管理，特别是外派人员的使用，具有重要的研究和实践意义。

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Government R&D support’s effects on export performance via innovation: An analysis of organizational motivators as moderators 政府研发支持对创新出口绩效的影响：作为调节因素的组织激励因素分析

IF 5.9 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

International Business Review

Pub Date : 2024-09-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102345

Priit Tinits , Jingtao Yi , Carl F. Fey , Shuang Meng

How and under what conditions does government R&D support lead to innovation and in turn increased export activities? We bridge these two relationships which are normally explored separately by creating a linking evolutionary economics based framework which uses variation and selection. We examine the relationship between government R&D support and export intensity, mediated by innovation, in a balanced panel of 289 innovative exporters in China. Leveraging the knowledge-based view, we also explore the roles of financial bonus incentives (an extrinsic motivator) and employee suggestions (an intrinsic motivator) as moderators to contribute to the debate on what type of motivators work best. This study contributes to the export and innovation literatures by showing that government support for R&D facilitates innovation and that innovation in turn facilitates exports. Further, the study shows that both extrinsic and intrinsic motivators moderate the staged relationships, but they affect different stages with bonuses moderating the R&D support – innovation relationship and suggestions moderating the innovation – export relationship.

政府的研发支持如何以及在什么条件下会导致创新，进而增加出口活动？我们利用变异和选择建立了一个基于进化经济学的关联框架，从而弥合了通常单独探讨的这两种关系。我们在一个由中国 289 家创新型出口企业组成的平衡面板中研究了政府研发支持与出口强度之间的关系，并以创新为中介进行了分析。利用基于知识的观点，我们还探讨了财务奖金激励（一种外在激励因素）和员工建议（一种内在激励因素）作为调节因素的作用，从而为关于哪种激励因素最有效的讨论做出贡献。本研究表明，政府对研发的支持促进了创新，而创新反过来又促进了出口，从而为出口和创新文献做出了贡献。此外，研究还表明，外在和内在激励因素都能调节阶段性关系，但它们会影响不同的阶段，奖金能调节研发支持与创新之间的关系，而建议则能调节创新与出口之间的关系。

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How do country institutions affect foreign investment? Evidence from European multinational companies 国家机构如何影响外国投资？来自欧洲跨国公司的证据

IF 5.9 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

International Business Review

Pub Date : 2024-09-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102344

Christian Haddad , Arnt Verriest

We examine the impact of host-country institutions on subsidiary location decisions made by European multinational companies (MNCs) across 144 countries. Our analyses occur at the firm-level. We find that better protection of property rights, higher regulatory quality, and more developed financial markets attract more investment from MNCs. In line with our hypotheses, we document a stronger impact of these institutions on foreign investment when (i) entry and trade barriers of the host country are higher, (ii) the geographic distance between home and host country is larger, and (iii) MNCs are more financially constrained. Our findings suggest the MNCs are willing to trade off weaker institutional features with stronger ones. For instance, firms are prepared to invest in countries with higher entry or trade barriers in exchange for stronger property protection. This study expands our understanding of how institutions affect foreign investment, and which factors moderate their effects, offering new insights into the complexities of international business strategy.

我们研究了东道国制度对欧洲跨国公司在 144 个国家的子公司选址决策的影响。我们的分析是在公司层面进行的。我们发现，更好的产权保护、更高的监管质量和更发达的金融市场会吸引更多跨国公司的投资。与我们的假设一致，我们发现在以下情况下，这些制度对外国投资的影响更大：(i) 东道国的进入壁垒和贸易壁垒更高；(ii) 母国与东道国之间的地理距离更大；(iii) 跨国公司受到的金融约束更多。我们的研究结果表明，跨国公司愿意用较弱的制度特征来换取较强的制度特征。例如，企业愿意在进入壁垒或贸易壁垒较高的国家投资，以换取较强的财产保护。这项研究拓展了我们对制度如何影响外国投资以及哪些因素会缓和其影响的认识，为我们了解国际商业战略的复杂性提供了新的视角。

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Institutional action, institutional entrepreneurship, and China’s inward FDI policy: A co-evolution analysis 制度行动、制度创业与中国的外商直接投资政策：共同演化分析

IF 5.9 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

International Business Review

Pub Date : 2024-09-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102342

Yuanyuan Liu , Yilin Zhao , Xiaming Liu

This paper provides a co-evolution analysis of China’s inward FDI policy. In parallel with the widely used concepts of institutional entrepreneur/entrepreneurship, it proposes and applies the concepts of institutional actor/action in an emerging economy setting, underscoring the significance of institutional action/entrepreneurship in shaping the trajectory of China’s inward FDI policy evolution. We argue that the policy formulation process is not solely instigated by the Chinese government but rather represents a co-evolutionary dynamic process involving China’s inward FDI institutional framework and institutional action/entrepreneurship. We advance a comprehensive conceptual framework for prospective research endeavors.

本文对中国的外来直接投资政策进行了共同演化分析。在广泛使用制度企业家/创业者概念的同时，本文提出并在新兴经济体环境中应用制度行动者/行动的概念，强调制度行动/创业者在塑造中国外商直接投资政策演变轨迹中的重要作用。我们认为，政策制定过程并非完全由中国政府推动，而是一个涉及中国外商直接投资制度框架和制度行动/企业家精神的共同演化动态过程。我们为未来的研究工作提出了一个全面的概念框架。

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Virtual expatriate assignments and host country national support: The role of higher-level construals in social categorization processes 虚拟外派任务与东道国的国家支持：高层次构想在社会分类过程中的作用

IF 5.9 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

International Business Review

Pub Date : 2024-08-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102341

Jakob Lauring , Charlotte Jonasson , Sebastian Stoermer

Although extant research on expatriate management has explored the drivers of host country nationals’ (HCNs’) support for expatriates in traditional physical work environments, there is limited understanding in the context of virtual expatriate assignments. This necessitates further theorizing that departs from the presupposition that HCNs and expatriates interact physically. It integrates the particularities of working virtually to understand if and how the virtual context affects the provision of HCN support for expatriates, and whether related social categorization and identification processes work differently as part of virtual assignments. We draw on social identity and construal level theory and develop a conceptual model explaining the emergence of three types of HCN support that virtual assignees can receive, i.e., emotional support, appraisal support, and informational job support. We focus on the interplay between social categorization mechanisms and higher-level construals and, thus, more interpersonal neutrality and social disengagement originating from the virtual work context. We contribute by deriving a set of propositions that outlines the varied consequences of performing the expatriate job role virtually, with a particular focus on the provision of different types of support for expatriates by HCN co-workers.

尽管关于外派人员管理的现有研究已经探讨了东道国国民（HCNs）在传统的实际工作环境中支持外派人员的驱动因素，但对于虚拟外派任务的理解还很有限。因此，有必要从东道国国民和外派人员实际互动的前提出发，进一步进行理论研究。它结合了虚拟工作的特殊性，以了解虚拟背景是否以及如何影响为外派人员提供的人机交互支持，以及相关的社会分类和识别过程是否在虚拟任务中以不同方式发挥作用。我们借鉴社会认同和构想水平理论，建立了一个概念模型来解释虚拟外派人员可能获得的三种人机交互支持，即情感支持、评价支持和信息工作支持。我们的重点是社会分类机制与高层次构想之间的相互作用，因此，虚拟工作环境会产生更多的人际中立和社会脱离。我们提出了一系列命题，概述了以虚拟方式履行外派工作角色的各种后果，尤其关注高通量网络同事为外派人员提供的不同类型的支持。

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