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Unlocking international entrepreneurial opportunities: The impact of dynamic capabilities on creation and discovery 打开国际创业机会：动态能力对创造和发现的影响

IF 8.8 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

Journal of World Business

Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2026.101723

Linda Hui Shi, Wade M. Danis

This study theorizes and empirically validates two international opportunity recognition modes: creation and discovery. It examines how internationalizing small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) leverage international dynamic capabilities to engage in these modes and analyzes their impact on international performance. It finds that the propensity of an internationalizing SME to adopt a specific mode—whether creation or discovery—is influenced by specific organizational-level international dynamic capabilities (intelligence acquisition, inter-country coordination, reconfiguration). The strength of these relationships is moderated by industry globalization and cultural distance. Furthermore, the interaction between the two opportunity recognition modes reveals a significant negative effect. This interaction suggests that when internationalizing SMEs simultaneously engage in both modes, the effectiveness of each is diminished, leading to lower international performance outcomes. We use multi-informant, cross-industry data collected from 303 internationalizing SMEs in China and Tunisia and empirically test our model using structural equation modeling. This research contributes to the literature on international business and entrepreneurship by offering a more comprehensive understanding of the interplay between international dynamic capabilities, international opportunity recognition, and international performance, emphasizing the strategic trade-offs involved in SME internationalization.

本研究对创造和发现两种国际机会识别模式进行了理论分析和实证验证。它考察了国际化的中小企业如何利用国际动态能力参与这些模式，并分析了它们对国际绩效的影响。研究发现，国际化中小企业采用特定模式的倾向——无论是创造还是发现——受到特定组织层面的国际动态能力（情报获取、国家间协调、重构）的影响。这些关系的强度受到产业全球化和文化距离的调节。此外，两种机会识别模式之间的交互作用呈现出显著的负向效应。这种相互作用表明，当国际化的中小企业同时采用两种模式时，每种模式的有效性都会降低，从而导致较低的国际绩效结果。我们使用了来自中国和突尼斯303家国际化中小企业的多信息来源跨行业数据，并使用结构方程模型对我们的模型进行了实证检验。本研究通过更全面地理解国际动态能力、国际机会识别和国际绩效之间的相互作用，强调了中小企业国际化所涉及的战略权衡，为国际商业和企业家精神的文献做出了贡献。

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Perspective: Reconciling top-down with bottom-up institutional change: A co-evolutionary perspective for advancing the IB contribution to the SDGs 视角：协调自上而下与自下而上的制度变革：促进国际文凭组织对可持续发展目标贡献的共同进化视角

IF 8.8 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

Journal of World Business

Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2026.101722

Bjoern Schmeisser , Thomas Lindner , Christof Miska , Jonathan Doh

International business (IB) scholars and practitioners are increasingly concerned with grand societal challenges, many of which are represented by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this perspective paper, we advance a co-evolutionary perspective as an integrative approach to inform the intersection of IB and sustainable development, using the SDGs as the domain for our analysis. Our perspective acknowledges the complex interdependences of two key institutional mechanisms shaping SDG-related change: (1) top-down adjustments to formal rules driven by policymakers seeking to advance a shared global agenda, and (2) bottom-up grassroots evolution by diverse stakeholders who prioritize local relevance of SDG-related action. While IB research has a tendency to theorize based on either one, integrating both is important to surface and understand the roles that MNEs actually play in sustainable development. Our perspective offers directions for future IB research to advance understanding of the MNE’s role multiplexity in SDG-related contexts, to adopt systems perspectives that acknowledge feedback loops associated with institutional dynamics, and to assess the system-level impact of SDG-related change.

国际商务（IB）学者和从业者越来越关注重大的社会挑战，其中许多挑战以联合国可持续发展目标（sdg）为代表。在本文中，我们以可持续发展目标为分析领域，提出了一种共同进化的视角，作为一种综合方法，为IB和可持续发展的交叉提供信息。我们的观点承认形成可持续发展目标相关变革的两个关键体制机制的复杂相互依赖性：(1)寻求推进共同全球议程的政策制定者自上而下对正式规则的调整；(2)优先考虑可持续发展目标相关行动的地方相关性的不同利益相关者自下而上的基层演变。虽然跨国公司的研究倾向于以其中任何一个为基础进行理论化，但将两者结合起来对于揭示和理解跨国公司在可持续发展中实际发挥的作用是很重要的。我们的观点为未来的IB研究提供了方向，以促进对跨国公司在可持续发展目标相关背景下的角色多样性的理解，采用承认与制度动态相关的反馈循环的系统视角，并评估可持续发展目标相关变化的系统级影响。

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Improvisation in internationalization decision-making: The critical role of entrepreneurs in SMEs 国际化决策中的临场发挥：中小企业企业家的关键作用

IF 8.8 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

Journal of World Business

Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2026.101721

Peter Gabrielsson , Tamara Galkina , Brian R. Chabowski , Mika Gabrielsson

Entrepreneurs of international small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are continuously making decisions in ever-changing foreign market environments. To capture these dynamics, this study addresses the following research questions: (1) What effect do entrepreneurs' international competences have on improvised decision-making in SMEs’ international market performance? and (2) What is the role of the entrepreneur's experience in this relationship? We build a model and postulate hypotheses for the improvised decision-making of young international SMEs building on the learning school of decision theory. We contribute theoretically to the decision-making view on internationalization by arguing for the importance of improvised internationalization decision-making at the level of individual entrepreneurs for the international market performance of the firm, and that these decisions are influenced by their competences (international alertness, self-efficacy, and preparedness), and the performance outcomes are contingent upon both entrepreneurial and managerial experience. Hence, we advance also international business research by examining the micro-foundations of SME internationalization. In addition, we contribute empirically by gaining support for our hypotheses in a survey consisting of 218 entrepreneur-led young international SMEs. We conclude with managerial and policy implications and future study directions.

国际中小企业（SMEs）的企业家在不断变化的国外市场环境中不断做出决策。为了捕捉这些动态，本研究解决了以下研究问题：(1)企业家的国际能力对中小企业国际市场绩效中的临时决策有什么影响？(2)企业家的经验在这种关系中扮演什么角色？本文以决策理论的学习学派为基础，构建了国际中小企业青年即兴决策的模型和假设。我们通过论证个人企业家层面的即兴国际化决策对公司国际市场绩效的重要性，以及这些决策受到他们的能力（国际警觉性、自我效能和准备）的影响，以及绩效结果取决于企业家和管理经验，从而从理论上为国际化决策观点做出贡献。因此，我们也通过考察中小企业国际化的微观基础来推进国际商业研究。此外，我们通过对218家由企业家领导的年轻国际中小企业进行调查，为我们的假设提供了实证支持。最后，我们提出了管理和政策上的启示以及未来的研究方向。

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Improvising digital transformation under exogenous shock: Implications for SME international performance 外生冲击下的即兴数字化转型：对中小企业国际绩效的影响

IF 8.9 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

Journal of World Business

Pub Date : 2026-03-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2026.101741

Wensong Bai, Sylvie Chetty, Lianxi Zhou

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Orchestrating boundary spanning for sustainable value: The cross-sector work of multinational enterprises 协调边界跨越以实现可持续价值：跨国企业的跨部门工作

IF 8.8 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

Journal of World Business

Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2025.101697

Diana Santistevan , Emmanuel D. Ekpenyong

Multinational enterprises (MNEs) are increasingly collaborating across sectoral boundaries for sustainable value creation, yet research on trisector initiatives in conflict-affected settings remains limited. This qualitative study focuses on two cross sector collaborations in Nigeria. We examine how relational processes and collaborative infrastructures are co-constructed across boundaries. We find that violent contexts require the deliberate orchestration of distributed boundary activities and actors across multiple levels and over time. We propose a framework of boundary spanning orchestration that highlights how repair work is crucial for including marginalized voices, which are essential for sustained value creation.

跨国企业（MNEs）越来越多地跨部门合作，以实现可持续的价值创造，但在受冲突影响的环境中，对三部门倡议的研究仍然有限。本定性研究的重点是尼日利亚的两个跨部门合作。我们研究了关系过程和协作基础设施是如何跨边界共同构建的。我们发现，暴力环境需要在多个层次和时间内对分布式边界活动和参与者进行精心编排。我们提出了一个跨边界编排框架，强调修复工作对于包括边缘化声音至关重要，这对于持续的价值创造至关重要。

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From followers to leaders: A four-stage process model of EMNE capability development 从追随者到领导者：EMNE能力发展的四阶段过程模型

IF 8.8 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

Journal of World Business

Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2025.101709

Abby Jingzi Zhou , Peter Ping Li , Yadong Luo , Steven Shijin Zhou , Shameen Prashantham

We advance the springboard perspective by investigating how emerging-market multinational enterprises (EMNEs) evolve into global leaders, uncovering the specific mechanisms for capability development in the post-springboarding phase. We propose a four-stage process model that delineates the transformation of EMNEs, in response to technological paradigm shifts and business opportunities, from followers to leaders: (1) capability acquisition via springboarding from international value-chain partners, (2) capability scaling via co-exploitation with domestic value-chain partners, (3) capability creation via co-exploration with domestic value-chain partners, and (4) capability diffusion via reverse knowledge transfer to international value-chain partners. Using the transition of the automotive supply sector in China from internal combustion engines (ICE) to electric vehicles (EV) as an exemplary case, we illustrate how EMNEs can evolve from learning extant knowledge from, and to contributing new knowledge to, advanced-market multinational enterprises (AMNEs). Our model extends the springboard perspective by detailing the rarely-explored post-springboarding phase, particularly in the context of contemporary geopolitical tensions. More broadly, we contribute to a deeper understanding of the action-based view of dynamic capabilities in international business by specifying the entrepreneurial actions that make EMNE capability development and transformation possible.

我们通过研究新兴市场跨国企业（EMNEs）如何演变为全球领导者，揭示了后跳板阶段能力发展的具体机制，从而推进了跳板视角。我们提出了一个四阶段的过程模型，该模型描述了EMNEs在应对技术范式转变和商业机会时从追随者到领导者的转变：(1)通过国际价值链合作伙伴的跳板获得能力，(2)通过与国内价值链合作伙伴的共同开发扩大能力，(3)通过与国内价值链合作伙伴的共同探索创造能力，以及(4)通过向国际价值链合作伙伴的逆向知识转移实现能力扩散。本文以中国汽车供应行业从内燃机（ICE）向电动汽车（EV）的转型为例，阐述了EMNEs如何从学习先进市场跨国企业（AMNEs）的现有知识发展到为其贡献新知识。我们的模型通过详细描述很少被探索的后跳板阶段，特别是在当代地缘政治紧张局势的背景下，扩展了跳板视角。更广泛地说，我们通过具体说明使EMNE能力发展和转型成为可能的企业家行为，有助于更深入地理解国际商业中基于行动的动态能力观点。

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Institutional distance and foreign firms’ live streaming use in the host market 机构距离和外国公司在主机市场的直播使用

IF 8.8 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

Journal of World Business

Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2025.101696

Jason Lu Jin , Xiaopeng Lai , Meitong Dong , Liwen Wang , Yaqin Zheng

While online transactions through live streaming are rising rapidly for international exchanges, we understand little about why foreign firms vary in their use of live streaming on the digital platform when operating in host markets. Drawing on institutional theory, our study investigates how institutional distance affects foreign firms’ live streaming use as a digital operation strategy in the host market. Using a unique longitudinal dataset consisting of 3158 product-month observations from a Chinese digital platform, our findings reveal that while legal distance has a positive effect on live streaming use, digital distance has a negative impact. Moreover, firm age and platform experience significantly moderate the roles of institutional distance. These findings provide novel insights into platform-based operation strategies in international markets.

虽然通过直播进行的在线交易在国际交流中迅速增长，但我们对外国公司在东道国市场运营时在数字平台上使用直播的原因知之甚少。本文运用制度理论，探讨了制度距离如何影响外国公司在东道国市场上使用直播作为一种数字运营策略。我们使用了一个独特的纵向数据集，包括来自中国数字平台的3158个产品月的观察结果，我们的研究结果表明，虽然法律距离对直播使用有积极影响，但数字距离有负面影响。此外，企业年龄和平台经验显著调节了制度距离的作用。这些发现为国际市场上基于平台的运营策略提供了新的见解。

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A hybrid approach to internationalization: An exploratory study of social enterprises 国际化的混合路径：社会企业的探索性研究

IF 8.8 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

Journal of World Business

Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2025.101698

Elisa Dries , Filip De Beule , Johan Bruneel

An increasing number of social enterprises (SEs) are going international, reaching customers and beneficiaries across borders. SEs are hybrid organizations that pursue both economic and social objectives. This phenomenon has sparked interest among policy-makers and international business (IB) scholars, who see a potential for social entrepreneurship research to extend a new IB agenda to include social value creation. Research on international SEs, however, remains limited. As these types of enterprises prioritize their social mission over economic objectives, current IB theorization may need to be adjusted to apply to the context of such international hybrid organizations. Therefore, this paper investigates the internationalization process of SEs, drawing on a qualitative multiple-case study of seven international SEs. Our findings suggest that notions of internationalization need to be expanded to account for the dual logics that SEs need to address. SEs’ international activities and commitments do not merely relate to their economic activities, but also to their social impact. We argue this has consequences for their internationalization process. Our study contributes to current SE and IB literatures by deepening our understanding of the influence of SEs’ hybridity and social mission on their internationalization.

越来越多的社会企业（SEs）走向国际，跨越国界接触客户和受益者。企业是追求经济和社会目标的混合型组织。这一现象引起了政策制定者和国际商业（IB）学者的兴趣，他们认为社会企业家研究有可能扩展新的IB议程，将社会价值创造纳入其中。然而，对国际社会企业的研究仍然有限。由于这些类型的企业将其社会使命置于经济目标之上，当前的IB理论可能需要进行调整，以适用于此类国际混合组织的背景。因此，本文对七家国际中小企业的国际化进程进行了定性多案例研究。我们的研究结果表明，国际化的概念需要扩展，以考虑到企业需要解决的双重逻辑。中小企业的国际活动和承诺不仅关系到它们的经济活动，而且关系到它们的社会影响。我们认为这对他们的国际化进程产生了影响。我们的研究加深了我们对中小企业混杂性和社会使命对其国际化的影响的理解，为当前的中小企业和IB文献做出了贡献。

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Poverty, internationalization, and environmental injustice: A postcolonial theoretical perspective 贫困、国际化与环境不公：后殖民理论视角

IF 8.8 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

Journal of World Business

Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2025.101692

Garry D. Bruton , Sadek Showkat , Tianyue Zhan

International business (IB) scholarship portrays internationalization as dominantly positive for individuals and organizations. We challenge this dominant view, arguing that while internationalization can generate positive economic outcomes, it often results in environmental injustice for the masses of poor individuals living in extreme poverty. Drawing on postcolonial theory, we generate three testable propositions that specifically address the colonial legacy in former colonial nations with extreme poverty; these propositions relate to these nations’ institutional void, colonizer privilege, and racial capitalism. We then generate a future research agenda at the intersection of IB, those in extreme poverty, and environmental injustice.

国际商务（IB）奖学金将国际化描述为个人和组织的主要积极因素。我们对这一主流观点提出了挑战，认为虽然国际化可以产生积极的经济成果，但它往往会导致生活在极端贫困中的穷人群体的环境不公正。根据后殖民理论，我们提出了三个可检验的命题，专门针对极端贫困的前殖民国家的殖民遗产；这些主张与这些国家的制度空虚、殖民者特权和种族资本主义有关。然后，我们在IB，极端贫困和环境不公正的交叉点上制定了未来的研究议程。

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Corporate military activities and key frontiers in international business research 企业军事活动和国际商业研究的关键前沿

IF 8.8 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

Journal of World Business

Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2025.101693

Tazeeb Rajwani , Christopher A. Hartwell , Melodena Stephens , Tao Chen

This perspective paper examines the role of Corporate Military Activities (CMA) within the field of international business, an area that has growing importance amidst escalating global geopolitical tensions. We posit that CMA is a special, acquisition-oriented subtype of Corporate Political Activities (CPA), distinct from the well-known influence-oriented tactics of CPA or constructive-oriented tactics of corporate social responsibility. CMA encompasses actions by multinational enterprises (MNEs) explicitly directed at military-industrial ecosystem to secure military-derived strategic resources for competitive advantage in global contexts. This paper identifies and discusses four key benefits of CMA for MNEs, namely the acquisition and strategic use of security assets, the leadership acquired from military in MNEs, the diffusion of military-driven technological innovations, and business expansion. We also outline the drawbacks of CMA for the MNEs and provide a structured research agenda for further inquiry, contributing to a deeper understanding of how firms can effectively integrate CMA into their strategies in a rapidly changing global environment.

这篇观点论文探讨了企业军事活动（CMA）在国际商业领域中的作用，这一领域在全球地缘政治紧张局势不断升级的背景下变得越来越重要。我们认为，CMA是一种特殊的、以获取为导向的企业政治活动（CPA）亚型，不同于众所周知的以影响力为导向的CPA策略或以建构为导向的企业社会责任策略。CMA包括跨国企业（MNEs）明确针对军事工业生态系统的行动，以确保军事衍生的战略资源在全球范围内获得竞争优势。本文确定并讨论了CMA对跨国公司的四个关键好处，即安全资产的获取和战略使用，跨国公司从军方获得的领导力，军事驱动的技术创新的扩散，以及业务扩张。我们还概述了跨国公司CMA的缺点，并为进一步调查提供了结构化的研究议程，有助于更深入地了解公司如何在快速变化的全球环境中有效地将CMA整合到其战略中。

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