International business in a VUCA world : the changing role of states and firms / / edited by Rob Van Tulder, Alain Verbeke, and Barbara Jankowska

• Pubblicazione: Bingley, England : , : Emerald Publishing, , [2020]; ©2020
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (534 pages)
• Disciplina: 338.88
• Soggetto topico: International business enterprises; Business - Mathematical models; Business & Economics - International - General; International business
• Persona (resp. second.): TulderRob van; VerbekeAlain; JankowskaBarbara
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- International Business in a VUCA World -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction: Progress in International Business Research in an Increasingly VUCA World -- Introduction: International Business in a VUCA World -- Taking Stock of VUCA-Dimensions in the IB Discipline -- A Selection of Relevant Subthemes: This Volume -- This Volume: Further Contributions to a Rapidly Changing Discipline -- Notes -- References -- Part I: International Business in a VUCA Environment -- Chapter 1: The Role of International Business Theory in an Uncertain World -- Volatility -- Uncertainty -- Collecting Information -- Complexity -- Rational Action and IB -- Ambiguity -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2: The Impossibility of International Business -- 1. Introduction -- 2. An Impossible Problem: The Optimal Location of Plants -- 3. Generalization to Three Dimensions -- 4. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 3: The Firms of Our Times: Risk and Uncertainty -- Introduction -- Internalization -- The Global Factory and Global Value Chains -- The Platform and Ecosystem Economy -- Risk and Uncertainty -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Can VUCA Help Us Generate New Theory within International Business? -- Introduction -- VUCA and the Global Factory Model -- How VUCA Might be Extended to the Global Factory: A First Approximation -- How VUCA Might Act as a Stimulus to the Theorization of MNE Behavior -- Re-Theorizing Using the Evidence from EMNEs -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II: New Perspectives on the Interplay Between Firms and the Non-Market -- Chapter 5: Production Switching and Vulnerability to Protectionism -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Substitutability and the Trade Response to Relative Price Change -- 3. GVCs and Production Switching -- 4. Theoretical Model -- 4.1 No GVCs -- 4.2 Global Value Chains. ; 5. China's Changing Value Chain Position -- 5.1 China: From World Assembler … -- 5.2 … To Orchestrator -- 5.3 … and Emerging Input Producer -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6: Institutional Schisms in Argentina: The Impact of Intergovernmental Organizations on Country Institutional Environments -- Introduction -- IGOs and Country Institutional Environments -- IGOs and LDCs -- IGOs and MDCs -- IGOs and HDCs -- Institutional Schisms -- Institutional Schisms in Argentina -- Discussion and Conclusion -- Implications and Research Opportunities -- References -- Chapter 7: The Future of Transatlanticism: Effects of a Raise of US Import Tariffs on Exports in the German Automotive Sector. A Quantitative, Data Driven Approach -- Introduction -- Research Problem -- Literature Review on General Effects of a Tariff -- Motivations to Impose a Tariff in the United States -- Automobile Trade Between Germany and the United States -- Methodology and Data -- Introduction of Examined Country Group -- Introduction of Variables -- Analysis and Interpretation of Results -- Individual-Effects Regression: FE LSDV Model -- Evaluation of the Model and Predictors -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Appendix 1. Interdependency of Exports and Imports in the Automotive Industry -- Appendix 2. List of Automobile-Producing Countries as Published by OICA -- Appendix 3. Regression Model of Global Automotive Imports and Applied Import Tariff -- A.3.1 World Independent Variable -- A.3.2 World Dependent Variable -- A.3.3 World Pooled OLS Regression -- A.3.4 World FE LSDV Regression -- Appendix 4. Coefficient Overview and Residual Plots of Applied Models -- Chapter 8: Passive, Aggressive or Creative? Adjustment Strategies of Companies Affected by Sanctions -- Introduction -- Factual Background: EU Sanctions Against Russia and Russian Countersanctions. ; Companies' Behavior in a Sanctions Regime -- Theoretical Framework -- Conceptual Framework of Corporate Sanctions' Adjustment Strategies -- Institutional Theory -- RBV of the Firm -- Resource Dependence Theory -- Empirical Analysis -- Sample Characteristics -- Methods -- Dependent Variables -- Independent Variables -- Regression Models -- Results -- Discussion and Limitations -- The Politics of Challenging Sanctions -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Appendix -- Chapter 9: How Economic Freedom Affects Transaction Costs -- Introduction -- What is Economic Freedom and Institutional Quality? -- How Do We Measure Economic Freedom? -- How Theories Explain the Benefits of Economic Freedom? -- What Do We Know About Economic Freedom So Far? -- What Do We Need to Know? -- Methodology -- Equation 1. Specification of VAR Model -- Robustness Tests -- Results -- Limitations -- Conclusion and Contributions of This Study -- Notes -- References -- Appendix -- Part III: New Governance Challenges in International Business -- Chapter 10: Macroenvironmental Dynamism and Firm Risk Management - An Exploratory Investigation -- Introduction -- Theory and conceptualization of macroenvironmental dynamism -- Current Conceptualization of Macroenvironmental Risk -- A Dynamic Perspective on Macroenvironmental Risk -- Sample -- Measures -- Dependent Variable -- Independent Variables -- Control Variables -- Analytical Technique -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusion and Implications -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 11: Top Management Team Influence on Firms' Internationalization Complexity -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical Background -- 3. Hypothesis Development -- 3.1 TMT IB Orientation Intensity -- 3.2 TMT Education Intensity -- 3.3 TMT Functional and Demographic Diversity -- 4. Methods -- 4.1 Data and Sample -- 4.2 Dependent Variables -- 4.3 Explanatory Variables. ; 4.4 Control Variables -- 4.5 Empirical Model -- 5. Results -- 6. Discussions and Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 12: What Happens After Offshoring? A Comprehensive Framework -- Introduction -- An Exploratory Study -- Literature Review -- Case Studies -- Clothing 1 -- Clothing 2 -- Eyewear 1 -- Eyewear 2 -- Footwear 1 -- Footwear 2 -- Footwear 3 -- Sportswear 1 -- Sportswear 2 -- Mechanical 1 -- Mechanical 2 -- Mechanical 3 -- Furniture 1 -- Biomedical 1 -- Framework Proposal -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 13: The Role of Institutional Context in Backshoring Decisions -- Introduction -- Theoretical Background -- Motives for Backshoring -- Bringing in the Institutional Context -- The Institutional Context and Sourcing Motives -- Methods -- Research Design -- Data Collection -- Data Analysis -- Findings -- Analysis of the Institutional Context -- Case Company A -- Case Company B -- Discussion and Conclusion -- Toward an Institutional Perspective on Backshoring -- Contribution to Theory -- Limitations and Future Research -- References -- Chapter 14: Multinationals and the European Poor: Reverse Knowledge Transfer or ad hoc Solutions? -- Introduction -- The Context: Poverty and BOP Markets -- Poverty in Developed Countries and Particularly in Europe -- Multinationals' Strategies in Addressing BoP Markets -- Research Design -- DRUG-C: Reverse Engineering is Not the Way -- BUILD-B: Self-Building for the Poor -- FIN-A: Addressing Vulnerability in France -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- References -- Part IV: New Contexts for Newly Internationalizing Firms -- Chapter 15: Born Globals or Born Regionals? A Study of 32 Early Internationalizing SMEs -- Introduction -- Theoretical Background -- The Regional Nature of International Business -- LSAs of Foreign-market Networks. ; Modeling a BR Performance Strategy from a Network Perspective -- Research Design -- Selection of Firms -- Data Collection -- Data Analysis -- Comparative Analysis -- The Liability of Foreignness in BGs and BRs -- The Development of Knowledge in the Foreign-Market Networks of BGs and BRs -- The Continued Performance of BGs and BRs -- Concluding Discussion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 16: Facilitating International Venturing of Emerging Market Firms Through Entrepreneurial Transformation: Contingent Role of Technological Environment -- Introduction -- Theoretical Framework and Hypotheses Development -- Entrepreneurial Transformation of EM Firms to Facilitate International Venturing -- Mediating Role of Strategic Renewal -- Moderating Role of the External Technological Environment -- Technological Dynamism -- Technological Competitiveness -- Method -- Sample -- Measures -- Independent Variable -- Mediating Variable -- Dependent Variables -- Moderating Variables -- Control Variables -- Analysis and Results -- Construct Reliability and Validity -- Common Method Bias -- Hypotheses Testing -- Mediation Analyses -- Moderated Mediation Analyses -- Discussion and Implications -- Theoretical Contributions -- Practical Implications -- Limitation and Suggested Future Research Directions -- Acknowledgments -- Note -- References -- Chapter 17: Uncertainty and Decision-Making in SME Internationalization: The Importance of Control, Prediction, and Knowledge -- Introduction -- Theoretical Background -- Effectuation in the Decision-Making -- Uncertainty in Firm Internationalization -- Hypotheses Development -- Market Uncertainty and Internationalization Decision-Making -- The Moderating Role of Internationalization Knowledge -- Methodology -- Sampling and Data Collection -- Construct Operationalization -- Preliminary Analysis and Assessment of Potential Biases. ; Data Analysis.
• Sommario/riassunto: 'IB theory and IB theorists have a long way to go to produce clarity of analysis, clear policy prescriptions and guidance for managers in a world where VUCA factors seem to be increasingly bedevilling the world of theory, managerial practice and public policy.' -Peter Buckley (in this volume). This fourteenth volume in the PIBR series is dedicated to Professor Peter Buckley, OBE, whose creative contributions to IB theory and practice over many decades are unmatched. His scientific oeuvre has continued to grow, both in depth and breadth, and reflects an evolving level of scholarly resilience that has kept pace with the increasing Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity (VUCA) characteristics of the modern environment of international business.The VUCA dimensions of the business environment that face both managers and policy makers are amplified by a wide variety of unpredictable social, economic, political and technological forces, such as: inter alia, the (post-great-recession) rise of populism; growing anti-European sentiment in the European Union; increasing protectionism; a slowdown in growth of emerging markets; the rise of the digital economy, and many more. These trends affect the competitive position of nations and firms.The present volume focuses on the threats and opportunities created by the VUCA-trends for multinational enterprises (MNEs), small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), and international new ventures (INVs), along the following five headings:IB scholarship in a VUCA world.New Perspectives on the Interplay between Firms and the Non-Market.New Governance Challenges in International Business.New Contexts for Newly Internationalizing Firms.Contemporary Management Perspectives in IB Research.
• Titolo autorizzato: International business in a VUCA world
• ISBN: 1-83867-257-5; 1-83867-255-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808685603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Progress in international business research ; ; v. 14. . 1745-8862