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Research on the Strategy of Multinational Enterprises : Key Approaches and New Avenues

Dabic, Marina ; González-Loureiro, Miguel ; Furrer, Olivier

In: Business Research Quarterly (BRQ), 2014, vol. 17, p. 129-148

Over decades, research on multinational enterprises’ (MNEs) strategies has been anchored in internalization theory. Strongly grounded in transaction cost economics to explain foreign market entry, it hardly explains how MNEs can build and sustain a competitive advantage. Thus, this paper aims at understanding how the nature of strategic thinking has influenced the research in the field of...

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Ethical preferences for influencing superiors : A 41-society study

Ralston, David A. ; Egri, Carolyn P. ; de la Garza Carranza, María Teresa ; Ramburuth, Prem ; Terpstra-Tong, Jane ; Pekerti, Andre A. ; Girson, Ilya ; Herrig, Harald ; Dabic, Marina ; Tang, Moureen ; Wan, Paulina ; Hallinger, Philip ; Palmer, Ian ; Elenkov, Detelin S. ; Furrer, Olivier ; Potocan, Vojko V. ; Wangenheim, Florian V. ; Maignan, Isabelle ; Perrewé, Pamela L. ; Rossi, Ana Maria ; Lenartowicz, Tomasz ; Ledgerwood, Donna E. ; May, Ruth C. ; Weber, Mark J. ; Jesuino, Jorge C. ; Fu, Ping Ping ; Naoumova, Irina ; Casado, Tania ; Riddle, Liesl ; Richards, Malika ; Butt, Arif N. ; Danis, Wade M. ; Castro, Francisco B. ; Ruiz-Gutiérrez, Jaime ; Milton, Laurie P. ; Ansari, Mahfooz A. ; Brock, David M. ; Srinivasan, Narasimhan ; Starkus, Arunas ; Dalgic, Tevfik ; León-Darder, Fidel ; Thanh, Hung Vu ; Moon, Yong-lin ; Chia, Ho Beng ; Christine Kuo, Min-Hsun ; Molteni, Mario ; Kangasniemi, Maria ; Mellahi, Kamel ; Wallace, Alan

In: Journal of International Business Studies, 2009, vol. 40, no. 6, p. 1022-1045

With a 41-society sample of 9990 managers and professionals, we used hierarchical linear modeling to investigate the impact of both macro-level and micro-level predictors on subordinate influence ethics. While we found that both macro-level and micro-level predictors contributed to the model definition, we also found global agreement for a subordinate influence ethics hierarchy. Thus our findings...

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Attitudes toward Corporate Responsibilities in Western Europe and in Central And East Europe

Furrer, Olivier ; Egri, Carolyn P. ; Ralston, David A. ; Danis, Wade M. ; Reynaud, Emmanuelle ; Naoumova, Irina ; Molteni, Mario ; Starkus, Arunas ; Darder, Fidel León ; Dabic, Marina ; Furrer-Perrinjaquet, Amandine

In: Management International Review, 2010, vol. 50, no. 3, p. 379-398

This study investigated the attitudes toward social, economic, and environmental corporate responsibilities of 3064 current managers and business students in 8 European countries. Participants in Western European countries had significantly different perspectives on the importance of these corporate responsibilities (CR) than those in Central and East European countries. Within each country,...

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A Twenty-First Century Assessment of Values Across the Global

Ralston, David A. ; Egri, Carolyn P. ; Reynaud, Emmanuelle ; Srinivasan, Narasimhan ; Furrer, Olivier ; Brock, David ; Alas, Ruth ; Wangenheim, Florian ; Darder, Fidel León ; Kuo, Christine ; Potocan, Vojko ; Mockaitis, Audra I. ; Szabo, Erna ; Gutiérrez, Jaime Ruiz ; Pekerti, Andre ; Butt, Arif ; Palmer, Ian ; Naoumova, Irina ; Lenartowicz, Tomasz ; Starkus, Arunas ; Hung, Vu Thanh ; Dalgic, Tevfik ; Molteni, Mario ; de la Garza Carranza, María Teresa ; Maignan, Isabelle ; Castro, Francisco B. ; Moon, Yong-lin ; Terpstra-Tong, Jane ; Dabic, Marina ; Li, Yongjuan ; Danis, Wade ; Kangasniemi, Maria ; Ansari, Mahfooz ; Riddle, Liesl ; Milton, Laurie ; Hallinger, Philip ; Elenkov, Detelin ; Girson, Ilya ; Gelbuda, Modesta ; Ramburuth, Prem ; Casado, Tania ; Rossi, Ana Maria ; Richards, Malika ; Van Deusen, Cheryl ; Fu, Ping-Ping ; Wan, Paulina Man Kei ; Tang, Moureen ; Lee, Chay-Hoon ; Chia, Ho-Beng ; Fan, Yongquin ; Wallace, Alan

In: Journal of business ethics, 2011, vol. 104, no. 1, p. 1-31

This article provides current Schwartz Values Survey (SVS) data from samples of business managers and professionals across 50 societies that are culturally and socioeconomically diverse. We report the society scores for SVS values dimensions for both individual- and societallevel analyses. At the individual-level, we report on the ten circumplex values sub-dimensions and two sets of values...

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Societal-Level Versus Individual-Level Predictions of Ethical Behavior : A 48-Society Study of Collectivism and Individualism

Ralston, David A. ; Egri, Carolyn P. ; Furrer, Olivier ; Kuo, Min-Hsun ; Li, Yongjuan ; Wangenheim, Florian ; Dabic, Marina ; Naoumova, Irina ; Shimizu, Katsuhiko ; de la Garza Carranza, María Teresa ; Fu, Ping Ping ; Potocan, Vojko V. ; Pekerti, Andre ; Lenartowicz, Tomasz ; Srinivasan, Narasimhan ; Casado, Tania ; Rossi, Ana Maria ; Szabo, Erna ; Butt, Arif ; Palmer, Ian ; Ramburuth, Prem ; Brock, David M. ; Terpstra-Tong, Jane ; Grison, Ilya ; Reynaud, Emmanuelle ; Richards, Malika ; Hallinger, Philip ; Castro, Francisco B. ; Ruiz-Gutiérrez, Jaime ; Milton, Laurie ; Ansari, Mahfooz ; Starkus, Arunas ; Mockaitis, Audra ; Dalgic, Tevfik ; León-Darder, Fidel ; Thanh, Hung Vu ; Moon, Yong-lin ; Molteni, Mario ; Fang, Yongqing ; Pla-Barber, Jose ; Alas, Ruth ; Maignan, Isabelle ; Jesuino, Jorge C. ; Lee, Chay-Hoon ; Nicholson, Joel D. ; Chia, Ho-Beng ; Danis, Wade ; Dharmasiri, Ajantha S. ; Weber, Mark

In: Journal of Business Ethics, 2014, vol. 122, no. 2, p. 283-306

Is the societal-level of analysis sufficient today to understand the values of those in the global workforce? Or are individual-level analyses more appropriate for assessing the influence of values on ethical behaviors across country workforces? Using multi-level analyses for a 48-society sample, we test the utility of both the societal-level and individual-level dimensions of collectivism and...