This paper presents the most comprehensive review and meta-analysis of the literature on
cultural distance and firm internationalization to date. We analyze the effects of cultural …

The choice of location of foreign direct investments (FDI) by multinational enterprises
(MNEs) has been the subject of intense scrutiny for decades and continues to be so. Yet, the …

The purpose of this paper is to encourage and to extend research on natural disasters and
international business (IB). More specifically, we review the characteristics of natural …

The innovation-driven multinational enterprise (MNE) has dominated international business
(IB) research for several decades now. Beginning with the award-winning research of …

Global organizations are inherently complex. The spatial dispersion of activities results in
organizational subunits becoming embedded in local host‐country contexts that differ from …

Spurred by the classic work of Dunning, MNE location has become the focus of a growing
body of research in the field. In this paper we argue that international business (IB) research …

This paper evaluates the role of regional cluster composition in regional industry
performance. On the one hand, diminishing returns to specialization in a location can result …

Much of the rising international connectedness of city-regions has developed from MNEs
replacing local connections with (superior) international ones. This often creates local …

'The world economy is subject to a rapidly increasing globalization, and multinational
enterprises are their major driving force. This brand new book on multinationals and …

In this commentary we build on Shenkar's (2001) award-winning critique of cultural distance,
arguing that most distance constructs, in fact, suffer the same flaws because they …