Although the study of family firm internationalization has generated considerable scholarly
attention, existing research has offered varied and at times incompatible findings on how …

We review four decades of research about the corporate governance of multinational
corporations (MNCs), which we label International Corporate Governance (ICG). We identify …

The original Uppsala model that was published in 1977 explains the internationalization
process of firms. We have further developed the model several times in the intervening …

Vahlne and Johanson (2017) present the multinational business enterprise (MBE) as a new
form of cross-border organization that supersedes the multinational enterprise (MNE). They …

Global value chain (GVC) governance is an established field within international business
research, yet the relational aspects of GVCs have, to date, garnered less scholarly attention …

Purpose–This paper seeks to offer a model on the evolution of the multinational business
enterprise (MBE). It is meant to be an alternative to the eclectic paradigm, the preeminent …

This paper reviews the literature on global value chain configuration, providing an overview
of this topic. Specifically, we review the literature focusing on the concept of the global value …

An important step in the internationalization process of emerging economy firms is the shift
from exports to foreign direct investment (FDI). We integrate the resource-and institution …

How do the senior decision-makers within a multinational enterprise (MNE) think through
and determine an internationalization decision? Despite the cognitive foundations of several …

Purpose The aim of this paper is to analyze and classify research that has been conducted
on manufacturing reshoring, ie the decision to bring back to the home country production …