Abstract Knowledge is critical to the survival of emerging economy multinationals (EMNEs),
who are confronted by a lack of internal competitive capabilities and external challenges …

Insights from social network research have generated significant advancements in
disciplines such as sociology, economics, and psychology. In comparison, the incorporation …

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 …

The new techno-economic paradigm of the information age has brought about new
structures and processes in international business (IB). In this article, we examine the …

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

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

abstract Who introduces structural change in regional economies: Entrepreneurs or existing
firms? And do local or nonlocal establishment founders create most novelty in a region? We …

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 …

In today's knowledge economy, clusters are a key driver of a country's competitiveness. Yet
a cluster's technological base is now more than ever influenced by constituent firms' actions …

We combine the concept of location derived by economic geographers with theories of the
multinational enterprise (MNE) and the liability of foreignness developed by international …