Resource dependence theory in international business: Progress and prospects

H Jiang, Y Luo, J Xia, M Hitt, J Shen - Global strategy journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Research Summary Resource dependence theory (RDT) has been widely applied
in the context of international business (IB) over the past four decades. This study reviews …

Evaluating MNEs' role in implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals: The importance of innovative partnerships

LC Leonidou, M Theodosiou, F Nilssen… - International Business …, 2024 - Elsevier
This article focuses on the role that MNEs play in the implementation of the 17 UN
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Using input collected from the corporate websites …

The role of national institutions in the effects of consumers' perceived customer orientation and firm innovativeness

N Jacobs, B Swoboda - International Business Review, 2023 - Elsevier
Many multinational corporations force global customer orientation and firm innovativeness.
However, little is known about how or why they benefit from perceived customer orientation …

[HTML][HTML] Vertical alliances and innovation: A systematic review of the literature and a future research agenda

N Zahoor, Z Khan, J Wu, SY Tarba, F Donbesuur… - Technovation, 2023 - Elsevier
For this paper, we conducted a systematic review of 116 articles on vertical alliances and
innovation published in 35 leading journals between 2000 and 2021, and provide an …

What's in it for me? The occurrence of supplier innovation contribution in the context of supplier-dominant innovation: The supplier's perspective

S Li, M Wu, M Zhu - Industrial Marketing Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Prior studies have pointed out the pivotal role supplier innovation contribution plays in
supporting buyers' product innovation. Many studies focus on situations where the buyer …

Enhancing quality and innovation performance: the role of supplier communication and knowledge development

H Nguyen, G Onofrei, M Akbari… - … Quality Management & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Although effective supplier communication has been suggested as a crucial approach for
enhancing supply chain quality and innovation, research on how and under what conditions …

The bright side of trust‐less relationships: A dyadic investigation of the role of trust congruence on supplier knowledge acquisition across borders

L Wang, C Zhang, S Narayanan - Journal of Operations …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Trust is considered essential to interfirm knowledge acquisition across borders. However,
recent studies indicate that interfirm collaboration can thrive even in low trust situations. This …

The role of exporters' emotional intelligence in building foreign customer relationships

LC Leonidou, B Aykol, TA Fotiadis… - Journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Despite the critical importance of emotional intelligence in effectively interacting with other
people, its role has been overlooked in scholarly research on cross-border …

The influence of collaborative competence and service innovation on manufacturers' competitive advantage

FH Liu, TL Huang - Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose While service innovation is an important issue for manufacturers, relatively little
research lends empirical support to the perspective that service innovation enhanced by …

Supplier evolution in global value chains and the new brand game from an attention‐based view

C Lechner, G Lorenzoni, S Guercini… - Global Strategy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Research Summary Suppliers from emerging economies have been particularly
active in acquiring brands from advanced economies. We analyze changes in the global …