Dear AIB Colleagues, We are pleased to deliver the second issue of Multinational Business Review, 2019. The Latin America special issue, entitled "How do Lain American firms overcome the low-cost-low-quality trap?", edited by Jorge Carneiro and Armando Borda Reyes, is now available online. Multinational Business Review Table Of Contents: Volume 27 Issue 2 Using Latin America as a research laboratory<https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/MBR-03-2019-0022/full/html> Armando Borda Reyes<https://www.emerald.com/insight/search?q=Armando%20Borda%20Reyes>, William Newburry<https://www.emerald.com/insight/search?q=William%20Newburry>, Jorge Carneiro<https://www.emerald.com/insight/search?q=Jorge%20Carneiro>, Carlos Cordova<https://www.emerald.com/insight/search?q=Carlos%20Cordova> This paper aims to use Latin America as a laboratory to better understand the relationship between inward foreign direct investment (IFDI) and outward foreign direct... pdf (259 KB)<https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/MBR-03-2019-0022/full/pdf?title=using-latin-america-as-a-research-laboratory> Information technology capabilities and organizational agility<https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/MBR-11-2017-0088/full/html> Juan Cepeda<https://www.emerald.com/insight/search?q=Juan%20Cepeda>, José Arias-Pérez<https://www.emerald.com/insight/search?q=José%20Arias-Pérez> Currently, it is commonly accepted that information technology capabilities (ITC) positively influence organizational agility. Nevertheless, studies have recently started... pdf (304 KB)<https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/MBR-11-2017-0088/full/pdf?title=information-technology-capabilities-and-organizational-agility> Corporate social responsibility, country reputation and corporate reputation<https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/MBR-07-2017-0047/full/html> Keith James Kelley<https://www.emerald.com/insight/search?q=Keith%20James%20Kelley>, Thomas A. Hemphill<https://www.emerald.com/insight/search?q=Thomas%20A.%20Hemphill>, Yannick Thams<https://www.emerald.com/insight/search?q=Yannick%20Thams> This paper aims to explore the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate financial performance (CFP) from a shared value perspective... pdf (532 KB)<https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/MBR-07-2017-0047/full/pdf?title=corporate-social-responsibility-country-reputation-and-corporate-reputation> Uncommoditizing strategies by emerging market firms<https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/MBR-07-2017-0051/full/html> Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra<https://www.emerald.com/insight/search?q=Alvaro%20Cuervo-Cazurra>, Jorge Carneiro<https://www.emerald.com/insight/search?q=Jorge%20Carneiro>, Diego Finchelstein<https://www.emerald.com/insight/search?q=Diego%20Finchelstein>, Patricio Duran<https://www.emerald.com/insight/search?q=Patricio%20Duran>, Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez<https://www.emerald.com/insight/search?q=Maria%20Alejandra%20Gonzalez-Perez>, Miguel A. Montoya<https://www.emerald.com/insight/search?q=Miguel%20A.%20Montoya>, Armando Borda Reyes<https://www.emerald.com/insight/search?q=Armando%20Borda%20Reyes>, Maria Tereza Leme Fleury<https://www.emerald.com/insight/search?q=Maria%20Tereza%20Leme%20Fleury>, William Newburry<https://www.emerald.com/insight/search?q=William%20Newburry> This paper aims to analyze how emerging market firms upgrade their capabilities by focusing on "uncommoditizing strategies" that enable them to achieve levels of... pdf (315 KB)<https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/MBR-07-2017-0051/full/pdf?title=uncommoditizing-strategies-by-emerging-market-firms> All the best, Daniel Shapiro and Chang Hoon Oh Co-editors, Multinational Business Review https://www.emeraldinsight.com/loi/mbr ____ AIB-L is brought to you by the Academy of International Business. For information: http://aib.msu.edu/community/aib-l.asp To post message: [log in to unmask] For assistance: [log in to unmask] AIB-L is a moderated list.