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Dear friends and colleagues, 

 

Happy New Year! We are delighted to announce the publication of the February 2022 issue (volume 31, issue 1) of International Business Review. 

 

The issue launches an occasional series of Perspectives – thought-provoking and agenda-setting papers on important topics in International Business. The first paper in this series is authored by Jonathan Doh, Nicolas Dahan & Michelle Casario on the subject of “MNEs and the practice of international business diplomacy”. This paper provides a timely and insightful view of how MNEs can best navigate a world where geopolitics increasingly condition the business environment within which they have to operate. In similar vein, may we draw your attention to the forthcoming Special Issue of International Business Review on “MNE non-market strategy: complexities and varieties.” (submission deadline: 1 March 2022). 

 

There are also fourteen regular articles on topics such as MNEs and corruption research; international non-governmental organizations; five papers on the impacts of business and social networks; five papers on internationalization strategies; and two papers on exporting. 

 

This is an excellent collection to begin volume 31 of the journal, and we hope you enjoy reading them. 

 

Best wishes 

Roger Strange & Fang Lee Cooke (IBR Editors-in-Chief) 

International Business Review 

Volume 31, Issue 1, February 2022 

 

 

Perspective 

MNEs and the practice of international business diplomacy 

Jonathan P. Doh, Nicolas M. Dahan, Michelle Casario 

Article 101926 

 

Regular Articles 

A vulnerable victim or a tacit participant? Extending the field of multinationals and corruption research 

Fang Lee Cooke, Jingtian Wang, Geoffrey Wood 

Article 101890 

 

Toward fairer global reward: Lessons from international non-governmental organizations 

Ishbel McWha-Hermann, Jakov Jandric, Emily Cook-Lundgren, Stuart C. Carr 

Article 101897 

 

Challenges confronting the ‘One Belt One Road’ initiative: Social networks and cross-cultural adjustment in CPEC projects 

Arshia Mukhtar, Ying Zhu, You-il Lee, Mary Bambacas, S. Tamer Cavusgil 

Article 101902 

 

Overcoming informal barriers to trade: Immigrant educational attainment vs. network competence 

Xiyan Yang, Xiaohua Lin 

Article 101918 

 

Social support abroad: How do self-initiated expatriates gain support through their social networks? 

Annamaria Kubovcikova, Marian van Bakel 

Article 101894 

 

Argonauts and Icaruses: Social networks and dynamics of nascent international entrepreneurs 

François Goxe, Ulrike Mayrhofer, Olli Kuivalainen 

Article 101892 

 

How do business and political Networking shape overseas dispute resolution for state-owned enterprise from emerging economies 

Lu Shen, Chuang Zhang, Wenbo Teng, Nan Du 

Article 101888 

 

Disentangling the effects of domestic corporate political activity and political connections on firms’ internationalisation: Evidence from US retail MNEs 

Vikrant Shirodkar, Georgios Batsakis, Palitha Konara, Alexander Mohr 

Article 101889 

 

Rapid internationalization and exit of exporters: The role of digital platforms 

Ziliang Deng, Ziyan Zhu, Martin Johanson, Mikael Hilmersson 

Article 101896 

 

 

Founding entrepreneur’s dilemma: Stay or exit the firm following an acquisition? An international comparison 

Francesca Sanguineti, Antonio Majocchi, S. Tamer Cavusgil 

Article 101904 

 

Host country’s environmental uncertainty, technological capability, and foreign market entry mode: Evidence from high-end equipment manufacturing MNEs in emerging markets 

Kun-Sha Li, Yong-Qing Xiong 

Article 101900 

 

Becoming a small multinational enterprise: Four multinationalization strategies for SMEs 

Heini Vanninen, Joona Keränen, Olli Kuivalainen 

Article 101917 

 

Entrepreneurial orientation, export channel selection, and export performance of SMEs 

Igor Kalinic, Keith D. Brouthers 

Article 101901 

 

Small exporting firms’ choice of exchange mode in international marketing channels for perishable products: A contingency approach 

Valeria Nyu, Frode Nilssen, Destan Kandemir 

Article 101919