Dear friends and colleagues, We are delighted to announce the publication of the April 2022 issue (volume 31, issue 2) of International Business Review. This issue starts with four papers on various aspects of aspects of innovation. Next up are four papers on institutions, including two that query whether “emergingness” is an advantage or a liability? Then there are five papers concerned with the cross-border transfers of knowledge and/or practices. This strong collection finishes with two papers on the advantages of MNE subsidiaries in China and a comparative analysis of support for CSR initiatives in advanced and emerging markets. Please also note the submission deadlines [https://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-business-review/call-for-papers] for papers for the forthcoming Special Issues on MNE innovation for achieving the sustainable development goals (1 July 2022) and on Looking back to look forward: disruption, innovation and future trends in international human resource management (1 October 2022). Best wishes Roger Strange & Fang Lee Cooke (IBR Editors-in-Chief) ________________________________ New Issue: International Business Review New issue available on ScienceDirect [Cover Image International Business Review] <https://click.notification.elsevier.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.sciencedirect.com%2Fjournal%2Finternational-business-review%2Fvol%2F31%2Fissue%2F2%3Fdgcid=raven_sd_via_email/1/0100017ee1a4de1c-f860fc4c-ba41-4095-abb2-74665baa8c0d-000000/mZ7RQTn9aT5Lq8Ab-yR7Cs_a7AiOkWFUp74Ydc8E_YY=236> International Business Review<https://click.notification.elsevier.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.sciencedirect.com%2Fjournal%2Finternational-business-review%3Fdgcid=raven_sd_via_email/1/0100017ee1a4de1c-f860fc4c-ba41-4095-abb2-74665baa8c0d-000000/QNK76l3tc8j4_HnXIPhAV5NBvOCY1DnKMhl_XSAaywo=236> Volume 31, Issue 2 , April 2022 <https://click.notification.elsevier.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.sciencedirect.com%2Fjournal%2Finternational-business-review%2Fvol%2F31%2Fissue%2F2%3Fdgcid=raven_sd_via_email/2/0100017ee1a4de1c-f860fc4c-ba41-4095-abb2-74665baa8c0d-000000/c2Nmg8I9lwOI5UrKT0iQgy3MFQ0D1iSQiZfujaOVsUA=236> Editorial Board<https://click.notification.elsevier.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.sciencedirect.com%2Fscience%3F_ob=GatewayURL%26_method=citationSearch%26_version=1%26_piikey=S0969593122000105%26_origin=RV_SD_TOC_EMAIL%26dgcid=raven_sd_via_email/1/0100017ee1a4de1c-f860fc4c-ba41-4095-abb2-74665baa8c0d-000000/ksU7KfvHtiUrSyXVc0Wn4BjDvCNnreyI2_dL85dGw5E=236> Article Number 101982 A systematic review of the relationship between international diversification and innovation: A firm-level perspective<https://click.notification.elsevier.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.sciencedirect.com%2Fscience%3F_ob=GatewayURL%26_method=citationSearch%26_version=1%26_piikey=S0969593121001736%26_origin=RV_SD_TOC_EMAIL%26dgcid=raven_sd_via_email/1/0100017ee1a4de1c-f860fc4c-ba41-4095-abb2-74665baa8c0d-000000/oE8WS1xUPBNmTU3YSCLjk2G0gcGPe59bLo61MJMlXaM=236> Article Number 101955 Jill Josefina Juergensen, Rajneesh Narula, Irina Surdu Sources of knowledge and process innovation: The moderating role of perceived competitive intensity<https://click.notification.elsevier.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.sciencedirect.com%2Fscience%3F_ob=GatewayURL%26_method=citationSearch%26_version=1%26_piikey=S0969593121001384%26_origin=RV_SD_TOC_EMAIL%26dgcid=raven_sd_via_email/1/0100017ee1a4de1c-f860fc4c-ba41-4095-abb2-74665baa8c0d-000000/OlIOhz_NVSjYqJrblEMv1V4nCPG0IKllsxikkdz848A=236> Article Number 101920 Omid Aliasghar, Elizabeth L. Rose, Kazuhiro Asakawa The effects of subsidiary’s leadership and entrepreneurship on international marketing knowledge transfer and new product development<https://click.notification.elsevier.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.sciencedirect.com%2Fscience%3F_ob=GatewayURL%26_method=citationSearch%26_version=1%26_piikey=S0969593121001463%26_origin=RV_SD_TOC_EMAIL%26dgcid=raven_sd_via_email/1/0100017ee1a4de1c-f860fc4c-ba41-4095-abb2-74665baa8c0d-000000/_bIwWqr9G1OMUx7X7MSAnqaE-wDkbfE_f9L61AchC-I=236> Article Number 101928 Cátia Fernandes Crespo, Nuno Fernandes Crespo, Carla Curado Manage the value and liability of offshoring innovation<https://click.notification.elsevier.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.sciencedirect.com%2Fscience%3F_ob=GatewayURL%26_method=citationSearch%26_version=1%26_piikey=S0969593121001414%26_origin=RV_SD_TOC_EMAIL%26dgcid=raven_sd_via_email/1/0100017ee1a4de1c-f860fc4c-ba41-4095-abb2-74665baa8c0d-000000/bfeseYRrUniJdWx9LkBA0VbETHfZHaccXsqbNk7Mj8w=236> Article Number 101923 Tung Min Hung, Farok Contractor, Yi-Ju Lo Is there an advantage of emergingness? A politico-regulatory perspective<https://click.notification.elsevier.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.sciencedirect.com%2Fscience%3F_ob=GatewayURL%26_method=citationSearch%26_version=1%26_piikey=S096959312100158X%26_origin=RV_SD_TOC_EMAIL%26dgcid=raven_sd_via_email/1/0100017ee1a4de1c-f860fc4c-ba41-4095-abb2-74665baa8c0d-000000/2LGL__3EOe0eB81FwqHkC-fwGbOwTCDdtFPBgemaHnA=236> Article Number 101940 Mark R. Mallon, Orhun Guldiken, Mirko H. Benischke, Feng Dong, Trung Nguyen Liability of emergingness and EMNEs’ cross-border acquisition completion: A legitimacy perspective<https://click.notification.elsevier.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.sciencedirect.com%2Fscience%3F_ob=GatewayURL%26_method=citationSearch%26_version=1%26_piikey=S0969593121001694%26_origin=RV_SD_TOC_EMAIL%26dgcid=raven_sd_via_email/1/0100017ee1a4de1c-f860fc4c-ba41-4095-abb2-74665baa8c0d-000000/uJSvZM0TrvZeZLszojsuXg9mCPq1NArscb1C5g0CPdc=236> Article Number 101951 Jianhong Zhang Engaging informal institutions through corporate political activity: Capabilities for subnational embeddedness in emerging economies<https://click.notification.elsevier.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.sciencedirect.com%2Fscience%3F_ob=GatewayURL%26_method=citationSearch%26_version=1%26_piikey=S0969593121001451%26_origin=RV_SD_TOC_EMAIL%26dgcid=raven_sd_via_email/1/0100017ee1a4de1c-f860fc4c-ba41-4095-abb2-74665baa8c0d-000000/s4HiCVLEpMpg5lNKYsuCD9za_0CiSMy_u05dYE08pqM=236> Article Number 101927 Charles Mbalyohere, Thomas C. Lawton Determining investment size and local embeddedness under host market uncertainty and growth rates<https://click.notification.elsevier.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.sciencedirect.com%2Fscience%3F_ob=GatewayURL%26_method=citationSearch%26_version=1%26_piikey=S0969593121001633%26_origin=RV_SD_TOC_EMAIL%26dgcid=raven_sd_via_email/1/0100017ee1a4de1c-f860fc4c-ba41-4095-abb2-74665baa8c0d-000000/t_89TMaf7DkziTaoOyt0dXPyLPLAFNlNW9GLZBXLjEE=236> Article Number 101945 Sangcheol Song The choice of master international franchising – A modified transaction cost model<https://click.notification.elsevier.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.sciencedirect.com%2Fscience%3F_ob=GatewayURL%26_method=citationSearch%26_version=1%26_piikey=S0969593121001608%26_origin=RV_SD_TOC_EMAIL%26dgcid=raven_sd_via_email/1/0100017ee1a4de1c-f860fc4c-ba41-4095-abb2-74665baa8c0d-000000/Pw6nJHk79SIjDgIhpjfN_ILTiPAc134B_2-hGjMS4Oc=236> Article Number 101942 Maria Jell-Ojobor, Ilan Alon, Josef Windsperger Facilitating factors in the cross-cultural transfer of management practices: The case of a German multinational in Brazil<https://click.notification.elsevier.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.sciencedirect.com%2Fscience%3F_ob=GatewayURL%26_method=citationSearch%26_version=1%26_piikey=S0969593121001396%26_origin=RV_SD_TOC_EMAIL%26dgcid=raven_sd_via_email/1/0100017ee1a4de1c-f860fc4c-ba41-4095-abb2-74665baa8c0d-000000/qTxGvJDutrr5tlaz8KameRHRxXztHRoV7ujKDJg7xas=236> Article Number 101921 Madeleine Bausch, Christoph Barmeyer, Ulrike Mayrhofer Language and identity in the shadow: A multi-case study of a Japanese multinational corporation<https://click.notification.elsevier.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.sciencedirect.com%2Fscience%3F_ob=GatewayURL%26_method=citationSearch%26_version=1%26_piikey=S0969593121001293%26_origin=RV_SD_TOC_EMAIL%26dgcid=raven_sd_via_email/1/0100017ee1a4de1c-f860fc4c-ba41-4095-abb2-74665baa8c0d-000000/nLSLOslDjmoCFtLmmTdcNoc765KmFd50Y_BYz6LFXhA=236> Article Number 101913 Hitoshi Iwashita Is it a sententious claim? An examination of the quality of occupational health, safety and well-being disclosures in global reporting initiative reports across industries and countries<https://click.notification.elsevier.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.sciencedirect.com%2Fscience%3F_ob=GatewayURL%26_method=citationSearch%26_version=1%26_piikey=S0969593121001402%26_origin=RV_SD_TOC_EMAIL%26dgcid=raven_sd_via_email/1/0100017ee1a4de1c-f860fc4c-ba41-4095-abb2-74665baa8c0d-000000/kQAgvLB1mYsXYd61p5TTqpqfvzq2gj492IZDYwZIwZU=236> Article Number 101922 Sugumar Mariappanadar, Iris Maurer, Robin Kramar, Michael Muller-Camen Nationality biases in peer evaluations: The country-of-origin effect in global virtual teams<https://click.notification.elsevier.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.sciencedirect.com%2Fscience%3F_ob=GatewayURL%26_method=citationSearch%26_version=1%26_piikey=S0969593121001876%26_origin=RV_SD_TOC_EMAIL%26dgcid=raven_sd_via_email/1/0100017ee1a4de1c-f860fc4c-ba41-4095-abb2-74665baa8c0d-000000/Hr-Nk9H6oX8UvwCDkOGVrBi0zDMJyqaO5UXwMpmQbrI=236> Article Number 101969 Ernesto Tavoletti, Robert D. Stephens, Vas Taras, Longzhu Dong Contraction under minimum wages? 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