Dear friends and colleagues, 

 

We are delighted to announce the publication of the June 2023 issue (volume 32, issue 3) of International Business Review. 

 

The issue leads with five papers addressing institutional influences on FDI decisions and the impact of MNEs on host country institutions. Specific topics include institutional dynamism, institutional misalignment, host country corruption, and IP protection. Then there are three papers considering different corporate governance effects (i.e. CEO characteristics, business groups, risk perceptions) on firms’ cross-border activities and two papers considering the effects of CSR/ESG performance. The final paper focuses on Ukrainian MNEs (highly topical) and considers the determinants of their productivity. 

 

Best wishes 

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

 

International Business Review 

Volume 32, Issue 3, June 2023 

 

From structural to transition effects: Institutional dynamism as a deterrent to long-term investments by MNEs 

Gunnar Leymann, Sarianna Lundan 

Article 102070 

 

Institutional misalignment and escape-based FDI: A prospect theory lens 

Jack Clampit, Nolan Gaffney, Frances Fabian, Thomas Stafford 

Article 102099 

 

Is the cure worse than the disease? The effect of emerging market MNEs on host country corruption 

Jie Yang, Shoeb Mohammad 

Article 102066 

 

IP protection and ownership in cross-border acquisitions 

Ofra Bazel-Shoham, Sang Mook Lee, Mohammad Faisal Ahammad, Shlomo Y. Tarba, Ilan Alon 

Article 102101 

 

Taking two to tango: A comparative nationalism view of cross-border acquisitions 

Sihong Wu, Di Fan 

Article 102069 

 

CEOs’ regulatory focus and firm internationalization: The moderating effects of CEO overconfidence, narcissism and career horizon 

Ashenafi Biru, Igor Filatotchev, Garry Bruton, David Gilbert 

Article 102078 

 

The influence of business groups on board composition in offshore financial multinational enterprises 

Bruce Hearn, Lars Oxelheim, Trond Randøy 

Article 102084 

 

Asymmetric risk perception and firm financing in the institutional envelope 

Thomas Lindner, Jonas Puck, Giulia Stocco 

Article 102067 

 

Perceived corporate social responsibility effects across nations: the role of national institutions 

Lukas Zimmer, Bernhard Swoboda 

Article 102073 

 

Where does ESG pay? The role of national culture in moderating the relationship between ESG performance and financial performance 

Jiyoung Shin, Jon Jungbien Moon, Jingoo Kang 

Article 102071 

 

The complementarity effect of exporting, importing and R&D on the productivity of Ukrainian MNEs 

Silvia Massini, Lucia Piscitello, Yevgeniya Shevtsova 

Article 102055