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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS REVIEW Volume 15, 2006 LIST OF CONTENTS AUTHOR INDEX AND KEYWORD INDEX Professor Pervez N. Ghauri Manchester | ; School, The University of Manche Man ter M60 1OD, UK email: Pe fy Professor Peter J. Buckley Professor Jere ‘ f; ‘ B I _" 16 B Build ( c Dr. Tony Fang P: rofessor KjScehlolo l Grenof h|a ug » 1b H 0 t Kyell.( : Professor S. Benjamin Prasad Professor Danny van den Bulcke lept of M S \ (RUCA B ssor Raj Aggarwal ‘ ' n erutome Ozawa ssor Paul W. Beamish Professor Stanley Paliwoda ssor Amjad Hajikhani w David J. Carson Sten-Olof Hansen ssor Mark Casson Wil Harzing Dr. Malika Richards ssor Tamer Cavusgil ssor Geert Hofstede \lan Rugman Professor Claude Cellich ssor Subhash Jain Jan Selmer ssor Bernard Cova ssor Jan Johansor Deo Sharma Professor John Dunning ssor Erdener Kaynak k Professor Jagdish Sheth Professor Philip Kotler Professor Ken'ichi Enatsu Professor Jean-Claude U sunier Professor Peter Leeflang Professor Peter Enderwick Professor Lars-Erik Gadde Professor Peter Lorangs Dr Finn Wiedersheim-Paul Professor Robert T. Green Professor Ajay Kk. Manrai Professor Attila Yaprak Professor Christian Grénroos Professor Lars Oxelheim Professor Stephen Young Author enquiries t please tA r | 1 articles and set up e-marl Frequency: Published 6 Issues per year in February, April, June, August, October and December 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved USA mailing notice: International B C teview (ISSN 0969-593 publ AE Amsterdas The Netherland a scription pr he USA USS ncluding air speed delivery. Periodical px ¢e rate paid naica, NY 114 USA POSTMASTER: Send dress « s International Business Revic c Harb FL 32887-4900 AIRFREIGHT AND MAILING in the USA by Publications Expediting Inc 00 Meacham Avenue, Elmont, NY 11003 List of Contents Volume 15, Number 1, 2006 PAPERS Country-specific strategy and new venture formation in Central and East Europe Adrian Gil, George Nakos, Lance Ehot Brouthers, Keith D. Brouther Commitment for hire? The viability of corporate culture as a MINC control mechanism Denice E. Welch, Lawrence S. Welch Influences on financial analyst forecast errors: A meta-analysis Emma Garcia-Meca,. Juan Pedro Sanchez-Ballesta Roles of foreign owned subsidiaries in a small economy Annelies.E. Hogenbirk, Hans. in Kranenbur US trade preferences and export performance of developing countries: Evidence from the generalized system of preferences Belay Seyoun \ comparative study of career practices for management staff in Britain and India Yehuda Baruch, Pawan S. Budhwa CALL FOR PAPERS Volume 15. Number 2. 2006 EDITORIAI Stephen Herbert Hymer and/on the (theory of the) MINE and international business Christos Pitel PAPERS Stephen Hymer: An intellectual memeir Robert Rowthorn When I met Hymer: Some personal recollections John H. Dunning Reflections on the Hymer thesis and the multinational enterprise David J Teece Stephen Hymer: Three phases, one approach? Comment on Peter J. Buckley: “Stephen Hymer: Three phases, one approach?” Edward M. Grahat To ‘almost see the world’: Hierarchy and strategy in Hymer’s view of the multinational Marina Pap sSs1OU Hymer’s analysis of the multinational organization: Power retention and the demise of the federative VINE Mol { Yamin, M Stephen Hymer and the externalization of production R S e, James N Volume 15, Number 3. 2006 PAPERS Knowledge flows in MINCs: An empirical test and extension of Gupta and Govindarajan’s typology of subsidiary roles \ UW tr N N A multidimensional concept of uncertainty and its influence on the entry mode choice: An empirical analysis in the service sector Est Sanchez-P do, Jose Pla-B Trade promotion and SME export performance | rt Wilkinso1 | mh Ehot B ithe The multinational enterprise as an internal market system LD ele Ce ito Networking in SMEs: Evaluating its contribution to marketing activity Audre Gilmore, David ¢ rson. Steve Rocks Learning from foreign subsidiaries: An empirical investigation of headquarters’ benefits from reverse knowledge transfers lina C. Ambos, Bjérn Ambos. Bodo B. Schlegelmilch BOOK REVIEW Volume 15. Number 4, 2006 PAPERS International business research: Trends and school rankings Kam C. Chan, Hung-Gay Fung, Wai K. Leung Online internationalisation, psychic distance reduction and the virtuality trap Mohammad Yamin, Rudolf R. Sinkovics Hofstede, Schwartz, or managerial perceptions? The effects of different cultural distance measures on establishment mode choices by multinational enterprises Rian Drogendijk, Arjen Slangen Knowledge development and sharing in multinational corporations: The case of a centre of excellence and a transnational team Mar Adenfelt, Katarina Lagerst: The impact of regulatory quality on intra-foreign direct investment flows in the ASEAN markets Hussain Gulzar R { Zurb The separation of ownership and management in Taiwan's public companies: An empirical study David Ahlst Ku BOOK REVIEWS Volume 15. Number 5, 2006 PAPERS Facilitation of links between multinational subsidiaries and SVMIEs: The Scottish Technology and Collaboration (STAC) initiative Shameen Prashanthat Rod B. McNaught Knowledge acquisition from foreign parents in international joint ventures: An empirical study in Vietnam Phan Thi Thuc Anh, C. Christopher Baughn, Ngo Thi Minh Hang, Ken Neo-institutional theory and institutional change: Towards empirical tests on the “* American- ization” of German executive pay Amon Chizema, Trevor Buck An investigation into the suitability of the international accounting standards to the United Arab Emirates environment Khaled Aljifri, Hussein Khasharmeh Reverse logistics practices in the glass sector in Spain and Belgium Pilar L. Gonzalez-Torre, Belarmino Adenso-Dia The impact of operational structure, lateral integrative mechanisms and control mechanisms on intra-MNE knowledge transfer Magnus Persson FHANKS TO REVIEWERS Volume 15, Number 6, 2006 PAPERS Motives and partner selection criteria in international strategic alliances: Perspectives Chinese firms | Don K ith W.G 4 review of research methodologies in international business Z y Xuehua Wang. Chenting S rhe erosion of stable shareholder practice in Japan (*Anteikabunushi Kosaku”™) Step! Pease, Stanley Paliwoda, Jim Slate Interfunctional dynamics and firm performance: A comparison between firms in Poland and the United States Dana-Nicoleta Lasc it ay K. Manra szard Klec Measuring internationalisation in the mobile telecommunications industry Peter ¢ Information internalisation and internationalisation—Evidence from Vietnamese firms Iho D. Nguyen. Nigel J. Barrett, Richard Fletcher BOOK REVIEW VOLUME CONTENTS AUTHOR INDEX KEYWORD INDEX AUTHOR INDEX TO VOLUME 15, 2006 Adenfelt, M., 381 K hasharmeh, H., 505 Adenso-Diaz, B., 527 Kleczek, R., 641 Ahlstrom, D., 415 Aljifri, K., 505 LagerstrOm, K., 381 Ambos, B., 294 Lascu, D.-N., 641 Ambos, T.C., 294 Leung, W.K., 317 Liu, Y., 416 Barrett, N.J., 682 Baruch, Y., 84 Manrai, A.K., 641 Brouthers, K.D., | Manrai, L.A., 641 Brouthers, L.E., 1, 233 McNaughton, R.B., 447 Buck, T., 488 Minh Hang, N.T., 463 Buckley, P.J.. 140 Budhwar, P.S., 84 Nakos, G.. | Neupert, K.E., 463 Carson, D., 278 Newton, J., 180 Cellich, ¢ 313 Nguyen, T.D., 682 Cerrato, D., 253 Noorderhaven, N., 195 Chan, K.¢ Chizema, A., 488 Paliwoda, S.. 618 Christopher Baughn, C. 463 Papanastassiou, M., 151 Curwen, P., 660 Pearce, R., 151 Pease. S.. 618 Dong, L., 577 Persson Drogendijk, R., 361 Pitelis, ¢ Dunning, J.H., 115 Pla-Barber, J., 215 Prashantham, S., 447 Fletcher, R., 682 Forsgren, M., 166 Rammal, H.G., 40] Fung, H.-G., 317 RockSs.,, 2 78 Rowthorn, R., 111 Garcia-Meca, I Gil, A.. | Sanchez-Ballesta, J.P., 29 Gilmore, A., 278 Sanchez-Peinado, E., 215 Glaister, K. W., 577 Schlegelmilch, B.B., 294 Gonzalez-Torre, P.L., 52 Seyoum, B., 68 Graham, E.M., 148 Sinkovics, R.R., 339 Gugler, P., 702 Slangen, A., 361 Slater, J.. 618 Harzing, A.-W., 195 Strange, R., 180 Hogenbirk, A.E., 53 Su, C., 601 Teece, D.J 2 Whalley. J.. 660 Wilkinson. T.. 23 SUBJECT INDEX TO VOLUME 15, 2006 \bsorptive capacity, 463 rel lirect investment policy, 40] Accuracy Acquisition 36 | Brabding, |8 Global commodity chains, 180 Britain, 84 Globalisation, 140 Greater China, 415 apabilities 19S Greenfield, 361 ireer systems, 54 entres of Excellence Harmonization, 505 EQ, 415 Headquarters, 38] hina, 5 Heterarchy,. 151 ollaboration Hierarchy, 15] omparative international management Hofstede, 36] 64] LAS. 505 IASB, 505 IFRS, 505 India, 84 Industrial organization theory Information internalisation, 682 ecision-making, 2? Integration, 547 Deregulation, 618 Integrative mechanisms, 547 Developing countries, 84 Internal markets, 253 Direct Foreign Investmet Internalisation theory, 140 Distribution channel, 27! International accounting standards <()s Earnings forecasts, 29 International business, 601 Economic development, 115 International business research, 317 Electronics industry, 53 International entrepreneurship, 447 I merging markets, 641 International HRM, 84 I niry ' mode| s 14 International joint ventures, 463 I ,n v‘ iron.m¥ ent> a,l ] issu’ es> a]é International marketing management Establishment mode choice, 361 641 I U, §3 International strategic alliances, 577 I xport promotion, 233 Internationalisation, 215, 339, 447, 618 I xternalization, 180 660. 68? Intra-ASEAN FDI, 401 FDI, 618 Investment incentives, 401 Financial analysts, 29 Foreign direct investment, 115 Japan, 618 Keiretsu, 618 Psychic distance, 339 Knowledge, 381 Public policy, 447 Knowledge acquisition, 463 Knowledge flows, 195 Rankings, 317 Knowledge intensive services and capital Research design, 601 intensive services, 215 Research methods, 60! Knowledge management, 294 Resource-based view, 233 Knowledge transfer, 547 Reverse knowledge transfer, 294 Reverse logistics, 52 Literature review, 601 Sales foci. 53 Schwartz. 361 lal perceptions, 36] Shareholder, 618 et and learning orientatio1 ¥ Small economy, 53 Market orientation, 641 SME, 44 Marketing, 278 Social capital Marketing activities, 273 Stephen Hymet Marxist economics, 140 Stock options, 488 Measurement. 660 Strategy, 15] Mergers and acquisitions (M&A). 618 Structural equatior odelling, 682 Meta-analysis, 2‘ Subcontracting, 180 MNC control mechanis1 14 Subsidiaries 3. 253. 547 MNE. 53. 547 Subsidiary headquarters relationship Mobile. 660 294 Motivesve . 577 Subsidiary roles Multinational corporatior 3 Supply manageme! Multinational enterprise Multinational management, | laiwan, 415 Multinational subsidiary, 4 relecommunications, 660 missions lradel, e sh, Yoelw" s, ) >2 33 Neo institutional theo Iransition markets, ¢ Network, 253 Transnational teams Networking, 278 Transnational, 195 Normative control, 14 Trends 3 lypology, 195 Operational structure, 547 Outsourcing, 180 Uncertainty selection, 577 Vietnam, 68 5 ndustries, 52 Voluntary disclosut