Journal of World Business articles from December 2000

Journal of World Business archives from December 2000

EDITORS' NOTE.(year-end notes on editing of Journal of World Business)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
December 22, 2000... Fred Luthans John W. Slocum, Jr. We are coming to the end of our third year as editors of JWB. Reflecting on these years brings us a sense of pride and accomplishment. Our editors have done a tremendous job by managing the editorial...

Innovative International Strategies.(study focusing on footwear, chocolate, candy, and cable and wire industries)
December 22, 2000... The analysis of practitioners' narratives in four industries--cables and wires, paint, footwear chocolate, and sugar confectionery--shows that innovative international strategies drive the dynamics of international competition. The four...

Dynamic Capabilities In International Expansion.(managing global expansion)
December 22, 2000... This article articulates a dynamic capability perspective on international business. The three essential ingredients of dynamic capability--capability possession (distinctive resources), capability deployment (resource allocation), and...

Different Paths to Economic Reform in Russia and China: Causes and Consequences.(Statistical Data Included)
December 22, 2000... Economic reform in Russia has been described as 'shock therapy' because rapid industrial privatization, price liberalization and democratic reforms of the political system were introduced simultaneously. However, shock therapy led to insider...

Culture, Entrepreneurial Orientation, and Global Competitiveness.(analysis of relationship between culture and entrepreneurship)
December 22, 2000... Based on Lumpkin and Dess's conceptualization of entrepreneurial orientation (EO), this paper presents a cultural model of entrepreneurship. We propose that a society's propensity to generate autonomous, risk-taking, innovative, competitively...

Making Their Own Way: International Experience Through Self-Initiated Foreign Assignments.(Statistical Data Included)
December 22, 2000... Studies of international transferees have generally assumed that they are sent to a foreign country by their employer. In practice, many of these transferees make their own arrangements to get work abroad and this paper presents new...