European Business Review: Volume 29 Issue 2

Editorial

Marina Dabic, Olivier Lamotte

Technological innovation among internationality active SMEs in the Czech economy: Role of human and social capital of CEO

Preeti Wadhwa, Marleen McCormick, Martina Musteen

This paper aims to examine the impact of human and social capital of CEOs of internationally active small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Czech Republic on their…

Inducing the internationalisation of family manufacturing firms from a transition context

Svetla Marinova, Marin Marinov

This paper aims to investigate the internationalisation inducement in family firms with domestic capital operating in a specific industry in a transition country. Examining the…

International acquisitions by Polish MNEs. Value creation or destruction?

Witold Nowiński

The purpose of this paper is to determine the performance implications of cross-border acquisitions by Polish multinationals. Additionally, the study considers specific factors…

Factors leading to early internationalization in emerging Central and Eastern European economies: Empirical evidence from new ventures in Lithuania

Jurgita Sekliuckiene

The purpose of this paper is to explore factors leading to the early internationalization of international new ventures (INVs) in Lithuania – a transition economy in Central and…

Signalling legitimacy in global contexts: the case of small wine producers in Bulgaria

Sylvaine Castellano, Olga Ivanova

The purpose of this paper is to explain how small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) in transition environments overcome the liability of origin to gain their legitimacy in a…