International Journal of Emerging Markets: Volume 11 Issue 1

Institutions and emerging markets: effects and implications for multinational corporations

Daniel Rottig

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the role of institutions in emerging markets by sketching out the unique institutional features of these markets and their implications for…

Institution building and institutional voids: Can Poland’s experience inform Russia and Brazil?

Sheila M. Puffer, Daniel J McCarthy, Alfred M Jaeger

The purpose of this paper is to present a comparative analysis of institutions and institutional voids in Russia, Brazil, and Poland over the decades of the 1980s through to 2015…

A qualitative case study of MNE legitimacy: The Fonterra-Sanlu IJV corporate milk scandal in China

Kathryn Pavlovich, Paresha N Sinha, Mark Rodrigues

An international joint venture (IJV) helps multinational enterprises (MNEs) overcome the “liability of foreignness.” However, in the presence of institutional voids, MNE’s…

Informal institutions and technology use by entrepreneurs: An empirical study across 18 emerging markets

Saurav Pathak, Andre O. Laplume, Emanuel Xavier-Oliveira

Given the increasing relevance of emerging economies in the global economy and the neoclassical argument that technological progress is the main driver of economic growth, the…

An ethnographic study of new venture and new sector legitimation: Evidence from Moldova

Romeo V. Turcan, Norman M. Fraser

The purpose of this paper is to explore the process of legitimation of international new ventures (INVs) from an emerging economy and the effect such ventures have on the process…

Drivers of successful international business strategy: Insights from the evolution of a trading company

Karim Marini Thomé, Janann Joslin Medeiros

– The purpose of this paper is to identify and describe the drivers of trading company strategy that explain trading company success in international business.