Exogenous shocks and MNEs: Learning from pandemics, conflicts, and other major disruptions

Ciravegna, Luciano; Ahlstrom, David; Michailova, Snejina; Oh, Chang Hoon; Gaur, Ajai

doi:10.1016/j.jwb.2023.101487

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“…At present, world security is facing various challenges, such as local conflicts, trade frictions, and frequent extreme weather events [1][2][3][4][5]. In this context, the importance of food security is becoming more and more prominent [6][7][8].…”

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The Impact of Land Transfer-In on Crop Planting Structure and Its Heterogeneity among Farmers: Evidence from China

Chen,

Cai,

Zhang

et al. 2024

Land

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The crop planting structure in the world has shown a trend of “non-grain”, which will shake the foundations of global food security in the long run. As a basic and important production factor, changes in land will have an impact on farmers’ crop planting decisions. In this paper, we take China, a country that is experiencing land transfer, “non-grain” production, and farmer differentiation, as the research area, use the household survey data at the national level, and adopt the methods of Propensity Score Matching (PSM) and multiple regression models to reveal the impact of land transfer-in on the crop planting structure and its heterogeneity among farmers. The results showed that land transfer-in can drive the crop planting structure to tend to be “non-grain” in China. The research conclusion was still valid after the robustness tests of expanding the sample size, increasing the number of control variables, and introducing endogenous problem management. The heterogeneity analysis indicated that the negative impact of land transfer-in on the planting of grain crops mainly exists for large-scale farmers and farmers with agriculture as the main source of income. Based on these findings, the Chinese government should formulate targeted policies to prevent the “non-grain” tendency of crop planting structure after land transfer-in.

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The Impact of Land Transfer-In on Crop Planting Structure and Its Heterogeneity among Farmers: Evidence from China

Chen,

Cai,

Zhang

et al. 2024

Land

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“…Until recently, the academic literature has scarcely considered the phenomenon of a VUCA world, while the consulting literature has already been preoccupied with the VUCA world for over a decade (Aghina et al , 2017; Chinn et al , 2019; Darino et al , 2019; Dowdy et al , 2017; Dowdy and Rieckhoff, 2017; McDonald, 2011; Wolstencroft and Kirkland, 2015). It has become an acknowledged concept in international business and management in the past couple of years (Hall and Rowland, 2016; Schoemaker et al , 2018), but most studies have included the concept of a VUCA world as the context of the studied phenomenon (Cascio and Boudreau, 2016; Ciravegna et al , 2023; Fan et al , 2021; Ferraris et al , 2022; Hartwell and Devinney, 2021; Maletzky and Grosskopf, 2020; Osland et al , 2020; Puhr and Müllner, 2022 Thams and Dau, 2023; Tarba et al , 2023), most referring to Bennett and Lemoine (2014a, 2014b) or Van Tulder et al (2019). Top international business journals mention the VUCA world, but mainly in commentaries (Buckley, 2020; Cui et al , 2023; Li and Fleury, 2020; Vertinsky et al , 2023) or editorials (Bader et al , 2019; Bass and Grøgaard, 2021; Caligiuri et al , 2020; Hennart and Verbeke, 2022; Luo, 2024; Tung et al , 2023), and from a retrospective (Goerzen et al , 2023; Vahlne and Johanson, 2020), point (Contractor, 2022), counterpoint (Calabro et al , 2022) or perspective (Li et al , 2022; Petricevic and Teece, 2019).…”

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Paradigmatic reflections in cross-cultural management to make sense of a VUCA world

Primecz

2024

IJOA

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Purpose This paper aims to investigate the concept of VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) in the field of cross-cultural management. Design/methodology/approach The related literature has been analysed from various paradigmatic lenses. Findings As the VUCA world concept originates from business circles, several key articles were published in non-academic journals. Two distinct groups of publications can be identified: consulting literature and academic literature on the VUCA world. While both consulting literature and academic literature about the VUCA world can be associated with functionalism, alternative research paradigms can easily accommodate new studies in connection with the VUCA world: interpretive, critical and postmodern works would fit the features of the VUCA world, along with multi-paradigm studies. Research limitations/implications It is advisable to investigate emergent contemporary issues, often labelled VUCA, according to multiple paradigms and to conduct multi-paradigmatic research. Originality/value While consulting literature on the VUCA world implicitly assumes functionalist paradigms, academic literature might provide alternative assumptions. Interpretative, critical and postmodern paradigms more accurately address the issues raised by VUCA.

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“…However, this perspective often overlooks the political activities undertaken by MNC subsidiaries, creating a substantial gap in our understanding of how these subsidiaries initiate and develop political strategies and the implications of these strategies for them (De Villa, 2021). Moreover, this oversight has become increasingly conspicuous for managers, as instances of political disruptions affecting global businesses have become more frequent (Ciravegna et al , 2023; Meyer and Estrin, 2023). Typically, it falls upon the subsidiaries to manage political disruptions and adapt to changing circumstances in their host countries.…”

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Subsidiary political embeddedness: mechanisms for leveraging local competences

Botella-Andreu,

Villar,

Pla-Barber

et al. 2023

EBR

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Purpose This study aims to investigate the drivers of political embeddedness and the possible outcome in terms of autonomy and subsidiary unique competences. Design/methodology/approach This study draws on resource dependence theory and applies structural equation modeling on a sample of 193 subsidiaries. Findings Political embeddedness is confirmed as a source of potential autonomy and the development of competences and is usually boosted by previous existing networks at the internal and external levels. Originality/value The authors investigate and discuss how multinational corporations can leverage political resources in host-country political arenas, extending their understanding of the interplay between political activities and market strategies.

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Exogenous shocks and MNEs: Learning from pandemics, conflicts, and other major disruptions

Cited by 18 publications

References 76 publications

The Impact of Land Transfer-In on Crop Planting Structure and Its Heterogeneity among Farmers: Evidence from China

The Impact of Land Transfer-In on Crop Planting Structure and Its Heterogeneity among Farmers: Evidence from China

Paradigmatic reflections in cross-cultural management to make sense of a VUCA world

Subsidiary political embeddedness: mechanisms for leveraging local competences

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