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Adaptation to the International Business Environment: a resource advantage pers...
Ferreira, Manuel Portugal; Serra, Fernando; Li, Dan; Armagan, SunguThis paper discusses the importance of the adaptation of the firm to the International Business Environment. Using concepts from the literature on resource advantage, we posit that the firms’ adaptation capability to different International Business Environments is a valuable, difficult to imitate, non-tradeable, rare but not scarce and path dependent resource. We further suggest that adaptation to Internationa...
Power and temporal commitment preference: an investigation in Portugal, Turkey,...
Armagan, Sungu; Ferreira, Manuel Portugal; Okhuysen, Gerardo; Galinsky, AdamThe current research explores the impact of power on temporal commitment preference (an individual’s preference for shorter or longer time durations for agreements in decision making situations) across three countries: Portugal, Turkey, and the United States. A pilot study (N = 356) established cultural differences in uncertainty avoidance, which was expected to impact choices and behaviors involving power and ...
Composition of small and large firms' business networks in transition economies
Ferreira, Manuel Portugal; Li, Dan; Serra, Fernando Ribeiro; Armagan, SunguIn this study, using firm level data from twenty six transition economies collected by the World Bank and the EBRD in 1999-2000, we conduct a set of logistic regression models to investigate the composition of small and large firms’ business networks. The results show that, in contrast to smaller firms, larger firms are more likely to have formal business relationships, and relationships with national and forei...
Vertical integration for full outsourcing: growth and internationalization of a...
Ferreira, Manuel Portugal; Armagan, Sungu; Li, DanBased on a case study of a Portuguese packaging firm, this paper examines how vertical integration of the supplier serves as a vehicle for the full outsourcing of the client firms' needs in a solution that reduces transaction costs, favors specialization, and permits small and mediumsized firms to develop competencies that may be exploited in a wide array of projects. Vertical integration by the supplier (a gov...
Vertical integration for full outsourcing: growth and internationalization of a...
Ferreira, Manuel Portugal; Armagan, Sungu; Li, DanBased on a case study of a Portuguese packaging firm, this paper examines how vertical integration of the supplier serves as a vehicle for the full outsourcing of the client firms' needs in a solution that reduces transaction costs, favors specialization, and permits small and medium-sized firms to develop competencies that may be exploited in a wide array of projects. Vertical integration by the supplier (a go...
The impact of political culture on firms' choice of exploitation-exploration in...
Armagan, Sungu; Ferreira, Manuel PortugalThis article discusses the impact of political culture on the exploitation-exploration internationalization strategies of firms. In particular, we propose that four dimensions of political culture – nationalism, internationalism, patriotism, and cosmopolitanism – influence firms’ willingness to explore new opportunities and/or to exploit existing products and capabilities across borders. We suggest that firms i...
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