Professor Rudolf Sinkovics' Outputs (8)

Antecedents and Innovation Performance Implications of MNC Political Ties in the Chinese Automotive Supply Chain (2018)
Journal Article
Jean, R.-J. B., Sinkovics, R. R., & Zagelmeyer, S. (2018). Antecedents and Innovation Performance Implications of MNC Political Ties in the Chinese Automotive Supply Chain. Management International Review, 58(6), 995-1026. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-018-0370-2

The development of political ties represents a non-market strategy, which may substitute for formal contracts in safeguarding against transaction risks of innovation processes in emerging markets with weak institutions, such as China. Previous work h... Read More about Antecedents and Innovation Performance Implications of MNC Political Ties in the Chinese Automotive Supply Chain.

Rapid expansion of international new ventures across institutional distance (2018)
Journal Article
Deng, Z., Jean, R.-J. B., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2018). Rapid expansion of international new ventures across institutional distance. Journal of International Business Studies, 49(8), 1010-1032. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-017-0108-6

Rapid export expansion into institutionally distant locations has become more possible in the era of digital economy. Will such rapid expansion bring desirable outcome to firms? In a context of international new ventures (INVs) from emerging markets,... Read More about Rapid expansion of international new ventures across institutional distance.

Supplier strategies and routines for capability development: implications for upgrading (2018)
Journal Article
Sinkovics, N., Hoque, S. F., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2018). Supplier strategies and routines for capability development: implications for upgrading. Journal of International Management, 24(4), 348-368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2018.04.005

This paper examines the strategies and routines adopted by small and medium-sized suppliers to develop capabilities that enable them to engage in upgrading, despite a precarious relational and institutional context. To this end, we investigate the st... Read More about Supplier strategies and routines for capability development: implications for upgrading.

Value co-creation in an outsourcing arrangement between manufacturers and third party logistics providers: resource commitment, innovation and collaboration (2018)
Journal Article
Sinkovics, R. R., Kuivalainen, O., & Roath, A. S. (2018). Value co-creation in an outsourcing arrangement between manufacturers and third party logistics providers: resource commitment, innovation and collaboration. Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 33(4), 563-573. https://doi.org/10.1108/JBIM-03-2017-0082

Purpose: This paper aims to explore value co-creation between manufacturing firms and third-party logistics providers (3PLs). The specific focus is on resources and value co-creation with the aim to examine a set of relationships among the 3PL’s reso... Read More about Value co-creation in an outsourcing arrangement between manufacturers and third party logistics providers: resource commitment, innovation and collaboration.

Advances in Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA): Application of fuzzy set in business and management research (2018)
Book Chapter
Ott, U. F., Sinkovics, R. R., & Hoque, S. F. (2018). Advances in Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA): Application of fuzzy set in business and management research. In C. Cassell, A. L. Cunliffe, & G. Grandy (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Business and Management Research Methods: Methods and Challenges (414-430). Sage Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781526430236

Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) is a set of techniques that are designed to transfer subjective data into numeric data. QCA has recently become popular, as it sets out to integrate the strengths of qualitative and quantitative methods while ov... Read More about Advances in Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA): Application of fuzzy set in business and management research.

The use of global value chain/global production network related literature in international business research: investigating the nature and degree of integration (2018)
Book Chapter
Sinkovics, N., Sinkovics, R. R., Hoque, S. F., & Alford, M. (2018). The use of global value chain/global production network related literature in international business research: investigating the nature and degree of integration. In G. Cook, J. Johns, F. McDonald, J. Beaverstock, & N. Pandit (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to the Geography of International Business. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315667379-16

In this chapter, the authors present a brief literature review on how the International Business (IB) literature has evolved and taken shape over the ten-year period since the mid-2000s, along with how global value chain (GVC)/global production netwo... Read More about The use of global value chain/global production network related literature in international business research: investigating the nature and degree of integration.

The effect of matching on perceived export barriers and performance in an era of globalization discontents: Empirical evidence from UK SMEs (2018)
Journal Article
Sinkovics, R. R., Kurt, Y., & Sinkovics, N. (2018). The effect of matching on perceived export barriers and performance in an era of globalization discontents: Empirical evidence from UK SMEs. International Business Review, 27(5), 1065-1079. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2018.03.007

In this study we examine the effect of matching, a comprehensive networking concept, on the perceived export barriers and export performance of small exporting firms. We introduce matching as a moderating variable affecting the link of perceived inte... Read More about The effect of matching on perceived export barriers and performance in an era of globalization discontents: Empirical evidence from UK SMEs.

Drivers of virtual interfirm integration and its impact on performance in international customer-supplier relationships (2018)
Journal Article
Kim, D., Jean, R.-J., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2018). Drivers of virtual interfirm integration and its impact on performance in international customer-supplier relationships. Management International Review, 58(3), 495-522. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-018-0344-4

Consensus exists suggesting that advances in information and communication technologies are a major driver in restructuring Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) and their cross-border supply chain activities. However, the role of virtual interfirm integr... Read More about Drivers of virtual interfirm integration and its impact on performance in international customer-supplier relationships.