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Professor Rudolf Sinkovics' Outputs (108)

Exploring the link between management communication and emotions in mergers and acquisitions (2016)
Journal Article
Zagelmeyer, S., Sinkovics, R. R., Sinkovics, N., & Kusstatscher, V. (2018). Exploring the link between management communication and emotions in mergers and acquisitions. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, 35(1), 93-106. https://doi.org/10.1002/cjas.1382

News on merger and acquisition (M&A) activities frequently dominate the popular business press. While the announcement of an M&A usually elicits enthusiasm in the business community, it also results in increased levels of uncertainty, stress, and anx... Read More about Exploring the link between management communication and emotions in mergers and acquisitions.

Rana Plaza collapse aftermath: Are CSR compliance and auditing pressures effective? (2016)
Journal Article
Sinkovics, N., Hoque, S. F., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2016). Rana Plaza collapse aftermath: Are CSR compliance and auditing pressures effective?. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 29(4), 617-649. https://doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-07-2015-2141

Purpose: The paper sets out to investigate the intended and unintended consequences of compliance and auditing pressures in the Bangladeshi garment industry. To explore this issue we draw on three medium sized suppliers. The institutional changes tha... Read More about Rana Plaza collapse aftermath: Are CSR compliance and auditing pressures effective?.

A critical look at the use of SEM in international business research (2016)
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Richter, N. F., Sinkovics, R. R., Ringle, C. M., & Schlägel, C. (2016). A critical look at the use of SEM in international business research. International Marketing Review, 33(3), 376-404. https://doi.org/10.1108/IMR-04-2014-0148

Purpose – Structural equation modeling (SEM) has been widely used to examine complex research models in international business and marketing research. While the covariance-based SEM (CB-SEM) approach is dominant, the authors argue that the field’s dy... Read More about A critical look at the use of SEM in international business research.

Supplier strategies to compensate for knowledge asymmetries in buyer-supplier relationships: Implications for economic upgrading (2016)
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Hoque, S. F., Sinkovics, N., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2016). Supplier strategies to compensate for knowledge asymmetries in buyer-supplier relationships: Implications for economic upgrading. European Journal of International Management, 10(3), 254-283. https://doi.org/10.1504/EJIM.2016.076292

This paper explores a special form of international outsourcing relationship in which suppliers make recurrent discrete transactions with the same buyers over a long period of time without the existence of any original legally binding written agreeme... Read More about Supplier strategies to compensate for knowledge asymmetries in buyer-supplier relationships: Implications for economic upgrading.

Trans-specialization understanding in international technology alliances: the influence of cultural distance (2016)
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Lew, Y. K., Sinkovics, R. R., Yamin, M., & Khan, Z. (2016). Trans-specialization understanding in international technology alliances: the influence of cultural distance. Journal of International Business Studies, 47(5), 577-594. https://doi.org/10.1057/jibs.2016.10

In the information age, the firm’s performance hinges on combining partners’ specialist knowledge to achieve value co-creation. Combining knowledge from different specialties could be a costly process in the international technology alliances (ITAs)... Read More about Trans-specialization understanding in international technology alliances: the influence of cultural distance.

Enhancing Student Competency and Employability in International Business Through Master’s Dissertations (2015)
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Sinkovics, R. R., Richardson, C., & Lew, Y. K. (2015). Enhancing Student Competency and Employability in International Business Through Master’s Dissertations. Journal of Teaching in International Business, 26(4), 293-317. https://doi.org/10.1080/08975930.2015.1130107

A core component of International Business (IB) postgraduate programs around the world is the master's dissertation, which requires students to produce a written document, typically around 20,000 words in length, based on empirical research. While th... Read More about Enhancing Student Competency and Employability in International Business Through Master’s Dissertations.

Drivers and performance implications of international key account management capability (2015)
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Jean, R.-J. B., Sinkovics, R. R., Kim, D., & Lew, Y. K. (2015). Drivers and performance implications of international key account management capability. International Business Review, 24(4), 543-555. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2014.10.011

Key account management plays a pivotal role for managers and practitioners in the maintenance of successful customer–supplier relationships. Yet, little is known conceptually or empirically about how suppliers can move beyond market scanning and deve... Read More about Drivers and performance implications of international key account management capability.

The mirage of upgrading local automotive parts suppliers through the creation of vertical linkages with MNEs in developing economies (2015)
Journal Article
Khan, Z., Lew, Y. K., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2015). The mirage of upgrading local automotive parts suppliers through the creation of vertical linkages with MNEs in developing economies. Critical Perspectives on International Business, 11(3/4), 301-318. https://doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-12-2012-0064

Purpose – This paper aims to explore inter-organizational linkages and the extent of technology transfer and develop propositions related to the linkages, technology transfer and upgrading of local suppliers in developing economies. Design/methodolog... Read More about The mirage of upgrading local automotive parts suppliers through the creation of vertical linkages with MNEs in developing economies.

A reconceptualization of social value creation as social constraint alleviation (2015)
Journal Article
Sinkovics, N., Sinkovics, R. R., Hoque, S., & Czaban, L. (2015). A reconceptualization of social value creation as social constraint alleviation. Critical Perspectives on International Business, 11(3/4), 340-363. https://doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-06-2014-0036

Purpose – This paper has two interconnected objectives. The first is to provide a reconceptualisation of social value creation as social constraint alleviation. The second is to respond to the call put forward by Giuliani and Macchi (2014) to produce... Read More about A reconceptualization of social value creation as social constraint alleviation.

Rising power firms – The developmental promises and challenges: an introduction (2015)
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Yamin, M., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2015). Rising power firms – The developmental promises and challenges: an introduction. Critical Perspectives on International Business, 11(3/4), https://doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-04-2015-0016

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce the notion of "rising power firms” and how these firms offer developmental promises and challenges to the face of international business (IB). We suggest that rising power firms offer novel capabili... Read More about Rising power firms – The developmental promises and challenges: an introduction.

Towards a consolidation of worldwide journal rankings – A classification using random forests and aggregate rating via data envelopment analysis (2015)
Journal Article
Tüselmann, H., Sinkovics, R. R., & Pishchulov, G. (2015). Towards a consolidation of worldwide journal rankings – A classification using random forests and aggregate rating via data envelopment analysis. Omega, 51, 11-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2014.08.002

The question of how to assess research outputs published in journals is now a global concern for academics. Numerous journal ratings and rankings exist, some featuring perceptual and peer-review-based journal ranks, some focusing on objective informa... Read More about Towards a consolidation of worldwide journal rankings – A classification using random forests and aggregate rating via data envelopment analysis.

Antecedents of marketing integration in cross-border mergers and acquisitions: Evidence from Malaysia and Indonesia (2015)
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Sinkovics, R. R., Sinkovics, N., Lew, Y. K., Jedin, M. H., & Zagelmeyer, S. (2015). Antecedents of marketing integration in cross-border mergers and acquisitions: Evidence from Malaysia and Indonesia. International Marketing Review, 32(1), 2-28. https://doi.org/10.1108/IMR-07-2014-0211

Purpose: – The purpose of this paper is to examine operational-level implementation issues regarding mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in general, and resource combination and integration at the functional marketing level in particular. Design/methodol... Read More about Antecedents of marketing integration in cross-border mergers and acquisitions: Evidence from Malaysia and Indonesia.

International joint ventures as boundary spanners: technological knowledge transfer in an emerging economy (2015)
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Khan, Z., Lew, Y. K., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2015). International joint ventures as boundary spanners: technological knowledge transfer in an emerging economy. Global Strategy Journal, 5(1), 48-68. https://doi.org/10.1002/gsj.1089

We investigate how international joint ventures (IJVs) established in emerging economies help their local suppliers with technological knowledge transfer. Data from 50 Pakistani-owned Tier 1 suppliers, three of the major assemblers, and policy makers... Read More about International joint ventures as boundary spanners: technological knowledge transfer in an emerging economy.

Marketing integration in cross-border mergers and acquisitions: conceptual framework and research propositions (2014)
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Sinkovics, R. R., Jedin, M. H., & Sinkovics, N. (2014). Marketing integration in cross-border mergers and acquisitions: conceptual framework and research propositions. European Journal of International Management, 8(6), 644-670. https://doi.org/10.1504/EJIM.2014.064899

Cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are strategic business expansions across national boundaries, which can prove rather problematic and complex. The most challenging part of the process is the integration of two different firms that feature... Read More about Marketing integration in cross-border mergers and acquisitions: conceptual framework and research propositions.

An exploratory analysis of the internationalization of innovative activity in Finnish multinational enterprises (2014)
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Yamin, M., Sinkovics, R. R., & Richardson, C. (2014). An exploratory analysis of the internationalization of innovative activity in Finnish multinational enterprises. European Journal of International Management, 8(3), 310-330. https://doi.org/10.1504/EJIM.2014.060771

This paper investigates two aspects of the internationalization of innovation in Finnish multinational companies, the growing innovativeness of foreign subsidiaries (‘creative subsidiaries’) and the phenomenon of ‘cross-fertilization’, between R&D la... Read More about An exploratory analysis of the internationalization of innovative activity in Finnish multinational enterprises.

The role of social value creation in business model formulation at the bottom of the pyramid – Implications for MNEs? (2014)
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Sinkovics, N., Sinkovics, R. R., & Yamin, M. (2014). The role of social value creation in business model formulation at the bottom of the pyramid – Implications for MNEs?. International Business Review, 23(4), 692-707. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2013.12.004

Abstract This paper presents an exploratory study of how social value creation and business models may be interrelated in the context of the bottom of the pyramid (BOP) business formation. We develop our analysis around five case studies of actual bu... Read More about The role of social value creation in business model formulation at the bottom of the pyramid – Implications for MNEs?.

The impact of technological, organizational and environmental characteristics on electronic collaboration and relationship performance in international customer–supplier relationships (2014)
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Jean, R.-J. B., Sinkovics, R. R., & Kim, D. (2014). The impact of technological, organizational and environmental characteristics on electronic collaboration and relationship performance in international customer–supplier relationships. Information and Management, 51(7), 854-864. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2014.08.002

The literature suggests that advances in information and communication technologies have been a major driver of the restructuring of multinational enterprises and their cross-border supply chain management. However, the role of information technology... Read More about The impact of technological, organizational and environmental characteristics on electronic collaboration and relationship performance in international customer–supplier relationships.

Rising powers from emerging markets—The changing face of international business (2014)
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Sinkovics, R. R., Yamin, M., Nadvi, K., & Zhang, Y. Z. (2014). Rising powers from emerging markets—The changing face of international business. International Business Review, 23(4), 675-679. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2014.04.001

There is recognition that some emerging economies, in particular China, India and Brazil and their economic dynamism have the potential to change the face of international business (IB). Both in terms of theory but also in terms of the amount of empi... Read More about Rising powers from emerging markets—The changing face of international business.

Upstream internationalization process: Roles of social capital in creating exploratory capability and market performance (2013)
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Lew, Y. K., Sinkovics, R. R., & Kuivalainen, O. (2013). Upstream internationalization process: Roles of social capital in creating exploratory capability and market performance. International Business Review, 22(6), 1101-1120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2013.03.001

Abstract This paper investigates to what extent resource governance of international ventures affects dynamic capability and market performance in the high-tech firms’ internationalization process. We examine the non-equity-based international networ... Read More about Upstream internationalization process: Roles of social capital in creating exploratory capability and market performance.