Outputs (6)

A Review of the Empirical Research on Export Channel Selection between 1979 and 2015 (2016)
Journal Article
Li, M., He, X., & Sousa, C. (2016). A Review of the Empirical Research on Export Channel Selection between 1979 and 2015. International Business Review, 26(2), 303-323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2016.09.001

Export channel selection is an important strategy for exporting firms. Over the last 45 years, there have been a number of studies investigating the antecedents and outcomes of this strategy. However, no single study systematically reviews the findin... Read More about A Review of the Empirical Research on Export Channel Selection between 1979 and 2015.

Economic freedom and cross-border acquisitions from emerging markets into developed economies (2016)
Journal Article
Zhang, J., He, X., & van Gorp, D. (2017). Economic freedom and cross-border acquisitions from emerging markets into developed economies. Thunderbird International Business Review, 59(3), 313-331. https://doi.org/10.1002/tie.21872

Extending the home base perspective by considering investors' parent countries, this study examines the effect of economic freedom (EF) on emerging-market enterprises' (EMEs) overseas acquisition completion in developed countries. Using a large data... Read More about Economic freedom and cross-border acquisitions from emerging markets into developed economies.

The Determinants of Export Performance: A Review of the Literature 2006-2014 (2016)
Journal Article
Chen, J., Sousa, C., & He, X. (2016). The Determinants of Export Performance: A Review of the Literature 2006-2014. International Marketing Review, 33(5), 626-670. https://doi.org/10.1108/imr-10-2015-0212

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to synthesize and evaluate recent studies on determinants of export performance. Design/methodology/approach Using a vote-counting technique this paper reviews 124 papers published between 2006 and 2014 to assess... Read More about The Determinants of Export Performance: A Review of the Literature 2006-2014.

International market selection and export performance: A transaction cost analysis (2016)
Journal Article
He, X., Lin, Z., & Wei, Y. (2016). International market selection and export performance: A transaction cost analysis. European Journal of Marketing, 50(5/6), 916-941. https://doi.org/10.1108/ejm-02-2013-0083

Purpose Exporting firms are concerned with which foreign country to select and the performance consequences of this international market selection (IMS) decision. On the basis of transaction cost analysis (TCA), this paper proposes a conceptual frame... Read More about International market selection and export performance: A transaction cost analysis.

Examining Chinese Postgraduate Students’ Academic Adjustment in the UK Higher Education Sector: a Process-Based Stage Model (2016)
Journal Article
Quan, R., He, X., & Sloan, D. (2016). Examining Chinese Postgraduate Students’ Academic Adjustment in the UK Higher Education Sector: a Process-Based Stage Model. Teaching in Higher Education, 21(3), 326-343. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2016.1144585

The current theories relating to international student transition have largely tended to concentrate on what is to be adapted. This research contributes to the pedagogic literature examining how the transition is made by international postgraduate st... Read More about Examining Chinese Postgraduate Students’ Academic Adjustment in the UK Higher Education Sector: a Process-Based Stage Model.

Innovation Capability, Marketing Capability, and Firm Performance: A Two-Nation Study of China and Korea (2016)
Journal Article
Yuan, X., Shin, S., He, X., & Kim, S. (2016). Innovation Capability, Marketing Capability, and Firm Performance: A Two-Nation Study of China and Korea. Asian Business and Management, 15(1), 32-56. https://doi.org/10.1057/abm.2015.17

This research empirically tests the effects of two critical organisational capabilities – innovation capability (IC) and marketing capability (MC) – on firm performance in two Asian nations: China and Korea. Drawing on institutional theory and the st... Read More about Innovation Capability, Marketing Capability, and Firm Performance: A Two-Nation Study of China and Korea.