Full Description
Drawing on the best contributions from the 2015 and 2016 Academy of International Business Latin America Chapter (AIB-LAT) conferences, this collection provides analysis and research into the intertwined managerial environments from this vast and complex region. By systematically highlighting environmental, firm and individual-level influences on international business activities, the authors aim to divide the complex nature of this phenomenon into manageable pieces while simultaneously providing an understandable overview of important international business factors in the region. The book invites readers to think critically about how factors at any particular level can only provide one piece of the overall internationalization puzzle in the region.
Contents
1. Building a Whole from the Parts: Environmental, Firm and Individual-level Factors; William Newburry, Leonardo Liberman and Moacir de Miranda Oliveira Jr..- 2. Public Instruments to Support Internationalization: The Case of Brazil Machinery Solutions; Diego Bonaldo Coelho.- 3. Regime Structure, Institutional Stability and Pro-market Reforms; Elizabeth Marie Moore, Luis Alfonso Dau and Catherine Bradley.- 4. Country Development Stage and the Level of Corporate Social Disclosure; Simone Ruchdi Barakat, Greici Sarturi and Keysa Manuela Cunha de Mascena.- 5. Overcoming Institutional Barriers when Entering Brazil: A Legitimacy Perspective; Jason A. Hoop, Daniel Rottig, Nicholas J. Cid and David M. Peterson.- 6. Internationalization and the Tale of the Cabo Frio Beachwater Cluster; Angela Da Rocha, Batriz Kury and Jorge Ferreira da Silva.- 7. Investigating the Export Behavior of Family SMEs from Chile; Constanza Bianchi.- 8. Acculturation Process in Cross-Border M&A: A CaseStudy of a Brazilian Automobile Firm; Bruno de Oliveira Carvalho and Mario Henrique Ogasavara.- 9. Exploring the Relationship between International Service Performance and Personal Characteristics in the Latin American Context; Leonardo Liberman and David Kimber.- 10. Examining the Influence of Self-efficacy, Optimism and Curiosity on the Performance of International Locals; Leonardo Liberman, David Kimber and Javier Pinto.
