Expanding international business research on foreignness

Joardar, Arpita; Kostova, Tatiana; Wu, Sibin

doi:10.1108/mrr-07-2014-0180

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“…We show how underlying values, moralities, and ideological conflicts take shape and escalate between audiences that advance their own political agendas, effectively thwarting foreign market entry. Most conceptualizations of liabilities address dissimilarity between home and host countries and assume that local audiences in a host country respond to foreign entrants in a concerted way (Joardar et al, 2014). However, we show that this conceptualization is ill-equipped to account for contradictory evaluations that multinationals encounter.…”

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“…While opponents seek to stigmatize the foreign entrant, proponents attempt to destigmatize it, highlighting the political and ideological nature of foreign market entry. Such a perspective on the foreign entrant also contributes to the dearth of scholarship on liabilities at the organizational level (Joardar, Kostova, & Wu, 2014;Edman, 2016;Ramachandran & Pant, 2010).…”

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A processual view of organizational stigmatization in foreign market entry: The failure of Guggenheim Helsinki

2020

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Multinational organizations increasingly face strong resistance to their market entry by some local audiences, reflecting growing ideological divisions and populism in societies. We turned to the organizational stigma literature for the conceptual tools and vocabulary to uncover why multinationals can simultaneously be praised by some audiences and tainted by others. Drawing on a longitudinal explanatory case study of an unsuccessful market entry, we develop a process model of organizational stigmatization in a foreign market entry. Our model explains how and why some local audiences may taint the core attributes of an entry-seeking organization and its market entry process, while others may embrace the foreign entrant. We also introduce the notion of cross-border stigma translation where negative audience evaluations are amplified across geographic contexts. A focus on competing local audiences is important for understanding the generative mechanisms of the liability of foreignness and liability of origin and how to manage them. Our study grounds a conversation on the processes and mechanisms of organizational stigmatization that may cause permanent liabilities to foreign organizations.

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A processual view of organizational stigmatization in foreign market entry: The failure of Guggenheim Helsinki

2020

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“…Recent research, however, also points to the benefits that may result from foreignness, inviting us to view foreignness not only as a liability but also potentially as an asset (Nachum 2010b;Denk et al 2012;Joardar et al 2014). While the discussion on the assets of foreignness has been growing, scholars have only begun to investigate the scenarios in which positive or negative outcomes will prevail as a result of foreignness (Joardar et al 2014). Some work investigating when foreignness is an asset, like that of Nachum (2010b), focuses on multinational enterprises (MNEs), but work in this vein focusing on the entrepreneurial ventures of immigrant entrepreneurs is still limited.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…We look at foreignness on the individual level, as this is essential to the better understanding of organizational foreignness, especially in small entrepreneurial ventures (Joardar et al 2014). In addition, the individual level of analysis allows us to probe the established understanding that foreign nationals are often observed to be in an unfavorable position when compared to the locals of the host country, due to their socio-cultural differences, lack of network embeddedness, and access to information (Jun et al 2001;Joardar and Wu 2011).…”

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The Embedding of Transnational Entrepreneurs in Diaspora Networks: Leveraging the Assets of Foreignness

2017

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The Strathprints institutional repository (https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk) is a digital archive of University of Strathclyde research outputs. It has been developed to disseminate open access research outputs, expose data about those outputs, and enable the management and persistent access to Strathclyde's intellectual output. Abstract In this paper we examine how foreign actors capitalize on their ethnic identity to gain skills and capabilities that enable them to operate in a new and strange environment. We explore the mechanisms by which Bulgarian entrepreneurs in London use their ethnic identity to develop competitive advantage and business contacts. We find that the entrepreneurs studied gain access to a diaspora network, which enables them to develop essential business capabilities and integrate knowledge from both home and host country environments. The diaspora community possesses a collective asset (transactive memory) that allows its members to remove competition from the interfirm level to the network level (i.e., diaspora networks vs. networks of native businesspeople). Additionally, the cultural identity and networks to which community members have access provide bridging capabilities that allow diaspora businesspeople to make links to host country business partners and thus embed themselves in the host country environment. Thus, this paper adds to the growing body of work showing how foreignness can serve as an asset in addition to its better-known role as a liability. RESEARCH ARTICLE

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“…Recent research suggests that there are multiple facets of foreignness to be considered—(i) the effect of foreignness as a liability or benefit, (ii) level of analysis at the organizational or individual level, and (iii) the locus of foreignness as being internal or external to the entity under consideration (Harvey, Novicevic, Buckley, & Fung, 2005; Joardar, Kostova, & Wu, 2014; Joardar & Wu, 2011, 2017; Kostova & Roth, 2002; Kronborg & Thomsen, 2009; Mezias & Mezias, 2007; Newburry, Gardberg, & Belkin, 2006).…”

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An examination of sustainable development of supply chain using foreignness perspective

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2020

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This multidisciplinary paper examines the sustainability of supply chain partners from a foreignness perspective. The arguments draw from the research on institutional theory to explain the underlying mechanisms. We propose and discuss a comprehensive conceptual framework evaluating the relationships of foreignness to economic, social, and environmental sustainability. In addition, we consider contingent factors such as the level of development of supplier's nation, level of global integration of buyer, and type of industry, on sustainable development of focal firms. The direct and contingency frameworks introduced in this paper are presented along with research propositions that provide valuable insight into the sustainable supply chain management from the international business perspective.

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Expanding international business research on foreignness

Cited by 13 publications

References 18 publications

A processual view of organizational stigmatization in foreign market entry: The failure of Guggenheim Helsinki

A processual view of organizational stigmatization in foreign market entry: The failure of Guggenheim Helsinki

The Embedding of Transnational Entrepreneurs in Diaspora Networks: Leveraging the Assets of Foreignness

An examination of sustainable development of supply chain using foreignness perspective

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