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Este artigo tem como objetivo explorar a coevolução dos estudos sobre negócios internacionais e instituições, utilizando uma abordagem cientométrica e conduzindo uma revisão bibliométrica da aplicação de conceitos institucionais em estudos de negócios internacionais, de modo a delinear uma agenda de pesquisa. Compilamos um banco de dados de 3.520 artigos e realizamos uma análise cientométrica para examinar a evolução do termo "institutions” (instituições) no contexto dos negócios internacionais em periódicos classificados no ranking ABS. Nossos resultados mostram que: (1) nas últimas duas décadas, houve uma mudança no uso do termo institutions de uma conotação política e econômica para uma perspectiva sociológica, que busca explicar como as empresas adotam estratégias e tomam decisões, e abordam problemas intranacionais durante o processo de internacionalização; (2) as abordagens tradicionais foram consideradas insuficientes para explicar eventos dependentes do contexto que afetam os negócios internacionais; e (3) a China emergiu como um ator-chave nos estudos de negócios internacionais, o que ajudou a redirecionar o foco das instituições dos aspectos políticos e econômicos para o contexto sociológico. Por fim, propomos uma agenda de pesquisa para futuros estudos, destacando possíveis armadilhas e soluções.

Objective: This study aimed to understand how Brazilian companies exporting to China develop Guanxi as an organizational practice and how these companies can use Guanxi as a stimulus for intercultural adaptation and to reduce the psychic distance between Brazil and China. Method: This was a multiple case study using in-depth interviews and secondary data research from three major meat exporting companies to China. Additionally, interviews were conducted with ten experts who have experience in the subject. Data analysis was performed using content analysis, supported by ATLAS.ti software. Main Results: The results show that: the factors of psychic distance between Brazil and China are administration (including legal issues), economic and industrial development, and culture; to deal with these factors, companies demonstrate that they are knowledgeable about and extensively use Guanxi; Guanxi is effectively presented as an organizational practice and as a stimulus for intercultural adaptation and the minimization of psychic distance barriers. Relevance / Originality: The study contributes to the field of International Business by highlighting the incorporation of Guanxi as an organizational practice among companies operating in China and raising questions about its cultural value, future, and the existence of psychic distance in negotiations. The findings have practical implications as they assist Brazilian entrepreneurs in defining export strategies to China. Theoretical / Methodological Contributions: The study provides an essential contribution to the theory as Guanxi is a practice already incorporated by companies dealing with China. New questions arise, such as: To what extent is China still a country that values culture (and Guanxi) and how much it is a business-focused country (similar to European and American ones)? What will be the future of Guanxi? Will it cease to exist or adopt another approach? Does a precise psychic distance still exist between countries in international negotiations? Or are they cultural differences that internationalized companies seek to reduce during business dealings? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article aims to understand how multinational enterprises manage their diversity and inclusion (D&I) programs globally, identifying strategies, subsidiaries' motivation to internalize practices, and addressing an issue little discussed in D&I literature to date: the reverse knowledge transfer (RKT). Through an exploratory multiple case analysis, this study contributes by integrating and advancing literatures of D&I, international business, and RKT, to the best of our knowledge not yet done. It highlights the importance of the headquarters' strategy, the subsidiaries context as well as their relative size and power inside the organization, identifying main drivers for D&I and conditions for the RKT, culminating in a summarizing framework. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objetivo: Este estudo buscou compreender como as empresas brasileiras que exportam para a China desenvolvem o Guanxi como prática organizacional e como essas empresas podem utilizar o Guanxi como estímulo para a adaptação intercultural e diminuir a distância psíquica entre Brasil e China. Método: Trata-se de um estudo de caso múltiplo por meio de entrevistas em profundidade e pesquisa de dados secundários de três grandes empresas exportadoras de carne para a China. Além disso, realizaram-se entrevistas com dez especialistas que possuem experiência no assunto. A análise dos dados foi feita por meio da análise de conteúdo, apoiada pelo software ATLAS.ti. Principais Resultados: Os resultados mostram que: os fatores de distância psíquica entre Brasil e China são administração (e questões de legislação), desenvolvimento econômico e industrial e cultura; para lidar com esses fatores, as empresas mostram que conhecem e fazem uso extensivo do Guanxi; o Guanxi é efetivamente apresentado como prática organizacional e como estímulo à adaptação intercultural e à minimização das barreiras da distância psíquica. Relevância / Originalidade: O estudo trouxe uma contribuição para a área de Negócios Internacionais ao destacar a incorporação do Guanxi como prática organizacional entre as empresas que operam na China e levantar questões sobre o valor cultural, o futuro do Guanxi e a existência de distância psíquica nas negociações. As descobertas têm implicações práticas, pois auxiliam os empresários brasileiros na definição de estratégias de exportação para a China. Contribuições Teóricas / Metodológicas: O estudo apresenta uma contribuição essencial para a teoria visto que o Guanxi é uma prática já incorporada por empresas que lidam com a China. Surgem novas questões, como: até que ponto a China é hoje um país que ainda valoriza a cultura (e o Guanxi) e quanto é um país de negócios (focado em resultados, como os países europeus e americanos)? Como será Guanxi no futuro? Ele deixará de existir ou adotará outra abordagem? Ainda existe uma distância psíquica precisa entre os países nas negociações internacionais? Ou seriam diferenças culturais, mas que as empresas internacionalizadas buscam reduzir na hora dos negócios?

The mainstream literature on international business has played a key role in an asymmetric international process by prioritizing hegemonic power and dominance of developed countries. Practices of this Imperialism, especially by multinational companies, are traditionally rooted in colonial legacies. This article reviews the theoretical and empirical research on international business from the critical perspective of postcolonialism. The findings show that multinational enterprises possess advantages over their host country, suggesting further traces of dominance between colonizers and former colonies. Specifically, findings show that topics around language, slavery, control mechanisms, imperialism, and capitalism are dominant in the field of international business, suggesting a strong effect of historical colonialism on international business activities. The critical analysis grounded on post-colonial and international business perspectives draw attention to some neglected, if not untouched, strands with substantial gaps in the prevalent knowledge, opening new avenues for future research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: This teaching case focuses on a multinational insurance firm from a developed country that decides to implement a global human re-sources program for diversity and inclusion (D&I) across all its branches, after realizing that some of them were already developing successful local initiatives on their own. This case is designed for graduate or undergrad-uate students in International Business or Human Resources disciplines, in Management and Business Administration courses. Method: This is an armchair case, based on both primary and secondary sources of informa-tion. Fictional company and character were created to illustrate the case, based on empirical evidence about many multinational insurance compa-nies operating in Brazil. Relevance / Originality: This teaching case seeks to engage students in a discussion about how important it is to implement a D&I agenda in today's companies, and how multinational enterprises (MNEs) should manage the duality of establishing a global program in such a sensitive matter, in which local diversity is so crucial. The case provide in-structors with is a dynamic and active-learning way of teaching traditional global strategy concepts. The contemporaneity and importance of the D&I thematic allows for interesting discussions of traditional concepts. Theo-retical contributions: Students are put in the protagonist's shoes, thereby training their decision-making skills. Through dealing with issues of diversi-ty and inclusion, students are expected to learn concepts of global strategy related to global integration (GI) versus local responsiveness (LR) strate-gies; subsidiaries and headquarters' roles and contexts and traditional and reverse transfer of practices/knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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A competitividade e mercados nacionais cada vez mais restritros tem impulsionado as organizações a atuarem mundialmente, tornando a função de vendas internacionais um dos fatores fundamentais para o crescimento das empresas. O objetivo deste trabalho é identificar os fatores determinantes que habilitam a função de vendedor internacional. Para tanto se utilizou de uma metodologia de pesquisa descritiva (survey) com abordagem quantitativa, questionando-se os vendedores de empresas exportadoras da região da serra gaúcha. Para a coleta de dados utilizou-se duas escalas validadas complementadas com fatores provenientes da revisão bibliográfica. Obteve-se um total de cinqüenta e uma respostas válidas que foram analisadas. Os resultados mostram que os aspectos de adaptação cultural são os principais fatores que habilitam os vendedores promovendo interação entre o comprador e vendedor viabilizando os negócios. Além disso, na medida em que o tempo da relação comprador/vendedor cresce a disposição ao serviço mútuo aumenta.

O presente artigo tem por objetivo compreender como as empresas multinacionais gerenciam seus programas de diversidade e inclusão globalmente, identificando suas estratégias gerais, práticas de transferência, motivação das subsidiárias para internalizar essas práticas, e tratando de um assunto pouco abordado na literatura de diversidade e inclusão até o momento: a transferência reversa de conhecimento. Mediante um estudo exploratório de caso múltiplo, o estudo contribui ao integrar e avançar nas literaturas sobre diversidade e inclusão, negócios internacionais e de transferência reversa de conhecimento, o que, até onde sabemos, é umtópico inédito. O estudo destaca a importância da estratégia escolhida pelas matrizes, o contexto das subsidiárias, e o tamanho e poder das subsidiarias dentro das organizações, identifica os principais promotores de programas globais de diversidade e inclusão e condições para a transferência reversa de conhecimento, oferecendo, por fim, um quadro resumindo os conceitos trabalhados.

A literatura dominante sobre negócios internacionais tem desempenhado um papel fundamental em um processo internacional assimétrico ao priorizar o poder hegemônico e o domínio dos países desenvolvidos. As práticas desse imperialismo, especialmente por empresas multinacionais, estão tradicionalmente enraizadas em legados coloniais. Este artigo, portanto, tem como objetivo revisar a pesquisa teórica e empírica sobre negócios internacionais sob a perspectiva crítica do pós-colonialismo. Os resultados mostram que as empresas multinacionais possuem vantagens sobre o país anfitrião, sugerindo, ainda, traços de domínio entre colonizadores e ex-colônias. Especificamente, os resultados mostram que tópicos sobre linguagem, escravidão, mecanismos de controle e imperialismo e capitalismo são dominantes no campo dos negócios internacionais, sugerindo um forte efeito do colonialismo histórico nas atividades comerciais internacionais. A análise crítica fundamentada em perspectivas pós-coloniais e de negócios internacionais chama a atenção para algumas vertentes negligenciadas, senão intocadas, com lacunas substanciais no conhecimento prevalente, abrindo novos caminhos para pesquisas futuras.

Resumo Em fevereiro de 2022, a Rússia invadiu os territórios do leste da Ucrânia. Pressionada pela opinião pública e pelo governo britânico, a British Petroleum (BP) anunciou, três dias após a invasão, o abandono da sua participação acionária de quase 20% na estatal russa Rosneft, com custo avaliado em USD 25 bilhões para a empresa. O caso coloca o leitor na posição do CEO da multinacional, Bernard Looney, para refletir sobre o redesenho da estratégia da empresa no que diz respeito à avaliação do impacto do risco político em seus demais negócios do mundo. O caso foi pensado para alunos de graduação e pós-graduação em administração, relações internacionais e áreas afins que queiram tratar de temas como geopolítica do petróleo, estratégia empresarial, risco político e negócios internacionais.

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A literatura que versa a respeito da base da pirâmide (BoP) apresenta que a propensão e capacidade de inovação das empresas é condição fundamental para entrada e obtenção de resultados no segmento da BoP. Nesta pesquisa buscou-se avaliar o efeito da inovação sobre o desenvolvimento de negócios de empresas multinacionais brasileiras neste segmento. Foram estudadas as empresas listadas no Ranking FDC das Multinacionais Brasileiras. Para tanto, este estudo utilizou-se de uma pesquisa documental que mostrou-se adequada ao problema de pesquisa. Assim, foram analisados documentos datados a partir de 2002, sendo website da empresa; notícias públicas; relatórios de sustentabilidade; balanços sociais; cartas para acionistas; páginas de relação com investidores e outros. Como resultado, não encontraram-se evidências, tanto na análise qualitativa dos dados, quanto na análise quantitativa, de que as empresas que possuem a inovação na filosofia corporativa, ou como estratégia proeminente, eram mais propensas ao desenvolvimento de negócios na BoP.

Objective: to explore perceptions that stakeholders of Brazilian firms from the Creative Economy have regarding internationalization barriers. Method: a multiple-case study was carried out involving three small- and medium-sized Brazilian enterprises (SMEs), all of them producers and experienced exporters of creative goods. Main findings: internal barriers, mainly those functional- and price-related, are perceived as the most important, while product-related barriers seem to be irrelevant. Among external barriers, economic and governmental constraints seem to stand out, which indicates the need for some regulatory and export incentive improvement. Relevance/originality: while exports of creative goods from emerging economies have grown since the beginning of this century and even surpassed those from developed economies, Brazil has gone in the opposite direction, reducing its exports of this kind of goods. This suggests the existence of relevant barriers to the internationalization of local firms belonging to the Creative Economy. This study adds to the literature about export barriers, traditionally focused on large manufacturers from developed economies. Theoretical/methodological contributions: the identified preponderance of internal barriers to internationalization, mainly due to the scarcity of human and financial resources, also makes it harder for the firms to deal with external barriers imposed by governments and competitors. On the other hand, low product-related and socioeconomic barriers suggest that creative products are most valued precisely by their originality and differentiation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: to explore perceptions that stakeholders of Brazilian firms from the Creative Economy have regarding internationalization barriers. Method: a multiple-case study was carried out involving three small- and medium-sized Brazilian enterprises (SMEs), producers and experienced exporters of creative goods. Main findings: internal barriers, mainly those functional- and price-related, are perceived as the most important, while product-related barriers seem to be irrelevant. Among external barriers, economic and governmental constraints seem to stand out, which indicates the need for some regulatory and export incentive improvement. Relevance/ originality: while exports of creative goods from emerging economies have grown since beginning of this century and even surpassed those from developed economies, Brazil has gone in the opposite direction, reducing its exports of this kind of goods. This suggests the existence of relevant barriers to the internationalization of local firms belonging to the Creative Economy. This study adds to the literature about export barriers, most of it centered in large manufactures from developed economies. Teorethical/ methological contributions: the identified preponderance of internal barriers to internationalization, mainly due to the scarcity of human and financial resources, also makes it harder for the firms to deal with external barriers imposed by governments and competitors. On the other hand, low product-related and socioeconomic barriers suggest that creative products are most valued exactly by their originality and differentiation. Keywords: International business; Internationalization barriers; Export barriers; Creative economy; Creative industries.

Objectives of the study: to demonstrate the methodological gaps in empirical work that use structural models in the area of International Business, and prescribe complementary methods to mitigate the problem of collinearity. Method: a simulation was developed to evidence the effects of collinearity with respect to the importance and significance of predictors, and actions aimed at controlling the undesired effects of collinearity was developed. Main results: the proposition of complementary methods that include grouping the latent variables that present multicollinearity into a second-order model, and the use of the technique that shows the relative importance of predictors. Theoretical and methodological contributions: the contribution is based on the complementary methods offered for the academic community to conduct empirical research that are laid out by the findings of this research paper. Relevance and originality: from the gaps pointed out in the recent scientific production of the field of knowledge of international business, complementary methods are presented to mitigate the problem of collinearity, which may render the results of empirical studies invalid. Social contributions and management: among the main managerial and social implications achieved through our findings of, we stimulate the development of robust, relevant and reliable empirical research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Research in international business aims to understand and explain decisions related to the internationalization of companies. The Transaction Cost Theory (TCT) is one of the main theoretical currents that explain the internationalization decisions of companies. TCT has already done much to explain internationalization decisions, however, new trends have demanded the extension of traditional internationalization theories and TCT has much to contribute to explaining internationalization decisions. Thus, this article, through a bibliometric study of academic articles published between 1961 and 2018, aimed to analyze the theoretical networks around TCT and its impact on international business research, as well as to identify perspectives for extending the theory. Data analysis was performed in VOSviewer software. Results indicated an increase of scientific production in the last 10 years, highlighting four journals with high participation in studies dealing this theme. The mapping of co-citations identified links between authors, journals and educational institutions that concentrate production in international business and TCT. Three areas with future perspectives for new scientific productions were identified: international experience of companies, internal management and/or market and international expansion. Thus, results of this study afforded to show a research Framework, with an agenda for future studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objetivo: O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar como redes étnicas apoiam e influenciam na criação de novos negócios. Método: Pesquisa de natureza qualitativa e método estudo de casos múltiplos. Entrevistas em profundidade com 24 refugiados sírios, estabelecidos na cidade do Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte e região metropolitana. As entrevistas foram realizadas entre agosto de 2017 a maio de 2019. Principais resultados: Os resultados apontam que as redes étnicas influenciaram e disponibilizaram recursos que contribuíram com o processo empreendedor. Constatou-se a importância da atividade empreendedora para a geração de renda dos refugiados, principalmente em negócios relacionados à sua cultura de origem. Os achados confirmaram que as estruturas sociais, são detentoras de um volume significativo de capital social, que permite o acesso a diversos tipos de recursos que promovem o processo empreendedor. Relevância/originalidade: Este artigo contribui para o debate do empreendedorismo imigrante realizado por refugiados em solo brasileiro, apontando para a importância e os efeitos das redes sociais e do capital social no desenvolvimento de novos negócios Contribuições teóricas/metodológicas: Maior compreensão sobre dinâmica local do empreendedorismo imigrante, redes sociais e capital social. Amplia os modelos conceituais e teóricos estabelecidos no estudo do processo empreendedor Imigrante. Contribuições sociais: Importância da atividade empreendedora de imigrantes na geração de renda e no desenvolvimento da economia local. Os achados revelam a necessidade de políticas públicas que apoiem o empreendedorismo imigrante no Brasil.

Esta pesquisa possui o objetivo de analisar, a partir da Teoria de Custo de Transação (TCT), a escolha do modo de entrada em mercado internacional, do maior trader comercial de metais finos do nordeste brasileiro, sediado na cidade de Maceió-AL. Esta investigação se classifica como um estudo de caso único, de caráter qualitativo. A coleta de dados foi realizada por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas, observação participante e análise documental. Os resultados indicam que os cinco pressupostos, gerados com base na TCT, têm relativo sucesso ao explicar a influência dos fatores propostos na escolha do modo de entrada da empresa analisada. Os pressupostos mais relevantes na escolha foram: o que analisa o custo de transação, as demandas legais para internacionalização e o que pondera sobre a especificidade do ativo. Os demais pressupostos não apresentaram influência na escolha do modo de entrada.

This teaching case focuses on the national and international expansion of IGT Motors, a Brazilian company operating in the market for twenty years that has moved most of its production to China since 2010. Nearly after the company started searching for new markets abroad and adapted its internal and communication processes to comply with other countries' preferences and regulations, the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic led top management to rethink its production and marketing strategies, specifically hit by involving China, country of origin of the virus. The case is about how small companies in the midst of a global expansion can deal with unexpected scenarios and emerging crisis, engaging students to reflect upon the initiatives that might be taken to overcome issues such as consumer animosity, but also to make the company less susceptible to similar situations in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research aims to analyze, based on the Transaction Cost Theory (TCT), the choice of the way to enter the international market, of the largest commercial trader of fine metals in the Brazilian Northeast, based in the city of Maceió-AL. This investigation is classified as a single case study, with a qualitative character. Data collection was carried out through semi-structured interviews, participant observation and document analysis. The results indicate that the five assumptions, generated based on the TCT, are relatively successful in explaining the influence of the factors proposed in the choice of the entry mode of the analyzed company. The most relevant assumptions in the choice were the one that analyzes the transaction cost, the legal demands for internationalization and the one that considers the specificity of the asset. The other assumptions had no influence on the choice in the case studied. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

O multiculturalismo surge a partir de diferentes tipos de relações sociais, onde se descobre que cada qual tem sua singularidade, entretanto, grandes são os conflitos apresentados em um ambiente diversificado e muitos são os assuntos ainda em descobrimento. Costuma-se relatar que as relações entre a sociedade são sociais ou políticas. Para além de certos patamares de diferença cultural e política, as experiências sociais são constituídas por conhecimentos rivais. O Direito Comercial Internacional quando aplicável em ambiente com grande diversidade cultural precisa de uma “válvula de escape” para a resolução de conflitos, que é o que chamamos de Arbitragem Comercial Internacional. Com base em análises detalhadas sobre cada tema, como multiculturalismo no mundo, direito comercial internacional e arbitragem comercial internacional em resolução de conflitos, o presente artigo tem por base solucionar questões recorrentes onde a diversidade cultural ou o que chamamos de multiculturalismo, pode influenciar em decisões dos negócios internacionais. Averiguar que em certos pontos a legislação será conflituosa com a realidade de outro país, sendo necessárias decisões unificadas para que a supremacia constitucional ou até mesmo a unicidade do próprio país não afete as conclusões abordadas no comércio internacional, promovendo ideologias sociais e defendendo os direitos sociais apresentados mundialmente.

This study sought to analyze the success factors present in strategic partnerships between buyers and suppliers of specialty coffees, based on the dimensions of Monczka et al. (1998) conceptual model: (i) partnership attributes; (ii) communication behavior; (iii) conflict resolution techniques; and, (iv) the process of selecting products and suppliers. For this, a qualitative approach was used, with support of the content analysis, and a quantitative one using descriptive statistics and factorial analysis and regression. It was possible to verify that the successful partnerships are related to the model factors, to a greater or less degree. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper investigates the international business literature of the last forty years from the incorporation of the term global cities as a reference in the construction of new theoretical contributions. A bibliometric method was performed in two stages. In the first one, the main areas of knowledge and the seminal studies addressing the concept were identified. Most research focuses on economic geography and urban studies. In the second, the approaches used specifically in international business were organized in the main journals of the area. The results show that the studies on global cities are still incipient, highlighting, among the approaches, the relation between location advantages and specific aspects of the multinational company. In addition, there is a growing interest in the development of analyzes at the subnational level represented by global cities, from different aspects such as the choice of entry mode, the role of advanced service firms, the importance of networks and the process of knowledge transfer. The combination of the perspectives of economic geography and international business, although claimed by scholars from both areas, still lacks a more robust theoretical and empirical body in regard to cities as centers of attractiveness of foreign investment in global markets. In analyzing the importance of the phenomenon of global cities, this study contributes to a better understanding of the contemporary internationalization strategies of multinational companies, highlighting the interdisciplinary potential between international business theories and economic geography.

This article is positioned in the literature on the internationalization process of Brazilian multinational companies. As some multinational companies internationalize with greater speed and have better performance than others, this study, the effects were examined two-dimensional - The time of international experience and business diversification - the degree of internationalization of Brazilian multinationals. For the research we used secondary data from the Transnationality Index of Brazilian Companies of the Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC), Brazilian Multinational Observatory of the Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM), as well as information of the BM&FBovespa and the fields of internet of the 43 surveyed companies and their subsidiaries. The results indicate that the diversification of the company's business is positively related to the degree of internationalization. The previous international experience does not seem to be a predictor of the degree of internationalization, which may relate to the internationalization process of Brazilian multinationals be a phenomena still relatively recent.

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Different countries have different institutional environments. In this way, multinational companies must deal with the difficulties imposed by the differences between their home environment and that of the country where they are inserted. In this article, we analyze the effects of institutional distance on South-South acquisitions. Specifically, we analyze the effect of institutional distance on the amount of participation chosen in Latin American international acquisitions in Brazil. More specifically, the effect of institutional distance is analyzed through the percentage of shares acquired in international acquisitions. Our results contribute to the theory in international business because it explains why Latin American companies prefer to make total acquisitions even in situations of high institutional distances. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this article is to broaden the analysis of Resource-based theory's contribution to marketing by assessing RBT's specific contributions to International Marketing, expanding on the work of Kozlenkova, Samaha and Palmatier published in JAMS in 2014. Based on desk research, two main reasonings behind the use of RBT in International Marketing were identified: one seeking outcome advantages and another seeking positional advantages. The study provides an original outlook of the resources and capabilities needed for firms' success abroad, considering the desired result, whether it is final performance or a sustained positional advantage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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A importância de uma marca-país promovida estrategicamente é um dos propósitos fundamentais em negócios internacionais. Cada nação tenta transmitir seus atributos internacionalmente - não apenas seus produtos e serviços, mas também a sua imagem geral. Além disso, pesquisas sobre o construto de marca-país estão sendo realizadas continuamente em institutos governamentais e ambientes acadêmicos e corporativos. As nações precisam se promover estrategicamente se desejam serem percebidas. Baseada nesta premissa, o objetivo desta reflexão teórica é abordar este constructo para delinear o desenvolvimento desta linha de pesquisa e propor um arcabouço teórica para pesquisas futuras. Este artigo também colabora para a compreensão da missão desafiadora do constructo marca-país, cujas estratégias podem ser aplicadas na prática e na teoria da disciplina. Este estudo conceptual complementa o estado-da-arte sobre as complexidades do construto de marca-país através da compreensão das filosofias-chave sobre o tema depois de traçar a sua evolução. A combinação de resultados ofereceu suporte para a elaboração de um quadro conceptual relacionado com as principais complexidades do construto de marca-país, os quais são os seguintes: natureza multifacetada; variedade de muitos grupos de stakeholders; envolvimento do governo; oportunidades interdisciplinares e multidisciplinares e potenciais modelos para marca-país. Assim, o artigo considera que as estratégias dinâmicas e funcionais de branding para uma marca-país proporcionam autenticidade às nações no cenário internacional de negócios e ao fazê-lo - esta missão desafiadora da marca-país beneficia a economia e o comércio internacional; desenvolve as relações diplomáticas e os avanços de pesquisa sobre marketing internacional; fomenta programas de intercâmbios acadêmicos e de ensino; por fim, avança na sustentabilidade nacional e global.

This essay was developed based on a systematic literature review to identify the main definitions of business model as well as the elements that compose this construct. We analyzed 81 papers published in journals with scores above 1.5 according to Journal Citation Report (JCR) standards. We realized that the relationship between business model and multinational companies has been neglected by researchers and therefore appears as an opportunity for research. Considering that business models describe how a company creates value through a combination of internal and external activities as a whole of resources, it is important to understand the design elements of the business model established by the multinational enterprise.

Este estudo visa examinar pesquisas recentes sobre a internacionalização de empresas multinacionais brasileiras (I-BMNEs) com base na análise de 174 artigos publicados que apareceram em periódicos acadêmicos, livros e conferências internacionais e brasileiras. A análise descritiva inclui a análise de citações e fornece uma tipologia dos principais pesquisadores e faculdades, bem como as abordagens teóricas e metodológicas predominantes. A análise preditiva é baseada em uma nova abordagem de rede neural a fim de classificar as características de um manuscrito e prever a adequação de sua publicação. Constatamos que as pesquisas sobre I-BMNEs são realizadas por um pequeno número de instituições e pesquisadores líderes, usando estudos de caso como seu método de pesquisa e modelos de Uppsala e de Paradigma Eclético como estrutura teórica. A análise de citações mostra que autores estrangeiros são citados em periódicos ou em livros traduzidos. A nova técnica e estrutura da abordagem de rede neural foi criada para adequar os estudos bibliométricos e os resultados da análise preditiva classificaram corretamente 56,25% dos manuscritos. Concluímos fornecendo um conjunto de recomendações para avançar as pesquisas sobre I-BMNEs.