Megatrends in International Business

Spiros Batas (PhD, University of Edinburgh, UK) is Senior Lecturer in International Business at University of Northampton and visiting Lecturer at Lancaster University Management School. His expertise covers International Entrepreneurship, the role of social capital in internationalization of high technology firms and family firm internationalization. His academic work has been published in peer reviewed books. He was the chair of the 47th AIB-UKI conference and he is member of the AIB-UKI executive board. E-mail: spiros.batas@northampton.ac.uk, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0528-3655 Olli Kuivalainen (D.Sc., Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland) is Professor of International Marketing and Entrepreneurship at LUT University School of Business and Management. His expertise covers broad areas of international business, marketing and entrepreneurship and their interplay, also with advancement of technologies. His academic work has been published in journals such as Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of World Business, International Business Review, International Marketing Review, Journal of International Marketing, Industrial Marketing Management, Technovation, and International Small Business Journal. E-mail: olli.kuivalainen@lut.fi, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5291-2592Rudolf R. Sinkovics (PhD, WU-Vienna, Austria) is Professor of International Business at University of Glasgow, Adam Smith Business School and Visiting Professor at LUT University, Finland. His research writing covers issues of inter-organizational governance, and the role of ICT, with a current focus on responsible business. His work has been published in journals such as Journal of International Business Studies, Management International Review, Journal of World Business, International Business Review, Journal of International Management, Journal of Business Research, Journal of International Marketing and International Marketing Review. He is co-editor-in-chief for critical perspectives on international business, Consulting editor for Journal of World Business and Associate editor for Transnational Corporations and serves on a number of editorial boards. E-mail: rudolf.sinkovics@glasgow.ac.uk, https://www.sinkovics.com/rudolf

• Part I Introduction to Megatrends.- Megatrends in International Business: An Introduction to the Theme.- Megatrends and International Business.- Part II Entrepreneurship Trends.- Trends in International Entrepreneurship.- IGOs and Entrepreneurship: Understanding the Impact of Policy Compliance on Formal and Informal Entrepreneurial Activity.- Part III Selected Trends in Technology, Innovation and Emerging Markets.- The Role of Equity Resources in Early Internationalizing Firms: A Literature Review.- Artificial Intelligence of Things as an Accelerator of Circular Economy in International Business.- A Big Data Analysis of Perceived Image of the Belt and Road Initiative.- Firm Internationalisation and Corporate Governance: A Longitudinal Study on the Russian Federation.- Part IV Cultural, Strategic and Performance Considerations.- What Happens when Subsidiaries Go through a Change? Impact of Gaining an R&D Mandate on Subsidiary Managers’ Activities and Subsidiary Innovation.- Incorporating Home and Host Country Economic Growth Rates in Predicting the Impact of MNEs’ Strategic Flexibility on Local Economies.- The Clash of Cultures and Its Effect on Firm Performance Volatility.- To Exist or to Exit? Dynamic Managerial Capabilities and Global Connectedness in Foreign Divestment.