Selected Publications
Professional guilds, tension and knowledge management (with T.Swift), Research Policy, vol.38(5), pp.736-745, 2009. doi:10.1016/j.respol.2009.01.009
Conventional and reverse knowledge flows in multinational corporations (with Q.Yang and K.Meyer), Journal of Management, vol.34(5), pp.882-902, 2008.
Location, control and innovation in knowledge-intensive industries, Journal of Economic Geography, vol.8(5), pp.699-725, 2008.
The survival of international new ventures (with S.Zahra), Journal of International Business Studies, vol.38(2): 333-352, 2007.
The strategy of going public: How UK firms choose their listing contracts (with M.Goergen and A.Khurshed), Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, vol.33(1&2), pp.306-328, 2006.
MNE competence-creating subsidiary mandates (with J.A.Cantwell), Strategic Management Journal, vol.26(12), pp.1109-1128, 2005.
Is knowledge power? Knowledge flows, subsidiary power and rent-seeking within MNCs (with P.Navarra), Journal of International Business Studies, vol.35(5), pp.385-406, 2004.
Balancing private and state ownership in emerging markets telecommunications infrastructure: Country, industry, and firm influences (with J.Doh and H.Teegen), Journal of International Business Studies, vol.35(3), pp.233-250, 2004.
The role of duration in MNE investment strategies. Journal of International Business Studies, vol.29(2), pp.239-262, 1998. FULL TEXT
The "close but adversarial model" of supplier relations in the US auto industry, (with S.Helper). Strategic Management Journal, vol.19(8), pp.775-792, 1998. FULL TEXT
Estimating turning points using polynomial regression, Journal of Applied Statistics, vol.24(6), pp.723-732, 1997.
A non-parametric investigation of duration-dependence in the American business cycle (with L.W.Taylor). Journal of Political Economy, vol.99(3), Jun., pp.654-656, 1991.
All Publications
* International Business & Strategy
Professional guilds, tension and knowledge management (with T.Swift), Research Policy, vol.38(5), pp.736-745, 2009. doi:10.1016/j.respol.2009.01.009
Global sourcing and value creation: Opportunities and Challenges (with
M.Kotabe), Journal of International Management, Vol.15(2),
pp.121-125, 2009. 
doi:10.1016/j.intman.2009.03.001
Conventional and reverse knowledge flows in multinational corporations (with Q.Yang and K.Meyer), Journal of Management, vol.34(5), pp.882-902, 2008.
Location, control and innovation in knowledge-intensive industries, Journal of Economic Geography, vol.8(5), pp.699-725, 2008.
Research rankings of Asia Pacific business schools: global vs. local knowledge strategies (with M.W.Peng and D.H.Weng), Asia Pacific Journal of Management, vol.25(2): 171-188, 2008.
The survival of international new ventures (with S.Zahra), Journal of International Business Studies, vol.38(2): 333-352, 2007.
Offshoring: Economic geography and the multinational firm, Journal of International Business Studies, vol.38(1): 206, 2007.
Global innovation in MNCs: The effects of subsidiary self-determination and teamwork (with S.M.Mudambi and P.Navarra), Journal of Product Innovation Management, vol.24(5), pp.442-455, 2007.
MNE competence-creating subsidiary mandates (with J.A.Cantwell), Strategic Management Journal, vol.26(12), pp.1109-1128, 2005.
Analytical differences in the economics of geography: The case of the multinational firm (with P.McCann), Environment and Planning A, vol.37(10), pp.1857-1876, 2005.
Financial resource flows in multinational enterprises: The role of external capital markets (with P.Aulakh), Management International Review, vol.45(3), pp. 307-325, 2005.
Multinational enterprise knowledge flows: The effect of government inward investment policy (with S.M.Mudambi), Management International Review, vol.45(Spl.Issue 2), pp.155-178, 2005.
Foreign research and development and host country environment: An empirical examination of US international R&D (with J.Doh, G.Jones and H.Teegen), Management International Review, vol.45(Spl. Issue 2), pp.121-154, 2005.
Branding time: Swatch and global brand management. ICFAI Journal of Brand Management, vol.2(2), pp.39-54, June 2005.
Is knowledge power? Knowledge flows, subsidiary power and rent-seeking within MNCs (with P.Navarra), Journal of International Business Studies, vol.35(5), pp.385-406, 2004.
Balancing private and state ownership in emerging markets telecommunications infrastructure: Country, industry, and firm influences (with J.Doh and H.Teegen), Journal of International Business Studies, vol.35(3), pp.233-250, 2004.
The location behavior of the multinational enterprise: Some analytical issues (with P.McCann), Growth and Change, vol.35(4), pp.491-524, 2004.
Political tradition, political risk and foreign direct investment in Italy (with P.Navarra), Management International Review, vol.43(3), pp.247-265, 2003.
Domestic drug prohibition as a source of foreign institutional instability: An analysis of the multinational extralegal enterprise (with C.Paul), Journal of International Management, vol.9(3), pp.335-349, 2003.
Political culture and foreign direct investment: The case of Italy (with P.Navarra), Economics of Governance, vol.4(1), pp.37-56, 2003.
Knowledge management in multinational firms, Journal of International Management, vol.8(1), pp.1-9, 2002.
Institutions and international business: A theoretical overview (with P.Navarra),. International Business Review, vol.11(6), pp.635-646, 2002.
Institutions and market reform in emerging economies: A rent seeking perspective. (with P.Navarra and C.W.Paul II), Public Choice, vol.112(1), pp.185-202, 2002.
Diversification and market entry choices in the context of foreign direct investment, (with S.M. Mudambi). International Business Review, vol.11(1), pp.35-55, 2002.
The location of MNE R&D activity: The role of investment incentives (with J.A.Cantwell). Management International Review, vol.40(Sp.Issue 1), pp.127-148, 2000. FULL_TEXT
MNE internal capital markets and subsidiary strategic independence. International Business Review, vol.8(2), pp.197-211, 1999. FULL_TEXT-(Working Paper version)
Multinational investment attraction: Principal-agent considerations. International Journal of the Economics of Business, vol.6(1), pp.65-79, 1999. FULL TEXT
The role of duration in MNE investment strategies. Journal of International Business Studies, vol.29(2), pp.239-262, 1998. FULL TEXT
The "close but adversarial model" of supplier relations in the US auto industry, (with S.Helper). Strategic Management Journal, vol.19(8), pp.775-792, 1998. FULL TEXT
The MNE investment location decision: Some empirical evidence, Managerial and Decision Economics, vol.16(3), pp.249-257, 1995.
From transaction cost economics to relationship marketing: A model of buyer-supplier relations, (with S.M. Mudambi). International Business Review, vol.4(4), pp.419-433, 1995.
Oligopolistic product withholding in Ricardian markets (with R.T.Masson and R.J.Reynolds), Bulletin of Economic Research, vol.46(1) Jan., pp.71-79, 1994.
A Ricardian excursion to Bermuda: An estimation of mixed strategy equilibrium, Applied Economics, vol.26(9) Sept., pp.927-936 1994.
Government policy toward MNEs in the presence of foreign exchange scarcity, Eastern Economic Journal, vol.19(1) Winter, pp.99-108, 1993.
Oligopoly in advertiser-supported media (with R.T.Masson and R.J.Reynolds). Quarterly Review of Economics and Business, vol.30(2), Summer, pp.3-16, 1990. FULL_TEXT
Entry deterrence: The case of a buyer with market power, Review of Industrial Organization, vol.5(1) Spring, pp.111-138, 1990.
* ENTREPRENEURSHIP & FINANCE
The long-run performance of UK IPOs: can it be predicted? (with A.Khurshed and M.Goergen), Managerial Finance, vol. 33(6), pp. 401-419, 2007.
The strategy of going public: How UK firms choose their listing contracts (with M.Goergen and A.Khurshed), Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, vol.33(1&2), pp.306-328, 2006.
An examination of the investments in U.S. biotechnology firms by foreign and domestic corporate partners (with J.Coombs and D.Deeds), Journal of Business Venturing, vol.21(4), pp.405-428, 2006.
Cash crisis in newly public internet-based firms: An empirical analysis (with M.Z.Treichel), Journal of Business Venturing, vol.20(4) July, pp.543-571, 2005.
How cooperative is cooperative purchasing in smaller firms? (with C.P.Schrunder and A.Mongar), Long Range Planning, vol.37(1), pp.85-102, 2004.
Globalization, entrepreneurship and public policy: A systems view (with B. Carlsson), Industry and Innovation, vol.10(1), pp.103-116, 2003.
The short run price performance of investment trust IPOs on the UK main market (with A.Khurshed). Applied Financial Economics, vol.12(10), pp.697-706, 2002.
Ownership structure and firm performance: Evidence from the UK financial services industry (with C.Nicosia). Applied Financial Economics, vol.8(2), pp.175-180, 1998. FULL TEXT
Progress towards buyer-supplier cooperation: Evidence from small and medium-sized manufacturing firms (with C.P.Schrunder), European Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, vol.2(2/3), pp.119-127, 1996.
Partnerships - What's going on in UK SMEs? (with C.P.Schrunder), Purchasing and Supply Management, Oct., pp.47-48, 1995.
* Quantitative Methods
Estimating turning points using polynomial regression, Journal of Applied Statistics, vol.24(6), pp.723-732, 1997.
A complete information index for measuring the proportionality of electoral systems, Applied Economics Letters, vol.4, pp.101-104, 1997.
Insurance or signals? An experimental analysis of behavior under risk, Applied Economics, vol.28(3) March, pp.321-326, 1996.
Some nonparametric tests for duration dependence (with L.W.Taylor), Journal of Applied Statistics, vol.22(1), pp.163-177, 1995.
A non-parametric investigation of duration-dependence in the American business cycle (with L.W.Taylor). Journal of Political Economy, vol.99(3), Jun., pp.654-656, 1991.
* Political Strategy
A Matter of Trust: The Search for Accountability in Italian politics, 1990-2000, (with C.Bicchieri and P.Navarra), Mind and Society, vol.4(1), pp.129-148, 2005.
Electoral strategies in mixed systems of representation (with P.Navarra), European Journal of Political Economy, vol.20(1), pp.227-253, 2004.
Changing the rules: Political competition under proportionality and plurality (with P.Navarra and G.Sobbrio). European Journal of Political Economy, vol.15(3), Sept., pp.547-567, 1999.
Italian electoral reform from the perspective of constitutional political economy, (with P.Navarra and G.Sobbrio), Politeia, vol.15(55), pp.52-66, 1999.
Voter information and power dilution: Evidence from Sicilian provincial elections, (with P. Navarra and G.Sobbrio), Public Choice, vol.92(1-2) September, pp.169-180, 1997.
Plurality versus proportional representation: An analysis of Sicilian elections, (with P.Navarra and C.Nicosia), Public Choice, vol.86(3-4) March, pp.341-357, 1996.
* Industry Studies: International Travel & Tourism
Strategic segmentation: An empirical analysis of tourist expenditure in Turkey, (with T.Baum), Journal of Travel Research, vol.36(1), pp.29-34, 1997.
A country-of-origin analysis of tourist expenditure: The case of Turkey, (with T.Baum), Tourism Economics, vol.2(2), June, pp.137-149, 1996.
Investment attraction and retention: Principal-agent theory applied to the hotel industry, (with T.Baum), Hospitality Research Journal, vol.20(2), pp.15-30, 1996.
An empirical analysis of oligopolistic hotel pricing: The case of Bermuda resort hotels. (with T.Baum). Annals of Tourism Research, vol.22(3), pp.501-516, 1995.
A Ricardian analysis of the fully inclusive tour industry (with T.Baum). Service Industries Journal, vol.14(1), Jan., pp.85-93, 1994. FULL_TEXT