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Social Brokerage, Psychology, And Innovation In Intra-Organizational Networks, Hongzhi Chen

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As an important organizational phenomenon, brokerage is common in any group of three or more. A recent meta-analysis shows that brokerage is one of the most influential network properties to individual innovativeness (Baer, Evans, Oldham, & Boasso, 2015). This dissertation investigates the impacts of social brokerage on the micro-foundation of corporate innovation, i.e., generating new projects and getting new things done. In addressing the social psychological foundations of brokerage (Tasselli, Kilduff, & Menges, 2015), this dissertation investigates the influential contexts around the broker and revisits the “human agency” issue in brokerage phenomena in the setting of corporate innovation.

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The Interplay Of Innovation, Institutions, And Internationalization In The Context Of Emerging Markets, Juan Bu

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This dissertation contributes to international business research on the interplay of innovation, institutions, and internationalization in the context of emerging markets. Essay 1 examines how internationalization via cross-border acquisitions (CBAs) enhances the subsequent innovation of emerging market multinationals (EMNEs) in their home countries. I also found that such innovation-enhancing effect of CBAs is contingent upon home market characteristics and acquisition relatedness. Essay 2 focuses on the relationship between the dark side of informal institutions and foreign MNEs’ strategies in emerging markets. I identify the illegal informal institutions as crime, corruption, and informality, which impede foreign MNEs’ local commitment. Also, such …