Editors in Chief

Professor Michael-Jörg Oesterle, Universität Stuttgart - Germany (CV)
Professor Joachim Wolf, Universität Kiel - Germany (CV)

Editorial Office
Professor Joachim Wolf
Universität Kiel
Westring 425
24118 Kiel, Germany
phone: +49-(0)431-880-1635
fax: +49-(0)431-880-3963
e-mail: mir@bwl.uni-kiel.de
site: http://www.mir-online.de

Editorial Board

Professor Sanjeev Agarwal, Iowa State University, Ames - U.S.A.
Professor Raj Aggarwal, University of Akron, Akron - U.S.A.
Professor Gerald Albaum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque - U.S.A.
Professor Tamar Almor, College of Management, Rishon LeZion - Israel
Professor Paul Beamish, University of Western Ontario, London - Canada
Professor Nakiye Boyacigiller, Sabanci University, Istanbul - Turkey
Professor Daniel van den Bulcke, Universiteit Antwerpen, Antwerpen - Belgium
Professor John A. Cantwell, Rutgers University, Newark - U.S.A.
Professor S. Tamer Cavusgil, Georgia State University, Atlanta - U.S.A.
Professor Joseph Cheng, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign - U.S.A.
Professor Farok Contractor, Rutgers University, Newark - U.S.A.
Professor Shirley J. Daniel, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu - U.S.A.
Professor John D. Daniels, University of Miami, Coral Gables - U.S.A.
Professor Charles Dhanaraj, Indiana University, Bloomington - U.S.A.
Professor Peter J. Dowling, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington - New Zealand
Professor Lorraine Eden, Texas A&M University, College Station - U.S.A.
Professor William G. Egelhoff, Fordham University, New York - U.S.A.
Professor Michael Enright, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong - Hong Kong
Professor Sidney J. Gray, University of Sydney, Sydney - Australia
Professor Geir Gripsrud, Norwegian School of Management, Sandvika - Norway
Professor Anne-Wil Harzing, University of Melbourne, Melbourne - Australia
Professor Jean-François Hennart, Tilburg University, Tilburg - The Netherlands
Professor Dirk Holtbrügge, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nürnberg - Germany
Professor Eugene Jaffe, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan - Israel
Professor Constantine S. Katsikeas, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Professor Erdener Kaynak, Pennsylvania State University, Middletown - U.S.A.
Professor Sumit Kundu, Florida International University, Miami - U.S.A.
Professor Michael Kutschker, Katholische Universität Eichstätt, Ingolstadt - Germany
Professor Jorma Larimo, University of Vaasa, Vaasa - Finland
Professor Leonidas C. Leonidou, University of Cyprus, Nicosia - Cyprus
Professor Bruce McKern, China Europe International Business School, Shanghai - China
Professor Mark Mendenhall, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga - U.S.A.
Professor Michael H. Moffett, Thunderbird, Glendale - U.S.A.
Professor Lilach Nachum, City University, New York - U.S.A.
Professor Lars Oxelheim, Lund University, Lund - Sweden
Professor Kaviraj P. Parboteeah, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater - U.S.A.
Professor Ki-An Park, Kyung Hee University, Seoul - South Korea
Professor Lee Radebaugh, Brigham Young University, Provo - U.S.A.
Professor Jeffrey J. Reuer, Purdue University, West Lafayette - U.S.A.
Professor Christopher J. Robertson, Northeastern University, Boston - U.S.A.
Professor Elizabeth Rose, Helsinki School of Economics, Helsinki - Finland
Professor Alan M. Rugman, University of Reading, Henley - United Kingdom
Professor Rakesh B. Sambharya, Rutgers University, Camden - U.S.A.
Professor Bodo Schlegelmilch, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Wien - Austria
Professor Oded Shenkar, The Ohio State University, Columbus - U.S.A.
Professor Daniel P. Sullivan, University of Delaware, Newark - U.S.A.
Professor Stephen B. Tallman, University of Richmond, Richmond - U.S.A.
Professor Rosalie Tung, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby - Canada
Professor Jean-Claude Usunier, University of Lausanne, Lausanne - Switzerland
Professor Alain C. Verbeke, University of Calgary, Calgary - Canada
Professor Lawrence S. Welch, Melbourne Business School, Melbourne - Australia
Professor Martin K. Welge, Universität Dortmund, Dortmund - Germany
Professor Bernard Yeung, New York University, New York - U.S.A.
Professor Udo Zander, Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm - Sweden

BOOK REVIEW EDITOR
Professor Johann Engelhard, Universität Bamberg - Germany

Editorial Review Board

Professor Neil Abramson, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver – Canada
Professor Ruth V. Aguilera, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign – U.S.A.
Professor Andreas Al-Laham †, Universität Mannheim, Mannheim – Germany
Professor Björn Ambos, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Wien – Austria
Professor Gary Anders, Arizona State University, Phoenix – U.S.A.
Professor Ulf Andersson, Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg – Denmark
Professor Syed Tariq Anwar, West Texas A&M University, Canyon – U.S.A.
Professor Jean-Luc Arregle, EDHEC Business School, Nice – France
Professor Kevin Yuk-fai Au, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong – Hong Kong
Professor Gabriel R. G. Benito, BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo – Norway
Professor Ingmar Björkman, Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki – Finland
Professor Mary Yoko Brannen, INSEAD, Fontainebleau – France
Professor Chris Brewster, University of Reading, Reading – United Kingdom
Professor Lance Eliot Brouthers, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw – U.S.A.
Professor Marcelo Bucheli, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign – U.S.A.
Professor Helen de Cieri, Monash University, Clayton – Australia
Professor Deepak L. Datta, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington – U.S.A.
Professor Michael Dowling, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg – Germany
Professor B. Elango, Illinois State University, Normal - U.S.A.
Professor Paul Ellis, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong – Hong Kong
Professor Carl Fey, Nottingham University Business School China, Ningbo – China
Professor Jan Hendrik Fisch, Universität Augsburg, Augsburg – Germany
Professor Esteban Garcia-Canal, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo – Spain
Professor Ajai Gaur, Rutgers University, Newark – U.S.A.
Professor Christian Geissler Asmussen, Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg – Denmark
Professor Irene Goll, University of Scranton, Scranton – U.S.A.
Professor Pol Herrmann, Iowa State University, Ames – U.S.A.
Professor Hartmut Holzmüller, Universität Dortmund, Dortmund – Germany
Professor Thomas Hutzschenreuter, WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar – Germany
Professor Jan Johanson, Uppsala University, Uppsala – Sweden
Professor Gary A. Knight, Florida State University, Tallahassee – U.S.A.
Professor Vikas Kumar, University of Sydney, Sydney – Australia
Professor Tomasz Lenartowicz, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton – U.S.A.
Professor Hemant Merchant, Florida Atlantic University, Davie – U.S.A.
Professor John Mezias, University of Miami, Miami – U.S.A.
Professor Alex T. Mohr, University of Kent, Canterbury – United Kingdom
Professor Karl Moore, McGill University, Montreal – Canada
Professor Dirk Morschett, Université de Fribourg, Fribourg – Switzerland
Professor Ram Mudambi, Temple University, Philadelphia – U.S.A.
Professor Rajneesh Narula, University of Reading, Reading – United Kingdom
Professor Rebecca Piekkari, Aalto University, Aalto – Finland
Professor Christos Pitelis, University of Cambridge, Cambridge – United Kingdom
Professor John E. Prescott, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh – U.S.A.
Professor Ravi Ramamurti, Northeastern University, Boston – U.S.A.
Professor Taco Reus, Rotterdam School of Management, Rotterdam – The Netherlands
Professor Saeed Samiee, University of Tulsa, Tulsa – U.S.A.
Professor Andreas Scherer, Universität Zürich, Zürich – Switzerland
Professor Stefan Schmid, ESCP Europe, Berlin – Germany
Professor Hanna Schramm-Klein, Universität Siegen, Siegen – Germany
Professor Robin E. Teigland, Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm – Sweden
Professor Laszlo Tihanyi, Texas A&M University, College Station – U.S.A.
Professor Eric Tsang, University of Texas, Dallas – U.S.A.
Professor Denice E. Welch, University of Melbourne, Melbourne – Australia
Professor Michael A. Witt, INSEAD, Singapore – Singapore
Professor Peter Witt, Universität Dortmund, Dortmund – Germany
Professor Mary Zellmer-Bruhn, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis – U.S.A.

Adhoc Reviewers

Tamir Agmon, Yair Aharoni, David Ahlstrom, Brent B. Allred, Tina Ambos, Nicholas Athanassiou, Preet S. Aulakh, Anne Bachmann, Ellie Banalieva, Christian Barrot, Jan Becker, Gabriel Benito, Rabi Bhagat, Arjun Bhardwaj, Thorsten Biemann, Julian Birkinshaw, Timothy P. Blumentritt, Keith Brouthers, Peter J. Buckley, Rolf Bühner, Wolfgang Burr, Martin Carter, Mark Christopher Casson, Andrew Celios, Tsang-Sing Chan, Shih-Fen S. Chen, John Child, Jongmoo Jay Choi, Chris Chung, Joseph Clougherty, Simon Collinson, Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra, Michael R. Czinkota, Andrew Delios, Clay Dibrell, Rian Drogendijk, Frank L. DuBois, Gunter Dufey, Juan J. Durán, Stefan Eckert, Ronald W. Edwards, Prescott Ensign, Michael Eßig, Ying Fan, Marion Festing, Karin M. Fladmoe-Lindquist, Jörg Freiling, Jeffrey Gale, Ajai Gaur, Karen Gedenk, Mike Geppert, Pervez N. Ghauri, Animesh Ghoshal, Keith Wilson Glaister, Anthony Goerzen, Holger Görg, Gary Gregory, Christoph Grimpe, Robert Grosse, Siegfried Gudergan, Mohamed Azzim Gulamhussen, Amjad Hadjikhani, Lars Håkanson, Mike Harvey, Arno Haslberger, Walid Hejazi, Martin Hemmert, Witold J. Henisz, Werner H. Hoffmann, Martin Högl, Chin-Chun Hsu, Takehiko Isobe, Björn Ivens, Gregory Jackson, Naveen Kumar Jain, Subhash C. Jain, Mansour Javidan, Lutz Kaufmann, Sabine Klein, Dodo zu Knyphausen-Aufseß, Torsten Kühlmann, Shyam Kumar, Chuck Chun-Yau Kwok, Leonardo Liberman-Yaconi, Ulrich Lichtenthaler, Xiaohua Lin, Xiaming Liu, Xiaohui Liu, Albert Löhr, Jane Lu, Sarianna Lundan, Volker Mahnke, Shige Makino, Roger Mansfield, Dirk Matten, Indre Maurer, Martha L. Maznevski, Sara L. McGaughey, Klaus Meyer, Carla Millar, Stewart R. Miller, Guido Möllering, Susan Mudambi, Michael Müller-Carmen, Lite Nartey, William Newburry, Stephen Nicholas, Fred Niederman, Thomas Osegowitsch, Robert Ostergard, Yigang Pan, Ronaldo Parente, Peter Pawlowsky, Robert Pearce, Mike W. Peng, Rozenn Perrigot, Phillip Phan, Jonas Puck, Markus Pudelko, Gongming Qian, Manzur Rahman, David A. Ralston, Subramanian Rangan, B. Sebastian Reiche, Gerhard Schewe, Margaret Schomaker, Andreas Schotter, Georg Schreyögg, Lars Schweizer, Deepak Sethi, Dharma Deo Sharma, Pamela A. Siler, Arjen Slangen, Minna Söderqvist, Wolfgang Sofka, Carl Arthur Solberg, Horst Steinmann, Michael Stephan, Bernhard Swoboda, Ibraiz Tarique, Georg Trautnitz, Olga Tregaskis, Adrian E. Tschoegl, Rob van Tulder, Klaus Uhlenbruck, Francis Ulgado, Jan-Erik Vahlne, Sarah Vanden Bussche, Hinrich Voss, Peter Walgenbach, Sharon Watson, Eden Yin, Wenlong Yuan, Ivo Zander, Lena Zander, Changhui Zhou