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Enabling sustainability: The role of banks and banking regulations in shaping corporate ESG and SDG outcomes (2025)
Book Chapter

Banks play an important role in the entrepreneurial ecosystem by shaping the allocation of capital and influencing firm behavior. This chapter investigates the influence of banks and financial regulations on corporate Environmental, Social, Governanc... Read More about Enabling sustainability: The role of banks and banking regulations in shaping corporate ESG and SDG outcomes.

A multi-level examination of performance in innovation ecosystems: Board, asset scale, technology, and government support (2025)
Journal Article

We investigate how the firm’s board structure (i.e. CEO duality or independence) and its asset scale at the micro level, the industry’s technological intensity at the meso level, and the government's initiatives at the macro level influence firms’ di... Read More about A multi-level examination of performance in innovation ecosystems: Board, asset scale, technology, and government support.

Closing the deal faster: The role of institutions and government involvement in cross-border M&A completions in Brazil (2024)
Journal Article

Drawing on an integrative lens of the institutional theory and resource-based view, we investigate the effect of institutional distance, institutional quality, and government involvement on the duration of cross-border M&A deals in Brazil between 200... Read More about Closing the deal faster: The role of institutions and government involvement in cross-border M&A completions in Brazil.

Varieties of institutional systems, ownership characteristics and cross-border acquisitions: A comparative study of Brazil and China (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In this paper, we use the Varieties of Institutional Systems framework and comparative institutional perspective to compare and contrast the home country institutional factors in two emerging countries: Brazil and China. Our focus is on exploring how... Read More about Varieties of institutional systems, ownership characteristics and cross-border acquisitions: A comparative study of Brazil and China.

Examining sustainable packaging designs in the automotive industry: A case study of a luxury car manufacturer (2024)
Book Chapter

This paper investigates implementing sustainable supply chain management in packaging design within the automotive manufacturing industry. The study identifies how sustainable automotive packaging can enhance packaging design, explores the main desig... Read More about Examining sustainable packaging designs in the automotive industry: A case study of a luxury car manufacturer.

Varieties of institutional systems and cross-border acquisitions: A comparative study of Brazil and China (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This study explores how the institutional systems of Brazil and China impact firm characteristics such as ownership type, state provision of capital, and social capital, as well as the implications for Outward Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI). Using... Read More about Varieties of institutional systems and cross-border acquisitions: A comparative study of Brazil and China.

The effects of ownership identities on corporate industrial diversification strategy of Brazilian companies in cross-border M&As (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In this paper we investigate the role of ownership identities of acquiring Brazilian multinational enterprises in determining industrial diversification strategies in cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Based on institutions-based theory and risk... Read More about The effects of ownership identities on corporate industrial diversification strategy of Brazilian companies in cross-border M&As.

Organisational learning and consumer learning in foreign markets: A case study of IKEA in Japan (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Purpose
The aim of this research is to explore the mutual relationship between organisational learning and consumer learning in internationalisation. We would like to build a model on dyadic knowledge management in foreign markets and apply the fram... Read More about Organisational learning and consumer learning in foreign markets: A case study of IKEA in Japan.

The effects of ownership identity on corporate diversification strategy of Chinese companies in foreign markets (2018)
Journal Article

In this paper, we examine the impact of acquirer’s ownership identity on corporate diversification decisions of Chinese companies in their cross-border acquisitions. Few studies to date have looked at the effect of ownership on corporate decisions to... Read More about The effects of ownership identity on corporate diversification strategy of Chinese companies in foreign markets.

Acquirer ownership concentration and foreign ownership structure: A study of Brazilian firms (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Weak governance conditions prevailing in emerging and developing economies tend to encourage concentrated over diffused ownership structures in firms. In this paper we investigate whether the ownership structures in the home market are also replicate... Read More about Acquirer ownership concentration and foreign ownership structure: A study of Brazilian firms.

Acquirer ownership concentration and foreign ownership structure: A study of Brazilian firms (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper examines the effects of ownership structures of the parent on equity ownership choices in foreign acquisitions. Little is known in the context of emerging markets whether heterogeneity in acquiring firm ownership characteristics will affec... Read More about Acquirer ownership concentration and foreign ownership structure: A study of Brazilian firms.

Acquirer ownership concentration and foreign ownership structure: A study of Brazilian firms (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper examines the effects of ownership structures of the parent on equity ownership choices in foreign acquisitions. Little is known in the context of emerging markets whether heterogeneity in acquiring firm ownership characteristics will affec... Read More about Acquirer ownership concentration and foreign ownership structure: A study of Brazilian firms.

Does the Quality of Institutions and the Regulatory Bodies Influence Deal Duration in M&As? (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The speed with which a merger and acquisition (M&A) deal is completed or the number of days taken from the announcement of the deal until its completion is an important barometer of the success and efficiency of a deal. In this paper, we apply the in... Read More about Does the Quality of Institutions and the Regulatory Bodies Influence Deal Duration in M&As?.

Does the Quality of Institutions and the Regulatory Bodies Influence Deal Duration in M&As? (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The speed with which a merger and acquisition (M&A) deal is completed or the number of days taken from the announcement of the deal until its completion is an important barometer of the success and efficiency of a deal. In this paper, we apply the in... Read More about Does the Quality of Institutions and the Regulatory Bodies Influence Deal Duration in M&As?.