TABLE OF CONTENTS

Volume 40, Issue 2 (February/March 2009)

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Editorial

Letter from the Editor-in-Chief: Reverse knowledge transfers, culture clashes and going international FREE

Lorraine Eden

J Int Bus Stud 40: 177-180; doi:10.1057/jibs.2008.98

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Articles

Repatriating knowledge: variables influencing the "transfer" process

Gary Oddou, Joyce S Osland and Roger N Blakeney

J Int Bus Stud 40: 181-199; advance online publication, May 29, 2008; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400402

Managing the learning and transfer of global management competence: Antecedents and outcomes of Japanese repatriation effectiveness

Norihito Furuya, Michael J Stevens, Allan Bird, Gary Oddou and Mark Mendenhall

J Int Bus Stud 40: 200-215; advance online publication, July 10, 2008; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400416

Mars–Venus marriages: Culture and cross-border M&A

Rajesh Chakrabarti, Swasti Gupta-Mukherjee and Narayanan Jayaraman

J Int Bus Stud 40: 216-236; advance online publication, August 14, 2008; doi:10.1057/jibs.2008.58

Think glocally, act glocally: a culture-centric comment on Leung, Bhagat, Buchan, Erez and Gibson (2005)

Stephen J Gould and Andreas F Grein

J Int Bus Stud 40: 237-254; advance online publication, June 26, 2008; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400410

International business competence and the contemporary firm

Gary A Knight and Daekwan Kim

J Int Bus Stud 40: 255-273; advance online publication, May 29, 2008; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400397

Client-perceived performance and value in professional B2B services: An international perspective

Vinh La, Paul Patterson and Chris Styles

J Int Bus Stud 40: 274-300; advance online publication, June 26, 2008; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400406

Mimetic and experiential effects in international marketing alliance formations of US pharmaceuticals firms: An event history analysis

Sengun Yeniyurt, Janell D Townsend, S Tamer Cavusgil and Pervez N Ghauri

J Int Bus Stud 40: 301-320; advance online publication, September 4, 2008; doi:10.1057/jibs.2008.62

Ownership structure and CEO compensation: Implications for the choice of foreign market entry modes

Martina Musteen, Deepak K Datta and Pol Herrmann

J Int Bus Stud 40: 321-338; advance online publication, September 25, 2008; doi:10.1057/jibs.2008.63

Competitive position, managerial ties, and profitability of foreign firms in China: an interactive perspective

Julie Juan Li, Kevin Zheng Zhou and Alan T Shao

J Int Bus Stud 40: 339-352; advance online publication, November 6, 2008; doi:10.1057/jibs.2008.76

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Erratum

The determinants of Chinese outward foreign direct investment FREE

Peter J Buckley, L Jeremy Clegg, Adam R Cross, Xin Liu, Hinrich Voss and Ping Zheng

J Int Bus Stud 40: 353-354; doi:10.1057/jibs.2008.102