TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 40, Issue 4 (May 2009)
Editorial
Letter from the Editor-in-Chief: Time in international business FREE
Lorraine Eden
J Int Bus Stud 40: 535-538; doi:10.1057/jibs.2009.5
Articles
Getting to global: An evolutionary perspective of brand expansion in international markets
Janell D Townsend, Sengun Yeniyurt and Mehmet Berk Talay
J Int Bus Stud 40: 539-558; advance online publication, November 13, 2008; doi:10.1057/jibs.2008.87
Licensing duration in foreign markets: A real options perspective
Marshall S Jiang, Preet S Aulakh and Yigang Pan
J Int Bus Stud 40: 559-577; advance online publication, October 23, 2008; doi:10.1057/jibs.2008.71
Legal systems, information asymmetry, and firm boundaries: Cross-border choices to diversify through mergers, joint ventures, or strategic alliances
Tomas Jandik and Raja Kali
J Int Bus Stud 40: 578-599; advance online publication, December 4, 2008; doi:10.1057/jibs.2008.95
Real options and foreign affiliate divestments: A portfolio perspective
René Belderbos and Jianglei Zou
J Int Bus Stud 40: 600-620; advance online publication, March 12, 2009; doi:10.1057/jibs.2008.108
Residual state ownership, policy stability and financial performance following strategic decisions by privatizing telecoms
Paul M Vaaler and Burkhard N Schrage
J Int Bus Stud 40: 621-641; advance online publication, February 5, 2009; doi:10.1057/jibs.2008.104
Offshoring and the global distribution of work: Implications for task interdependence theory and practice
Kuldeep Kumar, Paul C van Fenema and Mary Ann von Glinow
J Int Bus Stud 40: 642-667; advance online publication, October 30, 2008; doi:10.1057/jibs.2008.77
Interpersonal influence as an alternative channel communication behavior in emerging markets: The case of China
Chenting Su, Zhilin Yang, Guijun Zhuang, Nan Zhou and Wenyu Dou
J Int Bus Stud 40: 668-689; advance online publication, December 4, 2008; doi:10.1057/jibs.2008.84
Opening the black box of the relationship between HRM practices and firm performance: A comparison of MNE subsidiaries in the USA, Finland, and Russia
Carl F Fey, Sergey Morgulis-Yakushev, Hyeon Jeong Park and Ingmar Björkman
J Int Bus Stud 40: 690-712; advance online publication, November 27, 2008; doi:10.1057/jibs.2008.83
