TABLE OF CONTENTS

Volume 40, Issue 7 (September 2009)

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Editorials

Letter from the Editor-in-Chief: FDI spillovers and linkages FREE

Lorraine Eden

J Int Bus Stud 40: 1065-1069; doi:10.1057/jibs.2009.46

From the Editors: Advancing interdisciplinary research in the field of international business: Prospects, issues and challenges FREE

Joseph L C Cheng, Witold J Henisz, Kendall Roth and Anand Swaminathan

J Int Bus Stud 40: 1070-1074; doi:10.1057/jibs.2009.41

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Articles

When and where does foreign direct investment generate positive spillovers? A meta-analysis

Klaus E Meyer and Evis Sinani

J Int Bus Stud 40: 1075-1094; advance online publication, February 26, 2009; doi:10.1057/jibs.2008.111

Do all firms benefit equally from downstream FDI? The moderating effect of local suppliers' capabilities on productivity gains

Garrick Blalock and Daniel H Simon

J Int Bus Stud 40: 1095-1112; advance online publication, June 18, 2009; doi:10.1057/jibs.2009.21

Do local manufacturing firms benefit from transactional linkages with multinational enterprises in China?

Xiaming Liu, Chengang Wang and Yingqi Wei

J Int Bus Stud 40: 1113-1130; advance online publication, May 7, 2009; doi:10.1057/jibs.2008.97

Domestic plant productivity and incremental spillovers from foreign direct investment

Carlo Altomonte and Enrico Pennings

J Int Bus Stud 40: 1131-1148; advance online publication, January 22, 2009; doi:10.1057/jibs.2008.99

Product and geographic scope changes of multinational enterprises in response to international competition

Thomas Hutzschenreuter and Florian Gröne

J Int Bus Stud 40: 1149-1170; advance online publication, March 26, 2009; doi:10.1057/jibs.2009.4

Is there a better commitment mechanism than cross-listings for emerging-economy firms? Evidence from Mexico

Jordan Siegel

J Int Bus Stud 40: 1171-1191; advance online publication, March 12, 2009; doi:10.1057/jibs.2008.113

Local, regional, or global? Quantifying MNE geographic scope

Christian Geisler Asmussen

J Int Bus Stud 40: 1192-1205; advance online publication, November 20, 2008; doi:10.1057/jibs.2008.85

Expanding RTAs, trade flows, and the multinational enterprise

Michele Fratianni and Chang Hoon Oh

J Int Bus Stud 40: 1206-1227; advance online publication, March 26, 2009; doi:10.1057/jibs.2009.8

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Research Note

Born global or born regional? Evidence from an exploratory study in the Costa Rican software industry

Luis E Lopez, Sumit K Kundu and Luciano Ciravegna

J Int Bus Stud 40: 1228-1238; advance online publication, October 30, 2008; doi:10.1057/jibs.2008.69