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articles

Kim GY, Lee WJ, Choi B & Lew YK (forthcoming), "Fostering Collaborative Opportunities for AI Start-ups: The Case of a Hybrid Business Incubator in Seoul," The Journal of Technology Transfer. (SSCI) (DOI: 10.1007/s10961-024-10102-9)

Cui L, Lew YK, Li MH, Khan Z & Lu J (forthcoming), "International Entrepreneurial Spinoffs: An Ambidextrous Approach to Internationalization," Management and Organization Review. (SSCI)

Shin J, Lew YK & Seo M (forthcoming), "Constructing Muslim Womanhood in Indonesia: Hijab and the Governmentality of Religious Organizations," Asian Journal of Social Science. (DOI: 10.1016/j.ajss.2024.07.001) (SSCI)

Shin J, Lew YK & Seo M (forthcoming), "Between Fashion and Piety: Hijab Influencers and Religious Communities in the Consumer Socialization of Indonesian Muslims," Clothing and Textiles Research Journal. (DOI: 10.1177/0887302X231191238) (SSCI)

An YH, Lew YK & Khan Z (2024), "Non-market Strategies in Weak Institutional Environments: The Case of MNE Subsidiaries in Cameroon," Journal of International Management, 30(3), 101140. (DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2024.101140) (SSCI)

Lee J, Choi J, Xiao SS, Lew YK & Park B (2024), "How Do the Institutions Matter for MNE Subsidiaries’ CSR in Host Countries? Evidence from Chinese Overseas Subsidiaries," Business Research Quarterly, 27(3), 244-264. (DOI: 10.1177/23409444211044732) (SSCI) 

Zahoor N & Lew YK (2023), "Enhancing International Marketing Capability and Export Performance of Emerging Market SMEs in Crises," International Marketing Review40(5), 1158-1187. (DOI: 10.1108/IMR-12-2021-0350) (SSCI)

Chun H & Lew YK (2023), "The U.S.-China Hegemonic Competition and Leading Sino Battery Firms’ Strategic Responses to GVC Changes: CATL and BYD Cases," Journal of Creativity and Innovation, 16(3), 1-56. (in Korean)

Khan H, Khan Z, Lee R & Lew YK (2023), “Confrontation-coping: A Psychological Approach to Developing Market Exporting Firms’ Intentions to Adopt Emerging Technologies,” Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 194, 122697. (DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122697) (SSCI)

Zahoor N, Lew YK, Arslan A, Christofi M & Tarba SY (2023), “International Corporate Social Responsibility and Post-entry Performance of Developing Market INVs: The Moderating Role of Corporate Governance Mechanisms,” Journal of International Management, 29(4), 101036 (DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2023.101036). (SSCI)

Lew YK, Zahoor N, Donbesuur F & Khan H (2023), "Entrepreneurial Alertness and Business Model Innovation in Dynamic Markets: International Performance Implications for SMEs," R&D Management, 53(3), 224-243. (DOI: 10.1111/radm.12558) (SSCI)

Park JY, Muaid R, Lew YK & Oh CH (2023), “Exploring the Role of Organizational Learning and Leadership in Developing Dynamic Capabilities,” European Journal of International Management, 19(1), 27-57. (DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2020.10020955) (SSCI)

Lew YK & Kim G (2022), "Complementary appropriative capability, guanxi, and collaborative product innovation," Journal of Creativity and Innovation, 29(4), 1-45. (in Korean)

Shin J, Seo MK & Lew YK (2022), “Sustainability of Digital Capital and Social Support during COVID-19,” Sustainability, 14, 7457. (DOI: 10.3390/su14127457) (SSCI)

Zahoor N & Lew YK (2022), "The Drivers of the Post-entry Internationalisation Commitment of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises," International Small Business Journal, 40(4), 477–506. (DOI: 10.1177/02662426211042775) (SSCI)

Zahoor N & Lew YK (2022), "Sustaining Superior International Performance: Strategic Orientations and Dynamic Capability of Environmentally Concerned SMEs," Business Strategy and the Environment, 31(3), 1002-1017. (DOI: 10.1002/bse.2931) (SSCI)​

Khan Z, Amankwah-Amoah J, Lew YK, Puthusserry P & Czinkota M (2022), “Strategic Ambidexterity and Its Performance Implications for Emerging Economies Multinationals,” International Business Review, 31(3), 101762. (DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2020.101762) (SSCI)

Park H-H & Lew YK (2021), "Effects of Business Ethics and Corporate Entrepreneurship on Innovation Speed: Korean Pharmaceutical Companies," Journal of Creativity and Innovation, 14(3), 1-29. (in Korean)

Kim S, Choi B & Lew YK (2021), "Where is the Age of Digitalization Heading? The Meaning, Characteristics and Implications of Contemporary Digital Transformation," Sustainability, 13(16), 8909. (DOI: 10.3390/su13168909) (SSCI)

Gao Q, Cui L, Lew YK, Li Z & Khan Z (2021), “Business Incubators as International Knowledge Intermediaries: Exploring Their Role in the Internationalization of Start-ups from an Emerging Market,” Journal of International Management, 27(4), 100861. (DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2021.100861) 

(SSCI)

Lew YK & Park JY (2021), “The Evolution of N-helix of the Regional Innovation System: Implications for Sustainability,” Sustainable Development, 29(2), 453-464. (DOI: 10.1002/sd.2143) (SSCI)

Xiao SS, Lew YK & Park B (2021), "International New Product Development Performance, Entrepreneurial Capability, and Network in High-tech Ventures," Journal of Business Research, 124, 38-46. (DOI:10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.11.048) (SSCI)

Park J-Y, Lew YK & Park BI (2021), “An Organismic Approach to Multinational Enterprise Failure," Management Decision, 59(1), 18-31. (DOI: 10.1108/MD-02-2019-0226) (SSCI)

Xiao SS, Lew YK & Park B (2020), "International Network Searching, Learning, and Explorative Capability: Small and Medium-sized Enterprises from China," Management International Review, 60(4), 597-621. (DOI: 10.1007/s11575-020-00426-7) (SSCI)

Lee H, Chae MS & Lew YK (2020), "The Application of Categorization and Stereotype Content Theories to Country of Origin Image: Vietnamese Perceptions towards Korean Wave Brands," Asia Pacific Business Review, 26(3), 336-361. (DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1630199) (SSCI)

Su F, Khan Z, Lew YK, Park BI & Choksy US (2020), "Internationalisation of Chinese SMEs: The Role of Networks and Global Value Chains," Business Research Quarterly, 23(2), 141-158. (DOI: 10.1177/2340944420916339) (SSCI)

Khan Z, Lew YK & Nicholson R (2020), "Reflection on Strategies of Emerging Economies’ Multinationals," International Studies of Management & Organization, 51(1), 1-4. (DOI: 10.1080/00208825.2019.1703375) (SCOPUS)

Lee H, Seo M & Lew YK (2019), "Exploring Halal Industry and Malaysian Halal Food Market: Dual Case Studies," Journal of Creativity and Innovation, 12(4), 1-38. (in Korean) 

Lew YK, Park J-Y & Lee W (2019), "Regional Innovation System in Berlin and VR/AR Venture, Playsnak," Korea Business Review, 23(4), 133-160. (in Korean) 

Hsu C-C, Park J-Y & Lew YK (2019), “Resilience and Risks of Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions," Multinational Business Review, 27(4), 427-450. (DOI: 10.1108/MBR-05-2019-0035) (SSCI)

Xiao SS, Lew YK & Park BI (2019), "'2R-based view' on the Internationalization of Service MNEs from Emerging Economies: Evidence From China," Management International Review, 59(4), 643–673. (DOI: 10.1007/s11575-019-00391-w) (SSCI)

*Khan Z, Lew YK & Marinova ST (2019), "Exploitative and Exploratory Innovations in Emerging Economies: The Role of Realized Absorptive Capacity and Learning Intent," International Business Review, 28(3), 499-512. (DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2018.11.007) (SSCI)

*A finalist of the IBR Best Journal Paper of the Year Award

*One of the most cited articles published in International Business Review

Kim K-H, Lew YK & Park BI (2019), "Culture, Stakeholders, and Philanthropic CSR: Comparative Analyses on US and Japanese MNE Subsidiaries in China." Journal of Japanese Studies, 79, 7-27. (DOI: 10.15733/jast.2019..79.7) (in Korean)

Lew YK, KIM J & Khan Z (2019), " Technological Adaptation to a Platform and Dependence: Value Co-creation through Partnerships," Asian Journal of Technology Innovation, 27(1), 71-89. (DOI: 10.1080/19761597.2019.1587303) (SSCI) 

*He S, Khan Z, Lew YK & Fallon G (2019), "Technological Innovation as a Source of Chinese Multinationals’ Firm-Specific Advantages and Internationalization," International Journal of Emerging Markets, 14(1), 70-90. (DOI: 10.1108/IJOEM-02-2017-0059) (SSCI)

*Outstanding Paper in the 2020 Emerald Literati Awards for Excellence

Lew YK, Yu J & Park J-Y (2018), "The impacts of Independent Director and CEO Duality on Performance in the Chinese Post-institutional-transition Era," Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, 35(4), 620-634. (DOI: 10.1002/cjas.1468) (SSCI)  

Gerschewski S, Lew YK, Khan Z & Park BI (2018), "Post-Entry Performance of International New Ventures: The Mediating Effect of Learning Orientation," International Small Business Journal, 36(7) 807–828. (DOI: 10.1177/0266242618790321) (SSCI)

Lew YK, Khan Z & Cozzio S (2018), “Gravitating Toward the Quadruple Helix: International Connections for the Enhancement of a Regional Innovation System in Northeast Italy,” R&D Management, 48(1), 44-59. (DOI: 10.1111/radm.12227) (SSCI)

Khan Z & Lew YK (2018), "Post-Entry Survival of Developing Economy International New Ventures: A Dynamic Capability Perspective," International Business Review, 27(1), 149-160.

(DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2017.06.001) (SSCI) 

Park HH, Shin GC & Lew YK (2017), “An Application of the Norm Activation Model to Fair Trade Product Purchase Decision-Making Process: The Moderating Impact of Cultural Cluster," International Business Journal, 28(4), 45-75. (in Korean)

He S, Fallon G, Khan Z, Lew YK, Kim KH & Wei P (2017), "Towards a New Wave in Internationalization of Innovation? The Rise of China’s Innovative MNEs, Strategic Coupling, and Global Economic Organizations," Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences. 34(4), 343-355. (DOI: 10.1002/cjas.1444) (SSCI)

Lew YK, Khan Z, Nicholson R & He S (2016), "Internationalization Process of Chinese SMEs: The Role of Business and Ethnic-Group based Social Networks," International Journal of Multinational Corporation Strategy, 1(3/4), 247-268. (DOI: 10.1504/IJMCS.2016.10002103) 

Park HH & Lew YK (2016), "The Impact of Corporate Entrepreneurship on Employee Commitment and Performance: Evidence from the Korean Food Franchising Sector," The Korean Journal of Franchise Management, 7(2), 5-14. (DOI: 10.21871/KJFM.2016.12.7.2.5) (in Korean)

*Kim JY, Park GM & Lew YK (2016), "Path-Creating Catching-up of SW Latecomers: Detouring and Internationalization of MidasIT and Infinitt Healthcare," Journal of Strategic Management, 19(3), 55-80. (in Korean)

 *Best Case Paper Award from Korean Society of Strategic Management in 2017

Yoon BJ & Lew YK (2016), "Modelling the Time-Varying Correlation between Oil and Asian Stock Markets, Using DCC-GARCH(1,1) and Smooth Transition Regression," International Business Journal, 27(4), 69-91. (DOI: 10.14365/ibj.2016.27.4.3) (in Korean)  

Khan Z, Lew YK & Akhtar P (2016), “The Influence of Host Country Industrial Policy and MNEs on Local Suppliers’ Learning Capability Development in an Emerging Economy,” Industry and Innovation, 23(6), 512-530. (DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2016.1189811) (SSCI)

*Lew YK, Sinkovics RR, Yamin M & Khan Z (2016), “Trans-Specialization Understanding in International Technology Alliances: the Influence of Cultural Distance," Journal of International Business Studies, 47(5), 577-594. (DOI:10.1057/jibs.2016.10) (SSCI) (FT top45) (Open access)

 *Best Paper Award of the Korean Academy of International Business in 2016

Lew YK & Liu Y (2016), "The Contribution of Inward FDI to Chinese Regional Innovation: The Moderating Effect of Absorptive Capacity on Knowledge Spillover," European Journal of International Management, 10(3), 284-313. (DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2016.076279) (SSCI)

Khan Z, Lew YK & Nicholson R (2016), “The Role of Dynamic Capabilities in Global Strategy of Emerging Economies’ Multinationals,” International Studies of Management & Organization, 46(4), 282-285. (DOI:10.1080/00208825.2016.1150725) (SCOPUS)

Sinkovics RR, Richardson C & Lew YK (2015), "Enhancing Student Competency and Employability in International Business through Master's Dissertations," Journal of Teaching in International Business, 26(4), 293–317. (DOI: 10.1080/08975930.2015.1130107) (SCOPUS) 

Khan Z, Lew YK & Park B (2015), “Institutional Legitimacy and Norms-based CSR Marketing Practices – Insights from MNCs Operating in a Developing Economy,” International Marketing Review, 32(5), 463-491. (DOI: 10.1108/IMR-01-2014-0017) (SSCI) 

Khan Z, Lew YK & Sinkovics RR (2015), “The Mirage of Upgrading Local Automotive Parts Suppliers through the Creation of Vertical Linkages with MNEs in Developing Economies,” Critical Perspectives on International Business, 11(3/4), 301-318. (DOI: 10.1108/cpoib-12-2012-0064) (SCOPUS)

Khan Z, Shenkar O & Lew YK (2015), “Knowledge Transfer from International Joint Ventures to Local Suppliers in a Developing Economy,” Journal of International Business Studies, 46(6), 656-675. (DOI:10.1057/jibs.2015.7) (SSCI) (FT top 45)

Jean R-J, Sinkovics RR, Kim D & Lew YK (2015), “Drivers and Performance Implications of International Key Account Management Capability,” International Business Review, 24(4), 543-555. (DOI:10.1016/j.ibusrev.2014.10.011) (SSCI)

Sinkovics RR, Sinkovics N, Lew YK, Jedin MH & Zagelmeyer S (2015), “Antecedents of Marketing Integration in Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions: Evidence from Malaysia and Indonesia," International Marketing Review, 32(1), 2-28. (DOI: 10.1108/IMR-07-2014-0211) (SSCI)

Khan Z, Lew YK & Sinkovics RR (2015), “International Joint Ventures as Boundary Spanners: Technological Knowledge Transfer in an Emerging Economy,” Global Strategy Journal, 5(1), 48-68. (DOI: 10.1002/gsj.1089) (SSCI)

Lew YK, Sinkovics RR & Kuivalainen O (2013), “Upstream Internationalization Process: Roles of Social Capital in Creating Exploratory Capability and Market Performance,” International Business Review, 22(6), 1101-1120. (DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2013.03.001) (SSCI)

*Lew YK & Sinkovics RR (2013) “Crossing Borders and Industry Sectors: Behavioral Governance in Strategic Alliances and Product Innovation for Competitive Advantage,” Long Range Planning, 46(1-2), 13-38. (DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2012.09.006) (SSCI)        

                                                                                         *One of the most cited Long Range Planning articles.

Book

contribution

Khan Z, Nair SR & Lew YK (2022), Research Handbook on Knowledge Transfer and International Business, 1st ed. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. (ISBN: 978788976107) 
 

Lew et al. (2017), Strategic Management: Competitiveness & Globalization (글로벌시대의 경쟁력 강화를 위한 전략경영), Seoul: Hankyoung-Cengage Learning. (ISBN: 8968441383, 9788968441387)

Park J-Y, Ha YJ & Lew YK (2015), “International Joint Ventures and Dynamic Co-learning between MNEs and Local Firms,” in The Rise of Multinationals from Emerging Economies: Achieving a New Balance, Konara P, Ha YJ, McDonald F & Wei Y (Eds.). Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 213-225. (ISBN: 9781137473110)

Sinkovics RR & Lew YK (2014), "Measurement and Scaling," in Wiley Encyclopedia of Management, Cooper CL (Ed.). 3rd ed. London: John Wiley & Sons, 351-353. (ISBN: 978-1-119-97251-8)

Lew YK & Sinkovics RR (2012), “Practices of Innovation in Mobile Computing Alliances,” in International Business, Harris S, Kuivalainen O & Stoyanova V (Eds.). Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 242-262. (ISBN: 978-0230320987)

Conference

contribution

An YH, Lew YK & Khan Z (2024), "The Legacy Dilemma: Navigating the Complex Interplay of Asset and Liability in an Established Subsidiary with Colonial Roots in an African Market," Academy of International Business 2024 Annual Meeting, Seoul, South Korea.

Kim GY, Lee WJ, Choi B & Lew YK (2024), "Matchmaking in Seoul: The Role of Hybrid Business Incubator in the Start-up Venturing Process," Academy of International Business 2024 Annual Meeting, Seoul, South Korea.

An YH, Lew YK & Khan Z (2023), "Determinants of Non-market Strategies in Weak Institutional Environments," Academy of International Business 2023 Annual Meeting, Warsaw, Poland.

Zahoor N & Lew YK (2022), "How to improve international marketing capability and export performance of emerging market SMEs in crises?," 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management Proceedings. 

Lew YK, Zahoor N & Donbesuur F (2021), "Entrepreneurial Alertness and SMEs' International Scope: The Roles of Business Model Innovation," 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management Proceedings, 13561, Virtual Conference. 

Gao Q, Cui L, Lew YK & Li Z (2020)​, "Business Incubators as International Knowledge Intermediaries: An Evolutionary Perspective," 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management Proceedings, 2020(1), 1277, Vancouver, Canada.   

Lew YK, Sinkovics RR & Yamin M (2018), "Specialization, Knowledge Combination, and Value Co-creation in Knowledge Accessing Alliances,” in Academy of International Business 2018 Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, USA.

Muaid R, Park JY & Lew YK (2018), “Two-ways of Organizational Learning in Creating Dynamic Capabilities: The Case of AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals,” in Academy of International Business 2018 Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, USA.

Lew YK & Kim J (2018), "Technological Complexity, Adaptation to a Platform, and Dependence in Value Co-creating Partnerships,” in The 25th Innovation and Product Development Management Conference (IPDMC), Porto, Portugal.

Khan Z, Lew YK & He S (2017), "Determinants and Different Colors of Trust in the Relationship between Developed-Developing Economy Partners: A Dyadic Perspective,” in Academy of International Business 2017 Annual Meeting, Dubai, Arab Emirates. 

Park H-H, Shin, GC & Lew YK (2017), “A Cultural Comparative Analysis on the Fair Trade Product Purchase Decision-Making Process,” in 2017 Korean Academy of International Business Summer Conference, Sapporo, Japan. 

Lew YK (2017), “Appointing More Outsiders or Separating Corporate Leadership? Corporate Governance Implications for China,” in AIB-LAT 2017 Conference, Lima, Peru. 

Lew YK & Yu J (2016), "Designing the Board Composition and Corporate Leadership Structure in the Era of China's Post-institutional Transitions," in Academy of International Business 2016 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA.

Kim JY, Park GM & Lew YK (2016), "Path-creating Technological Catching-up, Competence, and Internationalization of Latecomers," in 2016 Korean Society of Strategic Management Conference, Seoul, Korea. 

Lew YK & Sinkovics RR (2014), "Modularity and Social Governance in Non-equity Based International Alliances," in Academy of International Business 2014 Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada. 

Khan Z & Lew YK (2014), "MNCs CSR Practices in a Developing Economy - An Institution- based Perspective," in Academy of International Business 2014 Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada. 

Lew YK & Sinkovics RR (2014), "Modularity and Governance Issues in International Technology Ventures," in 41st Annual Conference of Academy of International Business, UK & Ireland Chapter, York, England. 

Lew YK (2013), "Modularity as an Inter-organizational Governance Mechanism in International Technology Venture," in the 27th British Academy of Management Conference, Liverpool, England.

Lew YK & Sinkovics RR (2013), "Does Tacit Knowledge Matter? The Impacts of Product Modularity and Social Governance Mechanism on Technological Capability and Performance," in Academy of International Business 2013 Annual Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey. 

Khan Z, Lew YK & Sinkovics RR (2012), "International Joint Ventures as a Boundary Spanner of Technological Knowledge Transfer: A Case of Automotive Parts Industry in the Emerging Market," in the 2012 Annual Conference of the European International Business Academy, Sussex, England. 

Lew YK (2012), "Non-complementary Governance Mechanisms and Innovation Capabilities," in Academy of International Business 2012 Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., USA.

Lew YK, Sinkovics RR & Kuivalainen O (2012), "Dynamic Capability: A Consequence of the Internationalization Process," in 39th Annual Conference of Academy of International Business, UK & Ireland Chapter, Liverpool, England. 

Lew YK & Sinkovics RR (2011), "International Strategic Technology Alliances - A Framework for Governance Mechanisms and Innovation Capabilities," in 38th Annual Conference of Academy of International Business, UK & Ireland Chapter, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Working

Papers

Choksy, U & Lew YK (2023), Absorptive Capacity and GVC, working paper.

Ahn Y, Lew YK & Drogendijk R (2023), MNE Subsidiary Typologies, working paper. 

Ahn Y, Lew YK & Khan Z (2023), Liability of Foreignness of MNE, working paper. 

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