Thomas Lindner

Professor of International Management

Category: Research

Publication with Moritz Putzhammer, Jonas Puck, and Arjen Slangen in Journal of International Management! “Multinational firms’ pace of expansion within host countries: How high rates of pro-market reform hamper the local exploitation of foreign expansion knowledge”

Although increases in corporate ownership positions in foreign markets occur frequently, the factors that determine how quickly such increases occur are underexplored. Combining international business research on experiential learning, knowledge recombination, and pro-market reform, we hypothesize that a firm’s international experience with ownership increases has a positive effect on the pace at which the firm

Publication with Moritz Putzhammer and Jonas Puck in International Business Review! “Changes in foreign operation modes: A review and research agenda”

This paper addresses the growing but fragmented research area of changes in foreign operation modes. Previous research claims this field to be under-researched and at the same time more complex than hitherto assumed. Moreover, a majority of studies investigating mode change include the topic rather inexplicitly. In consequence, literature on mode change is fragmented across

Publication with Florian Klein and Stefan Schmidt in International Business Review! “The effect of internationalization on firm capital structure: A meta-analysis and exploration of institutional contingencies”

Cost of debt is a key cognitive anchor for managerial decisions and an important determinant of firm profitability. We extend international management research by analyzing the effects of institutional distance, institutional quality, and their dynamics on the cost of debt in the context of foreign direct investments (FDI). We test our conceptual model on a

Publication with Jakob Müllner and Jonas Puck in Journal of International Management! “Cost of capital in an international context: Institutional Distance, quality, and dynamics”

Cost of debt is a key cognitive anchor for managerial decisions and an important determinant of firm profitability. We extend international management research by analyzing the effects of institutional distance, institutional quality, and their dynamics on the cost of debt in the context of foreign direct investments (FDI). We test our conceptual model on a