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Mario Kafouros is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily lies within the field of Business, Management and Accounting, with specific focus on Strategy and Management, Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, and Management of Technology and Innovation.

Their main research topics cover International Business and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Corporate Finance and Governance, Innovation and Knowledge Management, Family Business Performance and Succession, Global Trade and Economics, Taxation and Compliance Studies, and Intellectual Property and Patents.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Mario Kafouros include:

  • Cycles of de-internationalization and re-internationalization: Towards an integrative framework, 2021, Journal of World Business
  • Do firms profit from patent litigation? The contingent roles of diversification and intangible assets, 2021, Research Policy
  • How do formal and informal institutions influence firm profitability in emerging countries?, 2021, Journal of International Management

Additionally, their frequent co-authors include:

  • Murod Aliyev
  • Eva Mavroudi
  • Junjie Hong
  • Alan Kai Ming Au
  • Panagiotis Piperopoulos

Mario Kafouros has published multiple papers across several journals, with notable publication venues being:

  • Journal of International Management
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of World Business
  • Journal of Business Research
  • British Journal of Management

Best Publications

  • The role of internationalization in explaining innovation performance

    Mario I. Kafouros;Peter J. Buckley;John A. Sharp;Chengqi Wang;Chengqi Wang

  • Exploring the role of government involvement in outward FDI from emerging economies

    Chengqi Wang;Junjie Hong;Mario Kafouros;Mike Wright

  • What drives outward FDI of Chinese firms? Testing the explanatory power of three theoretical frameworks

    Chengqi Wang;Chengqi Wang;Junjie Hong;Mario Kafouros;Agyenim Boateng

  • Academic collaborations and firm innovation performance in China: : The role of region-specific institutions

    Mario Kafouros;Chengqi Wang;Chengqi Wang;Panagiotis Piperopoulos;Mingshen Zhang

  • Acquisitions by emerging market multinationals: Implications for firm performance

    Peter J. Buckley;Stefano Elia;Mario Kafouros

  • What factors determine innovation performance in emerging economies? Evidence from China

    Chengqi Wang;Chengqi Wang;Mario I. Kafouros

  • The role of open innovation in emerging economies:: Do companies profit from the scientific knowledge of others?

    Mario I. Kafouros;Nicolas Forsans

  • The Role of the State in Explaining the Internationalization of Emerging Market Enterprises

    Junjie Hong;Chengqi Wang;Mario Kafouros

  • The effects of global knowledge reservoirs on the productivity of multinational enterprises: The role of international depth and breadth

    Mario I. Kafouros;Peter J. Buckley;Jeremy Clegg

  • The effects of innovative capabilities on exporting: Do institutional forces matter?

    Jingtao Yi;Chengqi Wang;Chengqi Wang;Mario Kafouros

  • The Emergent Organization: Primary and Complex Metaphors in Theorizing about Organizations

    Joep P. Cornelissen;Mario Kafouros

  • Metaphorical images of organization: How organizational researchers develop and select organizational metaphors

    Joep P. Cornelissen;Mario Kafouros;Andrew R. Lock

  • Metaphors and Theory Building in Organization Theory: What Determines the Impact of a Metaphor on Theory?*

    Joep P. Cornelissen;Mario Kafouros

  • Under what conditions do firms benefit from the research efforts of other organizations

    Mario I. Kafouros;Peter J. Buckley

  • The impact of the Internet on R&D efficiency: theory and evidence

    Mario I. Kafouros

  • Cycles of De-Internationalization and Re-Internationalization: Towards an Integrative Framework

    Mario Kafouros;S. Tamer Cavusgil;Timothy M. Devinney;Panagiotis Ganotakis

  • R&D and productivity growth: Evidence from the UK

    Mario I. Kafouros

  • Under what institutional conditions do business groups enhance innovation performance

    Chengqi Wang;Chengqi Wang;Jingtao Yi;Mario Kafouros;Yanni Yan

  • Foreign and Domestic Collaboration, Product Innovation Novelty, and Firm Growth

    Wan Lin Hsieh;Panagiotis Ganotakis;Mario Kafouros;Chengqi Wang

  • Institutional development and firm profitability in transition economies

    Mario Kafouros;Murod Aliyev

  • Experience in R&D collaborations, innovative performance and the moderating effect of different dimensions of absorptive capacity

    Marios Kafouros;James H Love;Panagiotis Ganotakis;Palitha Konara

Frequent Co-Authors

Chengqi Wang
Chengqi Wang University of Nottingham
Peter J. Buckley
Peter J. Buckley University of Manchester
Joep Cornelissen
Joep Cornelissen Erasmus University Rotterdam
Timothy M. Devinney
Timothy M. Devinney University of Manchester
Andy Neely
Andy Neely University of Cambridge
Lucia Piscitello
Lucia Piscitello Polytechnic University of Milan
Agyenim Boateng
Agyenim Boateng Leeds Beckett University
Pervez N. Ghauri
Pervez N. Ghauri University of Birmingham
Mike Wright
Mike Wright Imperial College London
Christos N. Pitelis
Christos N. Pitelis University of Leeds

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