Christian Falaster

• PhD
• Professor (Associate) at Universidade Regional de Blumenau

We examine the role of government support on the ownership choices by multilatinas in cross-border acquisitions, both directly and in moderating the relationship between institutional distance and knowledge access. We argue that the pro-market reforms and three mechanisms of government support – financing, stock participation, and political ties –...

Different countries have different institutional environments. In this way, multinational companies must deal with the difficulties imposed by the differences between their home environment and that of the country where they are inserted. In this article, we analyze the effects of institutional distance on South-South acquisitions. Specifically, we...

Purpose Using an institution-based view, this study aims to conceptualize how sub-national institutional characteristics are likely to explain location choice of multinationals’ research and development (R&D) subsidiaries. Design/methodology/approach In a conceptual paper, this study explores specific institutional facets of the regional environme...

Read the full paper here: https://rdcu.be/clL78 Extant studies have focused on conceptualizing and measuring the general quality of the institutions and their impact on an array of firms’ strategies. We distinguish two dimensions of institutional inefficiencies in a host country – generalized and arbitrary – and theorize from a knowledge perspec...

Corrupção, definida como o abuso do poder público para ganhos privados, tem sido o objeto de estudos teóricos e empíricos na literatura recente de Negócios Internacionais. Com o objetivo de contribuir empiricamente com esta temática, o propósito do presente artigo é analisar os efeitos da corrupção sobre a escolha do modo de entrada internacional e...

Purpose This study aims to explore how the absorptive capacity of emerging market multinationals (EMNEs) facilitates increased acquirer performance in industry exploration and technology exploration cross-border acquisitions (CBAs). Design/methodology/approach The research context for this study is Brazilian EMNEs and their CBAs. The final databas...

Purpose This study aims to investigate the influence of resource slack on the decline of Brazilian companies, with a particular focus on the moderating role of environmental dynamism. The authors specifically examine three types of resource slack: available, potential and recoverable. These represent surplus resources that exceed what is necessary...

This paper explores the co-evolution of international business studies and institutions, employing a scientometric approach and bibliometric review on the application of institutional concepts in international business studies, outlining a research agenda. We compiled a database of 3,520 articles and conducted a scientometric analysis to examine th...

This paper explores the co-evolution of international business studies and institutions, employing a scientometric approach and bibliometric review on the application of institutional concepts in international business studies, outlining a research agenda. We compiled a database of 3,520 articles and conducted a scientometric analysis to examine th...

In the present study, we examine the manner in which firms’ experiential learning in challenging institutional environments shapes their entry strategies in subsequent international acquisitions targeting comparable contexts. Specifically, our research delineates the nexus between the institutional expertise firms garner from operations in countrie...

Objective: Multinational Companies (MNCs) can learn from their experience in host countries and develop an ability to deal with specific institutional inefficiencies. We advance that MNCs’ institutional capabilities, or the capabilities to deal with institutionally underdeveloped milieus, will likely lower the ownership requirements in subsequent d...

Purpose – In this study, the authors argue that there is more than meets the eye on the effects over postacquisition performance and diversification. This study aims to propose that the conditions that allow higher returns are dependent on the institutional context. The authors suggest that diversification strategies differ in their impact on posta...

Cross-border acquisitions (CBAs) are one of the key strategies for internationalization. However, most of what is known about CBA strategies relies on the effects of the host country's environment or the home country's conditions. In this article, we analyze the interplay between these two important factors. We show that companies from less institu...

Purpose Cultural distance can be a challenge for internationalization. However, in some instances, it is possible that different cultures could represent a benefit for multinational enterprises (MNEs) from emerging contexts. Drawing on the knowledge-based view (KBV), the authors propose that greater cultural distances lead to benefits for multinati...

Purpose: The study proposes a conceptual framework on how institutions influence risk and uncertainty. Beyond the nuances in defining the concepts in the existing literature, the role of institutions in shaping risks and uncertainties remains understudied. This paper adopts the new institutional economics (NIE) perspective to revisit the concepts o...

A inovação é um dos principais fatores fomentadores do desenvolvimento econômico e social, tornando uma condição para que as nações prosperem em um contexto dinâmico e global. Portanto, saber quais fatores culturais implicam em um melhor desempenho de inovação faz-se relevante. Assim, o objetivo que norteou esta pesquisa foi verificar a influência...

Objetivo: Analisar se as lógicas comportamentais de tomada de decisão podem atenuar os efeitos do preconceito de etnia na renda do empreendedor. Método: a partir da temática do empreendedorismo por necessidade e da teoria effectuation, foi elaborada uma survey com 107 empreendedores no Brasil, levando em conta diferentes aspectos socioeconômicos ca...

Purpose of the study: in this paper, we analyze the effects of institutional dynamics on innovation efforts of small businesses in Latin America. Methodology/approach: we use a survey sample of 11,446 small Latin American businesses from The World Bank; The survey comprised answered questions regarding their innovation efforts in the last three yea...

O trabalho tem o objetivo de relacionar os fatores de composição da comunicação dos canais de divulgação digital da marca Oktoberfest Blumenau, de 2017, com a narrativa transmídia publicitária. A pesquisa se classifica como documental, de abordagem quantitativa e utiliza a técnica de análise de conteúdo. Como resultado, constata-se que a comunicaçã...

In this study, we propose that home country institutional quality plays an important role as a moderator on the effect of host country institutional quality on ownership structure. We test our hypotheses with a dataset of 1390 cross-border acquisitions performed by Latin American firms. The results confirm a moderating effect of the home institutio...

We argue that there is more than meets the eye when it comes to the effects over post-acquisition performance and diversification strategies. Specifically, we propose that the conditions that allow higher returns with high level of diversification are related to the institutional context. We propose that diversification strategies differ in its imp...

IntroductionAs the Covid-19 crisis ensues throughout the world, researchers from several fields of research consider how they could contribute to the current understanding of the crisis. In the field of strategic management, we face a special problem as most companies scraped their strategic plans for the year 2020 as they are currently more focuse...

São muitos os fatores que estão ligados a confiança, a lealdade, o vínculo emocional e a conexão com a marca. Este estudo tem como objetivo relacionar cada um destes aspectos para que se obtenha uma conexão pessoal com a marca. Foi baseado em dados empíricos coletados de fonte primária por meio de um questionário aplicado a 179 respondentes. Com o...

In this article, we develop a study based on the liability of foreignness (Zaheer, 1995) premise. MNEs face the cost of doing business abroad (CDBA). This was latter on called the liability of foreignness (LOF), which has been recognized as a fundamental assumption in order to develop theories concerning this type of firm. In this work, we generate...

In this article, I develop a study based on the liability of foreignness (Zaheer, 1995) premise. MNEs face the cost of doing business abroad (CDBA) (Hymer, 1976). This was latter on called the liability of foreignness (LOF) (Zaheer, 1995), which has been recognized as a fundamental assumption in order to develop theories concerning this type of fir...

In this study, we propose that home country institutional quality plays an important role as a moderator on the effect of host country institutional quality on ownership structure. We test our hypotheses with a dataset of 1390 cross-border acquisitions performed by Latin American firms. The results confirm a moderating effect of the home institutio...

The ownership structure determinants have been an important subject in international business literature, and much more can be explored. Institutional distance has been developed in order to measure the distance between two countries, being one the home country of the MNE and the other the host country. Although many insights were taken from the di...

Neste estudo pesquisamos o que pesquisadores mais e menos prolíficos – que publicam mais ou menos artigos científicos – buscam nos seus relacionamentos de coautoria. Especificamente, procuramos entender se e como há diferenças nas motivações presidindo as coautorias entre pesquisadores mais e menos prolíficos. A investigação sobre coautoria é relev...

Objective: The aim of this study was to identify whether spending self-control and long-term orientation influence impulsive buying behavior, and also to understand the variables that may cause individuals to decrease impulsivity.Method: A quantitative survey was carried out to gather data regarding how individuals think and what they consider when...

This paper analyzes the attributes that influence tourists to share travel experiences in a virtual social network by examining the perceptions of visitors to the 32nd Oktoberfest in Blumenau, Brazil. The empirical survey involved 380 tourists in Blumenau-Brazil during Oktoberfest 2015 and addressed five dimensions relating to the attributes to sha...

In this study, we propose a conceptual framework on how institutions influence risk and uncertainty. We use the perspective of the new institutional economics to revisit the concepts of risk and uncertainty and propose how formal and informal institutions influence the uncertainties perceived by firms, the risks, and the interaction between risks a...

Acquisitions can have different degrees of diversification, being related to the core business of the firm acquiring, or unrelated. The more unrelated the acquisition is, the more willing to diversify the firm is. Even though on average related diversification strategies seem to be a better choice, increasing post-acquisition performance, it has be...

Objetivo: O objetivo deste estudo foi identificar se o autocontrole dos gastos e a orientação a longo prazo influenciam a impulsividade de compra, e compreender as variáveis que podem alterar o comportamento dos indivíduos fazendo a impulsividade diminuir. Método: Para entender como os indivíduos assumem o comportamento impulsivo na hora da compr...

Purpose of the study: To analyze the effects of the public policies carried out by the Brazilian government on the attraction of foreign direct investment. Methodology/approach: Exploratory and quantitative study uses of multiple linear regression models. Originality / Relevance: In this study we show the political-economics influences on foreign i...

Purpose of the study: To analyze the effects of the public policies carried out by the Brazilian government on the attraction of foreign direct investment.Methodology/approach: Exploratory and quantitative study uses of multiple linear regression models.Originality / Relevance: In this study we show the political-economics influences on foreign inv...

Dado que la imagen de destino es una construcción importante para la investigación turística, las ciudades y regiones intentan entender y desarrollar una imagen positiva para garantizar el número de visitantes y los ingresos del turismo. El objetivo principal de este artículo es desarrollar un modelo de evaluación de la imagen de destino mediante e...

The institutional distance represents the differences between the institutions of the countries. In the context of emerging countries, institutions are considered weak and inefficient, and may entail higher adaptation costs and impact on performance. For international business literature mitigate the negative effects of institutional distance is cr...

The growing competition in the hotel industry is one of the main challenges of this segment, which increasingly depends on the ability to innovate. Thus, this article aims to analyze the impact of innovation on the performance of employees and hotel organizations. This is an exploratory study, with a quantitative approach using a structured compute...

Com os avanços tecnológicos, as imagens postadas nas redes sociais de fotografia (Instagram) são utilizadas como ferramentas de avaliação pelos turistas, desta forma, o gerenciamento destas ferramentas são essenciais para os destinos turísticos. O objetivo desta pesquisa é avaliar a imagem do destino turístico Salvador, Bahia, Brasil, a partir das...

Market penetration, especially for small firms, requires effective ways of communication for investments optimisation. For small firms communicating effectively, means also being selective on communications objectives. In this study we investigate the adoption of communication and advertising innovations in small firms, including the role of paid a...

This study proposes an analysis of the form with which institutional entrepreneurs use institutional logics to perform institutional change. We investigate the institutional logics that influenced an insertion of the Brazilian cuisine in the high gastronomy of São Paulo. We analyzed data through interviews with process participants, and subsequentl...

Resumo Neste artigo, propomos que o esforço de inovação nas organizações, tratado por inovatividade, está relacionado com as fragilidades no sistema institucional do país. Em nossa pesquisa identificamos as ineficiências institucionais e seus efeitos na inovatividade das organizações. Usamos dados secundários de um estudo realizado pelo Banco Mundi...

Resumo Neste artigo analisamos o efeito da orientação na produção científica dos alunos de doutorado em Administração. A questão essencial de pesquisa é como a competência em produção científica (publicação de artigos) do professor orientador pode influenciar a produção dos orientados doutorados. Por meio de um estudo empírico quantitativo realizad...

Neste artigo de perspectiva, trazemos a teoria institucional para a atenção da pesquisa em turismo como uma teoria válida e em evolução que pode trazer contribuições para análises no turismo. Mostramos que a teoria institucional ainda é subutilizada no turismo e desenvolvemos uma série de proposições sobre como a teoria institucional pode ser útil...

VOCÊ DIZ QUE QUER UMA REVOLUÇÃO: TODOS QUEREMOS MUDAR O MUNDO RESUMO O livro " Leading the Revolution " ou " Liderando a Revolução " , de Gary Hamel, traz importantes contribuições para os estudos de inovação quando associados à estratégia. O autor afirma que estamos no limiar da era da revolução em que as formas tradicionais de buscar desempenho p...

The book “Leading the Revolution”, by Gary Hamel, brings important contributions to innovation studies when associated with the strategy. The author states that we are on the threshold of revolution era in which traditional forms of performance’ search for organizations no longer work. The milestone of this new era, according to Gary Hamel, is the...

Publishing in top-level academic journals is both a personal achievement and a crucial requirement in every scholar's career, albeit the institutional demands vary markedly among countries and institutions. In this study, we scrutinise how the effect of a set of factors - expenditure on education, R'D, English language proficiency and math competen...

Publishing in top-level academic journals is both a personal achievement and a crucial requirement in every scholar’s career, albeit the institutional demands vary markedly among countries and institutions. In this study, we scrutinise how the effect of a set of factors – expenditure on education, R&D, English language proficiency and math competen...

Due to new information access laws in Brazilian constitution, the principles of public administration transparency and accountability have now greater transcendence in Brazil. The new norms regulate disclosure of public administration actions, demanding a new series of measures to disclose procurements, contracts, concessions, licenses, permits, an...

A publicação de artigos científicos é um dos requisitos impostos aos pesquisadores brasileiros e contribui decisivamente para a reputação, mobilidade e benefícios financeiros destes. Para aferir a qualidade das publicações, a Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) criou o Sistema Qualis, que classifica os periódicos em...

Purpose Doctoral programs are primarily intended to train new professors and researchers to take positions requiring research competency. This paper aims to observe the scientific production of 734 Brazilian new PhDs in management and the possible link between the scientific output of the graduates and doctoral program rank. Design/methodology/ap...

Os índices de rejeição dos periódicos de administração clamam pela análise dos motivos que levam editores e revisores a rejeitarem artigos submetidos. Este artigo investiga quais as lacunas mais frequentes nos artigos submetidos aos periódicos das áreas de “administração, ciências contábeis e turismo”, que podem conduzir à rejeição. Metodologicamen...

Este estudo tem como propósito investigar a relação entre consumo de conteúdos vinculados à religião na internet, práticas religiosas e engajamento cívico, analisando as implicações para a comunicação organizacional. Esta investigação assenta metodologicamente sobre uma survey realizada com pessoas religiosas que utilizam as redes sociais virtuais,...

A forma como a Geração Y valoriza o emprego é diferente das gerações anteriores, o que requere que as empresas se adaptem para captar e reter profissionais dessa geração. O objetivo geral deste estudo é identificar quais os atributos que atraem a Geração Y na escolha do emprego. Para tanto, coletaram-se dados por questionário junto a estudantes pró...

A forma como a Geração Y valoriza o emprego é diferente das gerações anteriores, o que requere que as empresas se adaptem para captar e reter profissionais dessa geração. O objetivo geral deste estudo é identificar quais os atributos que atraem a Geração Y na escolha do emprego. Para tanto, coletaram-se dados por questionário junto a estudantes pró...

O engajamento é um fator de grande importância para as estratégias de relacionamento das marcas no meio on-line. Este artigo tem o propósito de analisar o engajamento dos usuários de sites da internet no contexto de suas implicações para a publicidade. Desta maneira, observamos as relações entre a satisfação atingida pelos usuários por meio do enga...

In this study we analyze the impact of institutional distance, government support and acquisition capability on the equity ownership acquired by emerging market multinationals (EMNC) in cross-border acquisitions (CBAs). While extant research has already delved into why EMNCs acquire foreign firms abroad, we have but an incomplete understanding of t...

Allison, G. T., & Zelikow, P. (1999). Essence of decision: Explaining the Cuban missile crisis (Vol. 2). New York: Longman.

Allison, G. T., & Zelikow, P. (1999). Essence of decision: Explaining the Cuban missile crisis (Vol. 2). New York: Longman.