Advances in Global Marketing

International marketing research: A state-of-the-art review and the way forward.- Lean start-up' practices: Initial internationalization and evolving business models.- Reverse internationalization: A review and suggestions for future research.- The roles of INVs and their agents in the organization of marketing tasks.- Home country institutional agents (HCIAs) as boundary spanners supporting SME internationalization.- Exploring informal and formal learning activities as enablers of learning-by-exporting in small and medium sized firms.- Strengthening innovation for greater exporting: A strategic path for developing country firms.- Antecedents, marketing capabilities contingencies and performance consequences of innovative imitation orientation: A resource orchestration perspective.- Comparative Thick Description: Articulating similarities and differences in local beer consumption experience.- Face concerns and purchase intentions: A cross-cultural perspective.- The VCW-Value Creation Wheel: A framework for market selection and global growth.- Market withdrawal, international orientation and international marketing: Effects on SME performance in foreign markets.- Ethics, sustainability, and culture: A review and directions for research.

Dr Leonidas C. Leonidou (Ph.D., M.Sc., University of Bath) is a Professor of Marketing at the School of Economics and Management of the University of Cyprus. His current research interests are in the areas of international marketing/purchasing, relationship marketing, strategic marketing, socially-responsible marketing, and marketing in emerging economies. He has published extensively in these fields and his articles appeared in various journals, such as the European Journal of Marketing, Industrial Marketing Management, International Business Review, International Marketing Review, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Research, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of International Marketing, Journal of World Business, Management International Review, and Tourism Management.

Dr Constantine S. Katsikeas (Ph.D. Cardiff University, M.A. Lancaster University) is Associate Dean for the Faculty, Head of Marketing Division, and the Arnold Ziff Research Chair in Marketing and International Management at Leeds University Business School, Leeds University. His main research interests focus on international marketing and purchasing, competitive strategy, and collaborative exchange relationships. He has published widely in these fields and articles of his have appeared in Journal of Marketing, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Decision Sciences, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of International Marketing, and other journals.