Congratulations to the Palgrave-Macmillan Best Paper Award Finalists for 2023!

Japan-US differences and R&D investments in response to performance feedback: an analysis of global automotive firms
K. Skylar Powell (Western Washington University, USA)
Eunah Lim (Western Washington University, USA)
Valerie Alexandra (San Diego State University, USA)
Mooweon Rhee (Yonsei University, South Korea)

Cultural diversity in the region and the staffing of foreign subsidiaries
Naoki Ando (Hosei University, Japan)
Shiho Nakamura (Ritsumeikan University, Japan)

Striving in an institutionalized environment: Female self-initiated expatriates and their career agency
Jiayin Qin (Kyoto University, Japan)
Tomoki Sekiguchi (Kyoto University, Japan)

The role of place in emerging fields: A comparative study of ICT entrepreneurial ecosystems in Japan
Agata Teresa Kapturkiewicz (Sophia University, Japan)

The Winner of this year’s Best Paper Award is…

The role of place in emerging fields: A comparative study of ICT entrepreneurial ecosystems in Japan
Agata Teresa Kapturkiewicz (Sophia University, Japan)

Past Winners of the Palgrave-Macmillan Best Paper Award

2022 Japanese Women Pursuing a Career at Foreign Subsidiaries in Japan
Markus Pudelko, University of Tübingen
Helene Tenzer, University of Tübingen
2021 Sequential Investments and the Survival of Japanese Subsidiaries in the Context of Institutional Theory
Flavio Jorge FD Andrade Battistuzzo, ESPM
Mario Henrique Ogasavara, ESPM
2020 Corporate Philosophy as a linking mechanism:  Antecedents and Behavioral outcomes of internalization of corporate philosophy
Tamiko Kasahara (University of Shizuoka)
Tomoki Sekiguchi (Kyoto University)
2019 Measuring Change in ‘Hybrid Factories’: Longitudinal Study of Japanese Manufacturing Subsidiaries in Poland
Tomasz Olejniczak (Kozminski University)
Masato Itohisa (Hosei University)
Tetsuo Abo (University of Tokyo)
Hiroshi Kumon (Hosei University)
2018 Intercultural communication challenges in small cultural distance contexts: Lessons from Japanese expatriates in China
Katsuhiko Yoshikawa (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
Hyun-Jung Lee (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Carol W. Reade (San José State University)
2017 Family Friendly Work Practices in Japanese Firms: Their Impacts on Employee Turnover
Yuhee Jung (Gakushuin University)
Norihiko Takeuchi (Waseda University)
2016 Localization, Economic Distance, and Subsidiary Performance
Naoki Ando (Hosei University)