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align="left" /></p> <p><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">The </span><strong><em><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business</span></em></strong><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> (JESB) publishes original empirical and conceptual research, and outstanding literature reviews, around change and transformation in business from a dynamic and /or evolutionary perspective. The journal will publish papers which analyze and explain past and contemporary changes in strategy, entrepreneurship, management, organization, business and political relationships, gender in business, and typologies of business in the world in past and present times. JESB is an open access publication with two issues per year, with an external and international academic peer review process of evaluation, with the sponsorship of RCUB (Revistes Científiques de la Universitat de Barcelona) gratefully acknowledged.</span></p> <p><strong><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Contact: </span><a href="https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/manager/setup/"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">jesb@ub.edu</span></a></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Indexed in</span></strong><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">:<br /></span>SCOPUS, ERIH PLUS, CARHUS + 2018, DOAJ, Dialnet, Latindex, Google Scholars, RACO, MIAR, ROAD</p> <p>2023 Scopus Cite Score in Social Sciences 1.4 (https://www.scopus.com/sources.uri)</p> </section> <section class="current_issue"> <a id="homepageIssue"></a> <h2> Current Issue </h2> <div class="current_issue_title"> Vol. 9 No. 2 (2024): The Evolution of China and Its Rising Multinationals </div> <div class="obj_issue_toc"> <div class="heading"> <div class="description"> <p><strong>Special Issue</strong><br><em>The Evolution of China and Its Rising Multinationals<br></em></p> <p><strong>Guest editors</strong>:<br>Lourdes Casanova (Cornell University)<br>Limin Chen (Wuhan University)<br>Anne Miroux (Cornell University)</p> </div> <div class="published"> <span class="label"> Published: </span> <span class="value"> 2024-07-01 </span> </div> </div> <div class="sections"> <div class="section"> <h3> Articles </h3> <ul class="cmp_article_list articles"> <li> <div class="obj_article_summary"> <h4 class="title"> <a id="article-47031" href="https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/47031"> The Evolution of China and Its Rising Multinationals. Introduction </a> </h4> <div class="meta"> <div class="authors"> Lourdes Casanova, Limin Chen, Anne Miroux </div> <div class="pages"> 1-5 </div> </div> <ul class="galleys_links"> <li> <a class="obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/47031/41870" aria-labelledby=article-47031> PDF </a> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li> <div class="obj_article_summary"> <h4 class="title"> <a id="article-46919" href="https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/46919"> Chinese Multinationals Gaining Global Dominance </a> </h4> <div class="meta"> <div class="authors"> Lourdes Casanova, Anne Miroux </div> <div class="pages"> 6-34 </div> </div> <ul class="galleys_links"> <li> <a class="obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/46919/41871" aria-labelledby=article-46919> PDF </a> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li> <div class="obj_article_summary"> <h4 class="title"> <a id="article-44244" href="https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/44244"> Green innovation drives globalization: a longitudinal case study of Angel Yeast’s evolution from a start-up to a world-class manufacturer </a> </h4> <div class="meta"> <div class="authors"> Xueyuan Liu, Yan Yu, Gexuan Song, Xiaolan Fu </div> <div class="pages"> 35-61 </div> </div> <ul class="galleys_links"> <li> <a class="obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/44244/41872" aria-labelledby=article-44244> PDF </a> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li> <div class="obj_article_summary"> <h4 class="title"> <a id="article-44239" href="https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/44239"> Chinese SOEs’ technological upgrading through OFDI: The impact of political ties and subnational institutions. A survey of literature </a> </h4> <div class="meta"> <div class="authors"> Mengchen Suo, Xiaolan Fu </div> <div class="pages"> 62-93 </div> </div> <ul class="galleys_links"> <li> <a class="obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/44239/41873" aria-labelledby=article-44239> PDF </a> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li> <div class="obj_article_summary"> <h4 class="title"> <a id="article-44090" href="https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/44090"> Internationalization of Clusters: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) of Township Industrial Clusters </a> </h4> <div class="meta"> <div class="authors"> Qian Lu, Feifei Huang, Liangding Jia, Chuang Kai </div> <div class="pages"> 94-108 </div> </div> <ul class="galleys_links"> <li> <a class="obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/44090/41874" aria-labelledby=article-44090> PDF </a> </li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="section"> <h3> Debates </h3> <ul class="cmp_article_list articles"> <li> <div class="obj_article_summary"> <h4 class="title"> <a id="article-47054" href="https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/47054"> The Growth of Chinese Multinationals </a> </h4> <div class="meta"> <div class="authors"> Mike Peng </div> <div class="pages"> 109-115 </div> </div> <ul class="galleys_links"> <li> <a class="obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/47054/41875" aria-labelledby=article-47054> PDF </a> </li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="section"> <h3> Research Notes </h3> <ul class="cmp_article_list articles"> <li> <div class="obj_article_summary"> <h4 class="title"> <a id="article-46103" href="https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/article/view/46103"> Works on family business history, 1949-2023 </a> </h4> <div class="meta"> <div class="authors"> Teresa Mateo López-Mora, José M. 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