The authors thank the Guest Editor, Lucia Piscitello, and three anonymous reviewers for their insightful comments and suggestions during the review process. We also thank Oded Shenkar and Chang Hoon Oh for their valuable comments on an earlier draft. This work was supported by Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Research Fund. Financial support from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), UK, who funded part of Rudolf Sinkovics’ time [grant number RES-075- 25-0028, ESVJ013234V1], is gratefully acknowledged.