Agnieszka Chidlow is Associate Professor of International Business and Head of the Department of Strategy and International Business at Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK. As Associate Editor of International Business Review, her research revolves around the internationalisation of firms and methodological issues within international business research. Pervez N. Ghauri is Professor of International Business at Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK. Having previously studies at Uppsala University in Sweden, Pervez is the Editor-in-Chief of International Business Review. Thomas Buckley is Assistant Professor of International Business Strategy in the Management School of the University of Sheffield, UK. He previously studied at Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK, and his research focuses predominantly on the service sector and the retail industry. Emma C. Gardner is Assistant Professor of Strategy and International Business at Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK. Her research interests include business and professional services, organisational routines and institutional change. Amir Qamar is Assistant Professor of Strategy and International Business at Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK. His research interests include lean and agile operations, automotive supply chains, MNEs and productivity levels. Emily Pickering is a Research Administrator at Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK. Her research mainly revolves around institutional operations and HR.