Pawan Budhwar is 50th Anniversary Professor of International HRM at Aston Business School, Birmingham, UK. He is Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor International for Aston University, Birmingham, UK. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Human Resource Management Journal and Co-Vice Chair of Research & Publications at the British Academy of Management.Vijay Pereira is Full Professor of International and Strategic Human Capital Management and Department Chair of People and Organizations department at NEOMA Business School, France. He has a record of attracting funding and has published widely in over 200 outlets and has edited over 20 special issues and 10 books.Yama Temouri is Associate Professor of International Business at Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE, and Aston Business School, Birmingham, UK. His main research interests include the activities and performance of multinational enterprises and in particular the determinants and effects of foreign direct investment. He has published in leading journals such as the Academy of Management Perspectives, Journal of World Business, British Journal of Management, Journal of International Management, Journal of Business Research, International Business Review, Small Business Economics, and Journal of Travel Research.

• 1. International business research and scholarship in the Middle East: developments and future directions 2.The perceived value of measuring the impact of CSR performance on CSR investment: evidence from the UAE 3.Effect of corporate ethics and social responsibility on OCB: the role of employee identification and perceived CSR significance 4. Prevalence of CSR reporting in Arab countries: exploratory study and causal analysis 5. Market entry strategies in the Middle East: unveiling the sponsorship strategy 6.Past, present, and future of mergers and acquisitions in the MENA region: a systematic review and integrative framework

Pawan Budhwar is 50th Anniversary Professor of International HRM at Aston Business School, Birmingham, UK. He is Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor International for Aston University, Birmingham, UK. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Human Resource Management Journal and Co-Vice Chair of Research & Publications at the British Academy of Management.Vijay Pereira is Full Professor of International and Strategic Human Capital Management and Department Chair of People and Organizations department at NEOMA Business School, France. He has a record of attracting funding and has published widely in over 200 outlets and has edited over 20 special issues and 10 books.Yama Temouri is Associate Professor of International Business at Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE, and Aston Business School, Birmingham, UK. His main research interests include the activities and performance of multinational enterprises and in particular the determinants and effects of foreign direct investment. He has published in leading journals such as the Academy of Management Perspectives, Journal of World Business, British Journal of Management, Journal of International Management, Journal of Business Research, International Business Review, Small Business Economics, and Journal of Travel Research.

• 1. International business research and scholarship in the Middle East: developments and future directions 2.The perceived value of measuring the impact of CSR performance on CSR investment: evidence from the UAE 3.Effect of corporate ethics and social responsibility on OCB: the role of employee identification and perceived CSR significance 4. Prevalence of CSR reporting in Arab countries: exploratory study and causal analysis 5. Market entry strategies in the Middle East: unveiling the sponsorship strategy 6.Past, present, and future of mergers and acquisitions in the MENA region: a systematic review and integrative framework

Pawan Budhwar is 50th Anniversary Professor of International HRM at Aston Business School, Birmingham, UK. He is Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor International for Aston University, Birmingham, UK. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Human Resource Management Journal and Co-Vice Chair of Research & Publications at the British Academy of Management.Vijay Pereira is Full Professor of International and Strategic Human Capital Management and Department Chair of People and Organizations department at NEOMA Business School, France. He has a record of attracting funding and has published widely in over 200 outlets and has edited over 20 special issues and 10 books.Yama Temouri is Associate Professor of International Business at Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE, and Aston Business School, Birmingham, UK. His main research interests include the activities and performance of multinational enterprises and in particular the determinants and effects of foreign direct investment. He has published in leading journals such as the Academy of Management Perspectives, Journal of World Business, British Journal of Management, Journal of International Management, Journal of Business Research, International Business Review, Small Business Economics, and Journal of Travel Research.

• 1. International business research and scholarship in the Middle East: developments and future directions 2.The perceived value of measuring the impact of CSR performance on CSR investment: evidence from the UAE 3.Effect of corporate ethics and social responsibility on OCB: the role of employee identification and perceived CSR significance 4. Prevalence of CSR reporting in Arab countries: exploratory study and causal analysis 5. Market entry strategies in the Middle East: unveiling the sponsorship strategy 6.Past, present, and future of mergers and acquisitions in the MENA region: a systematic review and integrative framework