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application/pdf en text Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-08-01 The student, Xin Wang, accepted the attached license on 2025-07-10 at 14:53. The student, Xin Wang, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2025-07-10 at 15:06. This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2025-07-11 at 15:24. DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #22453 on 2025-10-25 at 15:53:23 Multinational enterprises’ adaptation strategies under geopolitical risk Wang, Xin 2025-07-11 Yao, Fiona Kun Yao, Fiona Kun Mahoney, Joseph T Clougherty, Joseph A Li, Jiatao International Business Geopolitical Risk Multinational Enterprises Adaptation Strategies eng This dissertation comprises three empirical chapters examining how multinational enterprises (MNEs) strategically adapt to geopolitical risk, with each chapter focusing on a distinct adaptation strategy. The first study emphasizes the strategic alignment between dyadic-level government relations and MNEs’ strategic human capital allocation. Specifically, it examines the impact of home-host government conflict on MNEs’ staffing decisions regarding the use of expatriates as subsidiary managers. The second study incorporates the contagious nature of geopolitical risk with the reconfiguration potential inherent in each of the MNEs’ host countries. It theoretically conceptualizes and empirically measures a host country’s geopolitical risk-hedging potential to an MNE and investigates how such potential influences MNEs’ divestment decisions in that country. The third study examines sales penalties resulting from country-of-origin-based stigma in the context of online marketplaces. It highlights brand naming as a novel stigma-mitigation strategy employed by international sellers, along with the boundary conditions of this strategy. Together, this dissertation deepens scholarly understanding of MNEs’ adaptation strategies under the new international business paradigm and offers practical implications for how MNEs can effectively respond to the surging geopolitical risk and increasing global disorder. 2025-08 Text https://hdl.handle.net/2142/130156 Copyright 2025 Xin Wang Business Administration Business Administration University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Ph.D. Dissertation