A geographic relational perspective on the internationalization of emerging market firms

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Deng, Ping; Delios, Andrew; Peng, Mike W.
• 署名单位: University System of Ohio; Cleveland State University; National University of Singapore; University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2506
• DOI: 10.1057/s41267-019-00276-y
• 发表日期: 2020
• 页码: 50-71
• 关键词: Economic geography; emerging market firms (EMFs); geographic relational perspective; INTERNATIONALIZATION; outward foreign direct investment (OFDI)

摘要

The growth of outward foreign direct investment from emerging markets has led to increased scholarly attention on the internationalization of emerging market firms (EMFs). We break from the recent strategic approach on internationalizing EMFs to develop a problematization approach, which permits us to introduce a geographic relational perspective. We use this perspective to highlight process thinking, complex social realities, and relational practice as means by which to better develop theory on the internationalization of EMFs. Our emergent approach emphasizes the need to view EMF internationalization as deeply situated in multifaceted contextual influences, as influenced by path dependence and as manifested in practice. These three relational tenets (contextuality, path dependence, and practice) are central to our geographic relational approach's ability to generate new challenging research questions for understanding EMF internationalization. Consequently, we add novelty to the international business domain by bringing space and process to the forefront of the EMF research agenda.