Decision-making in international business

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Buckley, Peter; Casson, Mark
• 署名单位: University of Leeds; University of Reading; University of Reading
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2506
• DOI: 10.1057/s41267-019-00244-6
• 发表日期: 2019
• 页码: 1424-1439
• 关键词: internalisation; International business; Multinational enterprise; decision-making; organisation; rationality

摘要

This paper builds on preceding papers. It distinguishes three domains of international business theory: the boundaries of the multinational enterprise, the external environment of the enterprise and its internal structure. The central concern of internalisation theory is the boundaries of the firm. Any general theory of international business must also analyse the external environment and internal structure. Competition dominates the external environment while co-operation dominates internal structure. Different models of decision-making are required for each. Different theories of decision-making must therefore be integrated in order to transform internalisation theory into a general theory of international business. This paper examines how this can be done.