Internationalization in the information age: A new era for places, firms, and international business networks?

• 成果类型: Editorial Material
• 署名作者: Alcacer, Juan; Cantwell, John; Piscitello, Lucia
• 署名单位: Harvard University; Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Newark; Rutgers University New Brunswick; Polytechnic University of Milan
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2506
• DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2016.22
• 发表日期: 2016
• 页码: 499-512
• 关键词: information age; internal and external networks; connectivity; ownership advantages; ECLECTIC PARADIGM

摘要

The new techno-economic paradigm of the information age has brought about new structures and processes in international business (16). In this article, we examine the changing nature of the competitive advantages of places, the competitive advantages and strategies of firms, and the governance structure of IB networks in what has also been called the third industrial revolution. These three areas of change in IB activities can be mapped respectively to the location (L), ownership (O) and internalization (I) advantages of the eclectic paradigm. We interpret these OLI factors as dynamic constructs in order to depict analytically the shifts in the IB environment and their implications for IB.