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作者：Flores, Ricardo; Aguilera, Ruth V.; Mahdian, Arash; Vaaler, Paul M.
作者单位：University of New South Wales Sydney; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Universitat Ramon Llull; Escuela Superior de Administracion y Direccion de Empresas (ESADE); Wolfram Research, Inc; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
摘要：International business (IB) research has long acknowledged the importance of supranational regional factors in building models to explain phenomena such as where multinational corporations (MNCs) choose to locate. Yet criteria for defining regions based on similar factors vary substantially, thus undermining consensus regarding which regional grouping schemes fit IB research models better. In response, we develop and empirically validate a theory of comparative regional scheme assessment for m...
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作者：Schotter, Andreas; Beamish, Paul W.
作者单位：Western University (University of Western Ontario)
摘要：This study investigates the widely overlooked phenomenon of multinational enterprise (MNE) location avoidance, utilizing a multi-method research design and data on 131 foreign investment locations. It complements economic-choice-based location research by adding contextual dimensions at the country level that matter to managers personally, and affect decisions at the firm level. We provide a connection between international business research, the behavioral stream in economic geography, and th...
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作者：Goerzen, Anthony; Asmussen, Christian Geisler; Nielsen, Bo Bernhard
作者单位：Queens University - Canada; Copenhagen Business School; University of Technology Sydney
摘要：We combine the concept of location derived by economic geographers with theories of the multinational enterprise (MNE) and the liability of foreignness developed by international business scholars, to examine the factors that propel MNEs toward, or away from, global cities. We argue that three distinctive characteristics of global cities - global interconnectedness, cosmopolitanism, and abundance of advanced producer services - help MNEs overcome the costs of doing business abroad, and we iden...
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作者：Alcacer, Juan; Dezso, Cristian L.; Zhao, Minyuan
作者单位：Harvard University; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
摘要：The international business (IB) literature has mostly emphasized the impact of location and firm characteristics on location choices. However, industries with a significant presence of multinational enterprises (MNEs) are oligopolistic in nature, which suggests that rivalry among firms plays an important role in firms' dynamic decision-making processes. This paper explores how rivalry and differential knowledge accumulation among competitors affect MNEs' geographic expansion across time and ma...
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作者：Beugelsdijk, Sjoerd; Mudambi, Ram
作者单位：University of Groningen; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Temple University
摘要：Spurred by the classic work of Dunning, MNE location has become the focus of a growing body of research in the field. In this paper we argue that international business (IB) research examining the spatial dimension has serious weaknesses, stemming from its traditional assumption of the country as the location unit of analysis. While border-crossing remains the key research context of IB, placing it within a general spatial framework that recognizes both international and subnational spatial he...
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作者：Schmitt, Alexander; Van Biesebroeck, Johannes
作者单位：KU Leuven; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK
摘要：Several trends that affect the manufacturing of sophisticated goods - increasing international fragmentation of production, and lean and modular process technologies - have increased the importance of proximity in the supply chain. We use the case of the European automotive industry to simultaneously evaluate the relative importance of three dimensions: geographical, cultural, and relational proximity. Using a rich and novel data set, we find that carmakers value some aspects of each dimension...
