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作者：Dikova, Desislava; van Witteloostuijn, Arien
作者单位：University of Groningen; University of Antwerp; Utrecht University; Durham University
摘要：In this study, we bridge two streams of foreign direct investment literature, specifically studies on establishment mode choice (i.e., the choice between an acquisition and a greenfield establishment) and studies on entry mode choice (i.e., the choice between a wholly owned outlet and a subsidiary with shared ownership). We arrive at a conceptual synthesis for an examination of the effects of the same predictors on the dual entry-establishment mode choice made in the context of a single foreig...
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作者：Buckley, Peter J.; Clegg, L. Jeremy; Cross, Adam R.; Liu, Xin; Voss, Hinrich; Zheng, Ping
作者单位：University of Leeds
摘要：This study investigates the determinants of Chinese outward direct investment (ODI) and the extent to which three special explanations (capital market imperfections, special ownership advantages and institutional factors) need to be nested within the general theory of the multinational firm. We test our hypotheses using official Chinese ODI data collected between 1984 and 2001. We find Chinese ODI to be associated with high levels of political risk in, and cultural proximity to, host countries...
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作者：Lyles, Marjorie A.; Salk, Jane E.
作者单位：Indiana University System; Indiana University Indianapolis; ESSEC Business School
摘要：In this paper, we examine organizational characteristics, structural mechanisms and contextual factors that influence knowledge acquisition from the foreign parent in international joint ventures (IJVs). We in turn relate assessments of knowledge acquisition to IJV performance. The data come from a survey of IJVs in the Hungarian context, where learning and knowledge acquisition from the foreign parent is thought to be particularly critical. Adaptation mechanisms, such as capacity to learn, ar...
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作者：Elango, B.; Pattnaik, Chinmay
作者单位：Illinois State University; Yonsei University
摘要：In this study we seek to explain how firms from emerging markets build capabilities to operate in international markets through learning from parental networks. The building of these capabilities is of particular interest, as firms from emerging markets may not necessarily possess the monopolistic advantages commonly referred to in IB literature, which allow a firm to succeed in international markets. Using lagged cross-sectional regression models on a sample of 794 Indian firms, we found that...
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作者：Johnston, Stewart; Menguc, Bulent
作者单位：University of Melbourne; Brock University
摘要：We investigate the relationship between subsidiary size and subsidiary autonomy in multinational corporations (MNCs) and conclude that a quadratic inverted U-shaped model is the best fit to our data. Founding our arguments in resource dependence theory, we propose that, while the subsidiary is relatively small, increasing subsidiary size will correlate with increasing resources in the subsidiary and a consequent increase in subsidiary autonomy. This positive linear relationship persists until ...
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作者：Singh, Jasjit
作者单位：INSEAD Business School
摘要：We use patent citation data to examine knowledge flows between foreign multinational companies (MNCs) and host country organisations in 30 countries. We find not just significant knowledge inflows from foreign MNCs to host country organisations, but also significant outflows back from the host country to foreign MNCs. In fact, in technologically advanced countries, knowledge outflows to foreign MNCs greatly outweigh knowledge inflows. Even in technologically less advanced countries, knowledge ...
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作者：Chan, Christine M.; Makino, Shige
作者单位：University of Hong Kong; Chinese University of Hong Kong
摘要：In this study, we examine from an institutional perspective the legitimacy rationale behind the choice of subsidiary ownership structure among multinational corporations (MNCs). We suggest that, when under a strong pressure to conform at the host country and local industry levels of their institutional environment, MNCs are likely to take a lower ownership stake in exchange for external legitimacy in the host country or local industry that their foreign subsidiaries are entering. We also sugge...
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作者：Lazarova, Mila B.; Cerdin, Jean-Luc
作者单位：Simon Fraser University; ESSEC Business School
摘要：This paper reviews and integrates two perspectives on repatriate retention: a traditional one, which suggests that the main determinant of repatriate retention is the availability of repatriation support programs; and an emerging one, which focuses on individual career activism in a changing employment context. Results of a study of 133 expatriates from 14 MNCs indicate that both views contribute to our understanding of repatriate retention. Building on the results of our study, we put forward...
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作者：Verlegh, Peeter W. J.
作者单位：Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; Erasmus University Rotterdam
摘要：Consumers often are positively biased in their evaluations of domestic products vs foreign alternatives. This study establishes economic and socio-psychological motives for this home country bias. Building on social identity theory, this paper shows that home country bias is in part driven by a need for self-enhancement. This influence is stronger for consumers who identify more strongly with their own country, and is complementary to the effect of consumer ethnocentrism, which provides an eco...
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作者：Kotabe, Masaaki; Dunlap-Hinkler, Denise; Parente, Ronaldo; Mishra, Harsh A.
作者单位：Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Temple University; Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick; Rutgers University Camden; Widener University; State University of New York (SUNY) System; SUNY New Paltz
摘要：This study examines the determinants of international knowledge flow. From a resource-based perspective, it evaluates the impact of cross-national knowledge transfer on firm innovative performance. Based on 56,027 US patents owned by 53 selected firms in the US-based pharmaceutical industry, the results suggest that innovative performance is a curvilinear function of the international knowledge content used by a firm to innovate. As hypothesized, it was found that at ( 1) low and moderate leve...
