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作者：Blumentritt, TP; Nigh, D
作者单位：Marquette University; University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia
摘要：Just as the competitive activities of MNC subsidiaries exhibit differentiation as well as integration, so might MNC political activities. This paper combines the literatures on international business-government interactions and on multinational corporations, with resource dependence theory as a foundation. 1476 develop and test hypotheses on factors that might influence the degree to which subsidiary political activities are integrated with affiliated organizations, We find that subsidiary str...
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作者：Lu, JW
作者单位：National University of Singapore
摘要：This paper compares the predictions of transaction cost and institutional theories in an empirical study of the entry mode choice for 1, 194 Japanese foreign subsidiaries. The findings indicate the institutional model adds significant explanatory power over and above the predictions of the transaction cost model. Using the concepts of frequency-based, trait-based and out- come-based imitation, I find support for institutional isomorphism, as later entrants tended to follow the entry mode patte...
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作者：Gaba, V; Pan, YG; Ungson, GR
作者单位：University of Oregon; York University - Canada; University of Hong Kong; California State University System; San Francisco State University; University of Oregon
摘要：This study attempts to explain the timing of entry of firms in international markets, Based on the existing literature, we propose a framework that consists of firm-specific factors, industry/market factors, and host country factors, Empirical results, based on the entry information of U.S. Fortune 500 firms in China between 1979 and 1996 show that larger firms with greater level of internalization and scope economies are likely to enter this foreign market earlier. In addition, non-equity mod...
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作者：Kotabe, M; Srinivasan, SS; Aulakh, PS
作者单位：Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Temple University; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Temple University; Drexel University
摘要：Researchers in international business have long been interested in understanding the relationship between the multinationality of a firm and its market performance. This article contributes to this research stream by incorporating firm heterogeneity in examining the multinationality-performance relationship. The findings, based on a time series cross-sectional analysis of firms from 12 different industries over a seven-year period, indicate that the impact of multinationality on both financial...
