作者：Mascarenhas, B
摘要：The study examines what drives the founding of specialist firms. Two theoretical explanations are tested for the founding of specialists: density dependence and resource partitioning. The study finds that specialists' foundings are dependent on the population's density at the global level, but not at the United States level. The evidence from a fragmented industry does not support the resource partitioning hypothesis, either at the global level or the United States national level. The study sh...
作者：Banerji, K; Sambharya, RB
作者单位：Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Camden; Rutgers University New Brunswick
摘要：This study investigated whether small Japanese automobile ancillary firms followed the major Japanese automakers in setting up production facilities in the United States, Based on Dunning's eclectic theory of foreign direct investment and resource dependence theory, hypotheses were generated to explain the determinants of foreign investment of Japanese suppliers, It was hypothesized that mutual dependencies between the major Japanese automobile firms and their suppliers, firm-specific ownershi...
作者：Malnight, TW
摘要：This paper investigates and models the transition process within established multinational corporations (MNCs) in moving from decentralized toward network-based structures. Whereas there has been substantial research on various MNC models, there has been little longitudinal research on the movement toward projected network-based models. This paper develops an evolutionary perspective of this transition, distinguishing adjustments altering how the MNC defines its ''global'' strategy, where it l...
