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Factors Affecting Perceptions of the Choice Between Acquisition and Greenfield Entry: The Case of Western Fdi in an Emerging Market

This study provides a comprehensive account of foreign establishment mode strategies of firms investing in Turkey. The results of the logistic regression modeling provide support to the hypothesized relationships that take into account the impact of host country specific motives of MNEs on their choice between acquisitions and greenfield investments. The host country motives quality of inputs and market potential have significant negative coefficients, indicating that an MNE will favor the ac...

Multinationality and Technical Efficiency: A Neglected Perspective

This paper addresses production function and technical efficiency in the context of multinational enterprises (MNEs). It applies the stochastic frontier production function technique (SFPF) to investigating a sample of US manufacturing MNEs and finds that an MNE normally encounters two phases of "liability of internationalization" in the course of international expansion. In addition, it shows that the firms with intensive investment in R&D and advertising development tend to alleviate or...

An Evolutionary Stage Model of Outsourcing and Competence Destruction: A Triad Comparison of the Consumer Electronics Industry

Outsourcing has gained much prominence in managerial practice and academic discussions in the last two decades or so. Yet, we still do not understand the full implications of outsourcing strategy for corporate performance. The authors longitudinally analyze three cases of major consumer electronics manufacturers, Emerson Radio from the US, Japan's Sony and Philips from the Netherlands to understand the dynamic process related to their sourcing strategies. They develop an evolutionary stage mo...

The Impact of Governance Mechanisms On Transaction-Specific Investments in Supplier-Manufacturer Relationships: A Comparison of Local and Foreign Manufacturers

This study explores the impact that formal and relational governance mechanisms have in inducing local suppliers to make transaction-specific investments in foreign and local manufacturers, respectively. Analyses, in this regard, were based on a sample comprised of 77 local supplier/foreign manufacturer relationships and 57 local supplier/local manufacturer relationships in China. The efficacy of different governance mechanisms, as shaped by local and foreign manufacturers, exerts varying deg...

The Drunkard's Search: Looking for 'Hrm' in All the Wrong Places

Specific concerns have been raised about the ontologies and epistemologies that have dominated HRM research and the concomitant ubiquity of positivistic research methodologies. These concerns have also given rise to calls for more pioneering research framed within alternative paradigms. This paper considers the theoretical and practical value of alternative approaches to the study of HRM. Results show, drawing on interpretive studies of HRM rooted in different epistemologies, ontologies, and ...

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The Regional Multinationals, Mnes and 'Global' Strategic Management

The Regional Multinationals, MNEs and "Global" Strategic Management, by Alan M Rugman, is reviewed.