Management International Review

Regional Economic Integration and Foreign Direct Investment: The Case of Nafta

The authors examine the impact of NAFTA on FDI into the region and the individual member countries. The literature on FDI and regional economic integration suggests that the implementation of NAFTA makes the entire area a more desirable investment location. However, insofar as individual member countries are concerned, the a priori effects are not necessarily unambiguously positive. They find that the implementation of NAFTA had a generally positive effect on inward FDI into the entire region...

The Impact of Entry Mode Choice On Foreign Affiliate Performance: The Case of Foreign Mnes in South Korea

This study examines the performance impacts of entry mode choice based on the perceptions of managers of a large sample of foreign MNEs in South Korea. Using an extended transaction costs model, an evaluation of performance relative to predicted entry mode is carried out. The authors find that affiliate performance is a multidimensional and complex phenomenon, which may be properly explained by multiple factors, including the coordination and control of the affiliate by the MNE, that go beyon...

Innovation in Multinational Firms: Does Cultural Fit Enhance Performance?

Using a dataset of 139 R&D laboratories located in 21 countries, this study empirically tests whether a fit among R&D laboratory mission and national culture impacts R&D performance. Specifically, the authors assume that some cultures possess a natural advantage when it comes to capability augmenting tasks, while other cultures are better suited to host capability exploiting tasks. Where the mission of the laboratory is capability exploiting, their results support a positive effec...

Learning Through International Acquisitions: The Process of Knowledge Acquisition in China

Research on the process of knowledge learning and absorption in acquisition context has emerged recently. Yet relatively less attention has been paid to the process of knowledge transfer and learning and its impact on successful acquisitions. This paper adopts a process perspective' to investigate this issue. Based on four international acquisitions in China, it generates new theoretical propositions as well as practical managerial implications. Results reveal the types of knowledge acquired ...

Performance Implications of Capability Exploitation and Upgrading in International Joint Ventures

This study investigates how capability exploitation and capability upgrading are associated with IJVs' financial and competitive outcomes in an emerging market, and how environmental dynamism and interpartner cooperation moderate the effect of capability exploitation and upgrading on IJV performance. Results suggest that IJVs in a foreign emerging market tend to perform better in both financial and competitive terms when they possess greater abilities to exploit current resources contributed ...

Biblio Service

Strategy Moves: 14 Complete Attack and Defense Strategies for Competitive Advantage

Strategy Moves: 14 Complete Attack and Defense Strategies for Competitive Advantage, by Vasconcellos e Sa, is reviewed.