...Evodio Kaltenecker; Kingsley Okoye; Mike Szymanski Purpose This study investigates whether the Ownership, Location, and Internalization (OLI) framework explains the internationalization of elite business schools into global cities (GCs) and proposes a theoretical extension to better account...

...Matheus Dermonde; Bruno Brandão Fischer; Gustavo Hermínio Salati Marcondes de Moraes Purpose We investigate the relationship between Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) and the internationalization pathways of Brazilian franchises. Our aim is to unravel the patterns of firm-level entrepreneurial...

... the internationalization process of the franchise. Another contribution of this study is to apply theories and models of developed economies to the process of internationalization of franchises in an emerging economy. Additionally, this study is based on a model that considers the distance, opportunities and risks...

...Hui Wei You; Rayenda Khresna Brahmana Purpose This research aims to examine the moderating role of digital orientation (DO) on the relationship between innovation and internationalization by framing the relationship under an agency, resource-based view (RBV) and organization orientation (OO...

...Yi-An Chen; Shiau-Ling Guo; Kuo-Feng Huang Purpose This study aimed to explore the antecedents of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) internationalization and to compare the different resources required to enter different geographical regions. This study adds to the discussion...

... journals. Finally, FDI by MNCs in emerging economies research is divided into four sub-research themes related to (1) FDI determinants, (2) entry mode, (3) MNCs and FDI performance and (4) the internationalization process. Originality/value The current article provides several starting points...

...Andrei Panibratov; Olga Garanina; Abdul-Kadir Ameyaw; Amit Anand Purpose The authors revisit the traditional OLI paradigm with the objective to allocate politics within the set of internationalization advantages by building on the political strategy literature. The authors outline the specific...

...Timo Kleiner-Schaefer; Ekrem Tatoglu; Ingo Liefner Purpose This paper contributes insights into how different firm types in the emerging market (EM) of Turkey respond to upgrading pressures in terms of internationalization and the usage of domestic political support. It seeks to highlight how...

... internationalization in Africa. Returnees' understanding of guanxi is shaped by their African traditions and their Chinese experiences, creating their new cultural capital and a dynamic Sino–African business mindset. Originality/value This paper reveals an emerging shift in the business mindset among...

... Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Acquisitions R&D investment linkage International product market experience Emerging economy Internationalization It is well established in the international business literature that emerging market firms...

... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Internationalization SMEs Dynamic capabilities Firm performance Small emerging country The contribution of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to economic development has been widely recognised in business and economic literature...

... influences the internationalization of the former. Design/methodology/approach An in-depth interview was conducted by using 26 SME managers/owners who are engaged in international activities in the “Belt and Road” countries. The sample was chosen from four East African countries across three industries...

... with the trend of outsourcing evident as a main attribute of a PSS in emerging markets. The main differences between established and emerging markets are related to country, culture and customer factors, which are market-based. Among the main challenges and risks that internationalized manufacturers face...

... Globalization International marketing Internationalization International marketing strategies “Globalization”, with the connotation of homogenizing business on a world-wide scale, has been considered a significant phenomenon since the early 1980s (Aulakh and Kotabe, 1993 ; Alon et al., 2013...

...Andrea Lanfranchi; Pedro Lucas de Resende Melo; Felipe Mendes Borini; Renato Telles Purpose In this study, the authors identify how formal institutional environments in destination countries matter to franchise chains as they internationalize. The institutional environment of the destination...

...-stage process -first, the decision to internationalization and second, how much to invest. We employ a two-stage model to decompose the effects on the decision to internationalization from effects on how much to invest. The two-stage model has the advantage of allowing us to estimate separately...

...Shaowei He; Zaheer Khan; Yong Kyu Lew; Grahame Fallon Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how innovation-related firm-specific ownership advantage (FSA) plays a role in developing the competitive advantage of Chinese multinationals when they internationalize. Design/methodology...

...Timon Immanuel Haasis; Ingo Liefner Purpose Supplementing a previous review article on the internationalization of Chinese firms (ICF) by Deng (2012) that covers the period 1991–2010, the purpose of this paper is to examine how research on this subject has thematically expanded in recent years...

... of these host countries. Design/methodology/approach The analysis of the internationalization process of these groups is based on a list of top financial groups ranked by total assets. In the empirical section, the factors that explain the choice of these locations by multinational firms are categorized...

... group affiliation in EM facilitates internationalization and investment into innovation in affiliated firms compared to un-affiliated firm, resulting in higher firm performance. The authors use advance statistical modeling – causal mediation analysis to separate direct effect and indirect effect...