.... Specifically, it intends to help bridge an existing gap in the literature by focusing on the international commitment of established small entrepreneurial firms, a topic that has been largely overlooked; investigating small‐firm commitment to foreign investments whereas most studies focus on exporting...

... 2003 Foreign investment Northern Ireland Bahrain Motivation As the trend towards increasingly global markets continues, foreign direct investment (FDI) is regarded as an important way for firms to obtain the benefits of globalisation. Policy makers recognise the benefits that inward...

... business Foreign investment Yadong   Luo . Entry and Co‐operative Strategies in International Business Expansion . Westport, CT : Quorum Books , ISBN: ISBN: 1‐56720‐161‐X ...

... of the model and future research directions are delineated. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Foreign investment Market entry Time Involvement Optimization Model The rapidly increasing globalization of economic activities in recent years has expanded opportunities for the marketing of goods...

... to increase, and to do so at a rate close to twice that of the growth in consumer purchasing power. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Retailing International marketing Foreign investment United Kingdom In recent years the accelerating internationalisation of retailing has attracted the attention...

..., namely managing inter‐organizational relationships and management control. Ingmar   Björkman , Mats   Forsgren Edited by . The Nature of the International Firm . Copenhagen : Handelshøjkolens Forlag   1997 . 500 pp Alliances Competitive advantage Foreign...

...Graham J. Hooley; Tony Cox; David Shipley; Jozsef Beracs; Krizstina Kolos Since the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the accompanying social and political revolutions of 1989 a great deal has been written about the need to attract foreign investment, technology and managerial expertise...

... international service firms to test the various effects using logistic regression. Results suggest that the moderators affect both the strength and the direction of the impact that internal and external uncertainty have on foreign direct investment. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Companies Foreign investment...

... of local production factors have a greater impact on the firm′s entry mode choice than a host country′s business environment factors. Competitive advantage Export Foreign investment Market entry USA International Marketing Review 10,2 Impact of Host Country Market Characteristics on the Choice...

... and consumption) enter world markets almost exclusively via foreign direct investment and contractual transfers. This diversity poses challenges to practitioners, policy makers and researchers in this field. © MCB UP Limited 1990 Export Foreign investment International marketing Service industries...

.... The appendix gives suggestions for how the same contents could be presented in more dynamic and attractive language. © MCB UP Limited 1989 Foreign investment Joint ventures Developing countries Multinationals International Marketing Review 6,3 62 Received August 1987 Revised April 1988 Revised...

... be clustered into segments based on the FDI benefits they seek. The article concludes with normative and practical implications of the methodology for investment policy makers in recipient countries. © MCB UP Limited 1988 Foreign Investment Segmentation The authors wish to thank S. Tamer...