European Business Review: Volume 26 Issue 6

Chinese outward investments to emerging markets: evidence from Latin America

Gaston Fornes, Alan Butt-Philip

This paper aims to analyse the characteristics of Chinese multinational corporations in other emerging economies using evidence from Latin America (LA) vis-à-vis the features…

Internationalization dilemma for Brazilian firms: China vs. the Greater Mercosur region

Syed H. Akhter, Marcilio Machado

The purpose of this paper is to explore, using the conceptual frameworks of psychic distance and resource-based view, how Brazilian firms resolve strategic dilemma. Brazilian…

Targeting one’s own region: internationalisation trends of Colombian multinational companies

Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez, Juan Fernando Velez-Ocampo

This paper aims to provide an examination of the ongoing internationalisation processes undertaken by 30 major multinational Colombian-owned firms. It also presents a theoretical…

Model of the international competitiveness of SMNEs for Latin American developing countries

Jesús C. Peña-Vinces, Francisco J. Acedo, José L. Roldán

The purpose of this paper is to develop a theoretical model for evaluating the international competitiveness of small and medium multinational enterprises (SMNEs) located in Latin…

Competitive advantage in global markets: the case of the salmon industry in Chile

Christian Felzensztein, Eli Gimmon

This study aims to focus on how companies operating in international food commodity markets can improve their long-term competitiveness and profitability upon financial pressure…

Internationalization of emerging multinationals: the Latin American case

Mauricio Losada-Otálora, Lourdes Casanova

The purpose of this paper is to develop an analytical framework that challenges the condescending view of multinationals of emerging countries. In this paper, it is showed that…