Multinational Business Review: Volume 26 Issue 2

Are multinational enterprises in retreat?

Jan-Erik Vahlne, Inge Ivarsson, Claes G. Alvstam

This paper aims to contribute to the debate concerning the asserted end of the globalization process.

Corruption, political discretion and entrepreneurship

Alfredo Jiménez, Ilan Alon

While common sense suggests that corruption will likely have a negative impact on the economy as it raises the cost of doing business, research on the topic showed inconsistent…

Taking stock of firm-level and country-level benefits from foreign direct investment

Randolph L. Bruno, Nauro F. Campos, Saul Estrin

This paper aims to conduct a systematic meta-analysis on emerging economies to summarize these effects and throw light on the strength and heterogeneity of these conditionalities.

The dilemma of institutional duality and multinational firms 1967-2017: Implications and future research

Akiebe Humphrey Ahworegba

The purpose of this paper is to improve the understanding of the dilemma of institutional duality (ID) confronting multinational corporations and to propose a workable solution…

Foreign firms’ strategic positioning and performance in a host market: A resource partitioning perspective

Henry Yu Xie, Qian (Jane) Xie, Hongxin Zhao

Strategic positioning of foreign firms in a host market is vital for their success. By integrating the resource partitioning theory and the resource-based view, this study aims to…