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Management International Review
Published in: Management International Review 5/2009

01-10-2009 | Research Article

An Institutional Perspective on Foreign Direct Investment

A Multi-level Framework

Authors: Ass. Prof. John Francis, Ass. Prof. CongCong Zheng, Assoc. Prof. Ananda Mukherji

Published in: Management International Review | Issue 5/2009

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Abstract

  • The process of foreign direct investment (FDI) is inherently uncertain as decisions surrounding investments are impacted by fragmented environments which offer contested views as to appropriate actions.
  • We propose a multi-level organizing framework of institutional influences on FDI and examine the differential effect of these forces at two points in time: Prior to a first investment and upon subsequent investments.
  • We posit that upon initial entry, firms are impacted primarily by coercive host country pressures, industry mimeticism, and internal firm norms. We expect these influences to change on subsequent entries with normative forces having the most salience.
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Metadata
Title
An Institutional Perspective on Foreign Direct Investment
A Multi-level Framework
Authors
Ass. Prof. John Francis
Ass. Prof. CongCong Zheng
Assoc. Prof. Ananda Mukherji
Publication date
01-10-2009
Publisher
SP Gabler Verlag
Published in
Management International Review / Issue 5/2009
Print ISSN: 0938-8249
Electronic ISSN: 1861-8901
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-009-0011-x

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