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Reverse Internationalization: A Review and Suggestions for Future Research

verfasst von : Itzhak Gnizy, Aviv Shoham

Erschienen in: Advances in Global Marketing

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Although internationalization (entry and expansion) has been a predominantly important topic in the literature, there has been little research effort to explain it holistically with firms’ reverse internationalization (RI) behaviors in foreign markets. Despite the progress made to uncover the RI phenomenon, there still exist important issues and nuances within RI where scholarly understanding is scant. The purpose of this chapter is to review the RI phenomenon and encourage scholars and practitioners to examine its role as a topic for scientific inquiry, as well as a tool for managers of international/global organizations. This chapter highlights RI’s distinctiveness, which warrants a separate research stream within or alongside the internationalization process stream and offers suggestions for future developments.

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Divestment is a well-studied construct and can be a RI facet. In our view, since divestment is related more to international business than to international marketing, we do not relate to it in this chapter.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Reverse Internationalization: A Review and Suggestions for Future Research
verfasst von
Itzhak Gnizy
Aviv Shoham
Copyright-Jahr
2018
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61385-7_3