The Role of State Ownership and Home Government Political Support in Russian Multinationals’ Internationalization

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to look into state ownership and political support as two factors that influence the process of internationalization of Russian MNEs.Design/methodology/approach – The authors observe the theory and empirical evidence behindthe phenomenon.Findings – The authors find that state ownership and governmental political support are two mechanisms of the transformation of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to MNEs in Russia.Originality/value – The topic is not covered sufficiently in the literature. The paper is based on the recent findings by the paper co-authors.Full paper available at https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOEM-10-2017-0380