The main objective of this paper is to examine the determining factors of outward FDI from four major OECD investors US, Germany, France and the Netherlands to developing countries located in different world regions. Our goal is to elucidate whether the motivation for FDI differs among these...

The main objective of this paper is to examine the determining factors of outward FDI from four major OECD investors US, Germany, France and the Netherlands to developing countries located in different world regions. Our goal is to elucidate whether the motivation for FDI differs among these...

The focus in this paper is on the structure of relationships between business organisations across borders as explored in organisation science, network theory, and the theory of international business. The concept of business networks is thoroughly discussed in the context of the global...

The study of political regimes has been at the heart of political research for many decades, and recent years have seen a renewed wave of attention to hybrid regimes in particular. Hybrid regimes are those political systems that blur the boundaries between previously distinct regime type...

The relevance of services FDI strongly increased over the last two decades. As goods and services differ with respect to important characteristics, one may expect that the determinants of internationalisation are not identical in manufacturing and the service sector. However, there is...