This study attempted to identify how regional integration and spatial enlargement would affect firms’ strategic decisions from the outside of an integrated region. By analyzing data sets between 2000 and 2007 utilizing the gravity model, this study examined the specific properties of Korean...

Comparing all kinds of market entry, foreign direct investment (FDI) appears to be the most appropriate mode of foreign market. So called Market seeking FDI can be differentiated into those activities primarily aiming to realise psychic market proximity and into those activities mainly...

This article examines patterns of competence-building in foreign subsidiaries located in new member states of the European Union. Among the theoretical foundations of this paper are the concepts of dynamic capabilities and subsidiary-specific advantages. We consider subsidiary competences as a...