Can Dunning's OLI (Ownership, Location, Internalization) framework be used to predict the best performing international entry modes or merely the most commonly selected modes? Using data from German and Dutch firms investing in Central and Eastern Europe, we investigate the relationship between...

Increasingly, scholars have suggested that there is a need to approach the problem of international risk from a multidimensional perspective [Brouthers 1995; Miller 1993; Shan 1991]. Miller [1992, 1993] developed and tested the most comprehensive framework to date. Miller [1993] showed high inter-rater...

In this paper, we suggest that the dominant motives for firms investing in Advanced Industrial Nations or Developing Countries (AINs or DCs) tend to be different. These dissimilar principal motives manifest themselves in aggregate impacts on national trade balances. Using market imperfections...

Is there a relationship between home-country competitive advantages, MNC price/quality product strategies, and firm performance? A cross-national contingency framework is developed, identifying three “regional stereotypes” of price/quality relationships, fueled by history and consumer...

Past studies of the relationship between national cultural distance and entry mode choice have produced conflicting results. Some scholars find cultural distance associated with choosing wholly owned modes; others find cultural distance linked to a preference for joint ventures. In this paper we...

As business becomes more international, have academic journals, particularly management journals, followed suit? In this paper we examine the amount and type of international research in 19 top management journals from 1976 to 1980 and again from 1996 to 2000. International business studies are...

In this paper we propose that states which attract comparatively more FDI should concentrate on activities designed to draw additional foreign investment rather than on activities designed to promote exports. Results indicate that states with comparatively more FDI have greater success in their...

Does following a product strategy of price leadership result in superior performance satisfaction for Chinese exporters? Does branding products and targeting less developed countries significantly improve Chinese exporters' satisfaction with export performance? Results indicate performance...