This article examines international country location choices for equity investment undertaken by global hotel chains. Why do certain host countries attract more hotel investment than others? A second underlying issue that we tackle in this article is whether the traditional foreign direct...

In this article, we provide an overview of the research articles that have been published in the Journal of International Management between 1998 and 2010. Our scrutiny of 287 articles published in these 13years reveals a wide variety in the examined topics, authorship, author affiliations,...

Firms from developed nations are increasingly resorting to business process outsourcing (BPO) as part of their global sourcing strategy. Although BPO is a growing practice, there has been limited empirical attention in understanding the phenomenon, particularly from the perspective of provider...

The business landscape is currently witnessing widespread migration of service functions from developed nations like the U.S to several foreign destinations as India, China, Ireland, Philippines etc. This happens as more and more firms engage in international outsourcing of services (IOS) to...

This article examines the proposition that MNCs from a particular country are likely to exhibit profile similarities that are distinct from those of MNCs emanating from another country due to differences in home country factors. We call this "country of origin effect" (COE). A generalized...

Foreign direct investment made by firms globally rose by 40 percent to $315 billion in 1995 compared with the previous year. In spite of the apparent importance of globalization, very little research has examined the factors with potential to influence the rate of internationalization of firms....

This study examines the impact of industry structure on the foreign direct investment (FDI) entry mode decisions by multinational enterprises (MNEs) in manufacturing industries. We explore the notion that firms would seek to balance the risks due to industry structural barriers and liabilities...