The purpose of this research is to study the relative importance of firm resources (firm effect) and industry membership (industry effect) in explaining firm profitability for a set of non-diversified manufacturing companies in Spain. We seek to obtain new results that confirm or deny previous...

One of the key decisions in the internationalisation process of hotel firms is the choice of the entry mode into a foreign country. Many different factors influence this strategic decision. From a sample of 127 entries carried out by Spanish hotel firms between 2001 and 2003, this study provides...

The internationalization of Chinese enterprises is a subject that is receiving increasing attention in international business research. This paper analyzes the influence of political risk and cultural distance on the location patterns of large Chinese companies. Our results show some...