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The multinationalisation of South African telecommunications firms into Africa
Luiz, John M.; Stephan, Henry - In: Telecommunications Policy 36 (2012) 8, pp. 621-635
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This encompasses the reasons for investing, the methods of … Africa Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) have in navigating the complexities of doing business in institutional voids. The … liability of being from the relatively small emerging market of South Africa and operating in a country of institutional …
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Corruption, South African Multinational Enterprises and Institutions in Africa
Luiz, John; Stewart, Callum - In: Journal of Business Ethics 124 (2014) 3, pp. 383-398
internationalising into Africa. The results indicate that corruption in African markets is pervasive and closely associated with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010938054
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Foreign Direct Investment and the Internationalisation of South African Mining Companies into Africa
Luiz, John; Ruplal, Meshal - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2010
The paper investigates the factors influencing the internationalisation of mining firms into Africa and the strategies … employed. We focus on the FDI of South African mining firms because of the dominance of this country in the extractive … identify the entry-mode characteristics of the mining firms as well as the importance of the factors influencing the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008694556
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Corporate Social Responsibility and development in Africa: Redefining the roles and responsibilities of public and private actors in the mining sector
Campbell, Bonnie - In: Resources Policy 37 (2012) 2, pp. 138-143
which mining activities take place in order to consider the changing roles played by the various actors involved, whether … legitimacy faced by mining companies, have put forward measures in the name of CSR that do not address the origins that give rise …
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Regional foreign direct investment potential of the states within the US
Kandogan, Yener - In: Journal of Economics and Business 64 (2012) 4, pp. 306-322
Given various significant benefits, not only countries but also regions within a country compete against each other in trying to attract foreign direct investments (FDI). While there are several studies explaining the factors behind a country's potential for foreign direct investment,...
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Institutionalizing Ethics in Institutional Voids: Building Positive Ethical Strength to Serve Women Microfinance Borrowers in Negative Contexts
Chakrabarty, Subrata; Bass, A. - In: Journal of Business Ethics 119 (2014) 4, pp. 529-542
This study examines whether microfinance institutions (MFIs) that serve women borrowers at the base of the economic pyramid are likely to adopt a written code of positive organizational ethics (POE). Using econometric analysis of operational and economic data of a sample of MFIs from across the...
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Bridging the Institutional Void: An Analytical Concept to Develop Valuable Cluster Services
Schrammel, Tine - In: management revue. Socio-economic Studies 24 (2013) 2, pp. 114-132
Public policy and cluster management face a common challenge in developing sustainable clusters. Many clusters report difficulties acquiring membership fees once the governmental subsidies come to an end, which brings doubts as to the cluster management’s capabilities and likewise to the...
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Institutional Voids or Organizational Resilience? Business Groups, Innovation, and Market Development in Latin America
Castellacci, Fulvio - In: World Development 70 (2015) C, pp. 43-58
The paper compares the innovativeness of group-affiliated firms (GAFs) and standalone firms (SAFs), and it investigates how country-specific institutional factors affect the group–innovation relationship. The paper analyzes the contrasting predictions of two competing views: the institutional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011209239
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Business Groups, Innovation and Institutional Voids in Latin America
Fulvio, Castellacci - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The paper presents an empirical analysis of the innovative activities of business groups in Latin America. It compares the innovativeness of group-affiliated firms (GAFs) and standalone firms (SAFs), and it investigates how country-specific institutional factors – financial, legal, and labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260711
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The double-edged sword of legitimacy in base-of-the-pyramid markets
Kistruck, Geoffrey M.; Webb, Justin W.; Sutter, … - In: Journal of Business Venturing 30 (2015) 3, pp. 436-451
As compared to developed countries, a much higher proportion of entrepreneurs within base-of-the-pyramid (BOP) markets operate unregistered businesses. Prior research has suggested that the primary cause of such informal activity in these settings is the general failure of ‘weak’...
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