This book provides a deep understanding of state-owned multinationals (SOMNCs) and their role in global business. SOMNCs have emerged as a force to contend with in global competition, and their study connects several fields such as economics, political economy, international business and global...

This chapter introduces the content of the book State-owned multinationals: Governments in Global Business. The book provides a deep understanding of state-owned multinationals and their role in global business. State-owned multinationals have emerged as a force to contend with in global...

We explain how the analysis of state-owned multinational companies (SOMNCs) can help extend the literature in two ways. First, we cross-fertilize the international business (IB) and state-owned enterprise (SOE) literatures in their analysis of foreign investment behavior and introduce two...

We review and bridge the literature on the internationalization of state-owned firms and sovereign wealth funds to provide a novel understanding of how governments’ nonbusiness objectives affect foreign investments. We explain how governments as foreign investors behave differently from...