Since Vernon's seminal work (Vernon 1966; Vernon 1971), international firm expansion has been predominantly portrayed as a phenomenon led by firms located in economically and technologically developed countries in search for new markets, natural resources, knowledge leverage, and/or risk...

In the last 15 years, NAFTA has been one of the legal instruments that has driven the creation and consolidation of international business (IB) in the North American region around various productive sectors of goods and services, which has also led to the growth of supply and value and chains in...

The opening of the Mexican economy and globalization bring new opportunities for Mexican companies to expand their markets and get their products around the world. The internationalization process requires a sound strategy for the consolidation in foreign markets. The aim of this study is to...