Objective: To explore the practices that characterize the International Entrepreneurial Orientation (IEO) of SMEs who endeavor to reach foreign markets from emerging economies.Research Design & Methods: The multiple case study method analysed data collected through interviews.Findings: The...

Objective: The objective of the article is to explore how new multinationals construct their FDI location portfolios and what the performance outcomes of these decisions are. Research Design & Methods: Building our conceptual framework on the organisational learning theory, we conduct regression...

Seminal theories of the firm posit that firm ownership is allocated to minimize contractual inefficiencies. Yet, it remains unclear how much the optimal ownership choice affects firm performance in practice. This paper provides a first quantification of the gains from optimal ownership within...