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International diversification and firm performance in Mexican firms: A curvilinear relationship?
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This article examined the relationship between international diversification strategies and performance in emerging market firms and found that there is a U-shaped curvilinear relationship between diversification and firm performance.About:
This article is published in Journal of Business Research.The article was published on 2006-04-01. It has received 123 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Diversification (marketing strategy) & Emerging markets.read more
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Nature of the relationship between international expansion and performance: The case of emerging market firms
TL;DR: In this paper, a U-shaped curve depicting the internationalization-performance relationship of Indian firms was found, with service sector firms tend to gain the positive benefits of internationalization sooner than manufacturing companies.
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The Internationalization of Developing Country MNEs: The Case of Multilatinas
TL;DR: In this article, the authors study the decision to establish foreign direct investment (FDI) of developing country firms, in particular Latin American ones or Multilatinas, and reveal that many firms in Latin American have only recently become multinational enterprises (MNEs).
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The multinationalization of developing country MNEs: The case of multilatinas
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors study the decision to establish foreign direct investment (FDI) of developing country firms, in particular Latin American ones or “Multilatinas”.
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Conceptualising electronic word of mouth activity: An input‐process‐output perspective
Yolanda Y.Y. Chan,Eric W.T. Ngai +1 more
TL;DR: This paper conceptualise eWOM activity from an input‐process‐output (IPO) perspective, and proposes a classification framework based on the identified academic literature; analyze eWom literature in terms of quantitative development and qualitative issues that are useful to both academics and researchers; and provide directions and guidelines for future research studies in e WOM.
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Firm-Specific Assets, Multinationality, and Financial Performance: A Meta-analytic Review and Theoretical Integration
Ahmet H. Kirca,G. Tomas M. Hult,Kendall Roth,S. Tamer Cavusgil,Morys Z. Perryy,M. Billur Akdeniz,Seyda Deligonul,Jeannette A. Mena,Wesley A. Pollitte,Jessica J. Hoppner,Joseph C. Miller,Ryan C. White +11 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors test the predictions of internalization theory in the context of the multinationality-performance relationship through a meta-analysis of 120 independent samples reported in 111 studies.
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Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the link between firm resources and sustained competitive advantage and analyzed the potential of several firm resources for generating sustained competitive advantages, including value, rareness, imitability, and substitutability.
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The competitive advantage of nations
TL;DR: The Need for a New Paradigm as discussed by the authors is the need for a new paradigm for the competitive advantage of companies in global industries, as well as the dynamics of national competitive advantage.
Toward a Knowledge-Based Theory of the Firm,” Strategic Management Journal (17), pp.
TL;DR: The primary contribution of the paper is in exploring the coordination mechanisms through which firms integrate the specialist knowledge of their members, which has implications for the basis of organizational capability, the principles of organization design, and the determinants of the horizontal and vertical boundaries of the firm.
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Toward a Knowledge-Based Theory of the Firm
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the coordination mechanisms through which firms integrate the specialist knowledge of their members, which has implications for the basis of organizational capability, the principles of organization design, and the determinants of the horizontal and vertical boundaries of the firm.
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The Internationalization Process of the Firm - A Model of Knowledge Development and Increasing Foreign Market Commitments
Jan Johanson,Jan-Erik Vahlne +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a model of the internationalization process of a firm focusing on the gradual acquisition, integration and use of knowledge about foreign markets and operations, and on the incrementally increasing commitments to foreign markets is developed.
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