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Internationalization
About: Internationalization is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 18414 publications have been published within this topic receiving 427742 citations. The topic is also known as: internationalisation & Internationalization.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a case study of a labour market where globalization might reasonably be expected and find that English clubs tend to draw heavily on those foreign sources that most resemble local sources in terms of climate, culture, language and style of football (for example, Scotland, Ireland, Australia and northern Europe especially Scandinavia).
Abstract: This article challenges the idea that globalization is an inexorable free market process that fundamentally changes the nature of economic competition. Using evidence on hiring practices from the English football league (1946‐95) it presents a case study of a labour market where globalization might reasonably be expected. In finding that the market is characterized by a process of internationalization, the article goes on to show how this process is influenced by a range of economic, social and political factors that have distinctly national or British origins. More specifically, it argues that the recent expansion in overseas recruitment is shaped by the risk averse way in which employers deal with that which makes labour unique as a commodity: its variability and plasticity. Consequently, English clubs tend to draw heavily on those foreign sources that most resemble local sources in terms of climate, culture, language and style of football (for example, Scotland, Ireland, Australia and northern Europe, especially Scandinavia). Accordingly, the article concludes that radical notions of labour market globalization are fundamentally flawed since they fail to account for the ways in which labour market behaviour is socially embedded.
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01 Jan 2002
TL;DR: In recent decades, higher education trends have been increasingly analysed at the international level, with an important role played by international and intergovernmental organisations such as the OECD and UNESCO as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: In recent decades, the international dimension has gained importance in higher education policy. First of all, higher education trends have been increasingly analysed at the international level, with an important role played by international and intergovernmental organisations such as the OECD and UNESCO. On the academic side, these analyses have been supported by international comparative higher education research, carried out by research centres such as the Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS) in the Netherlands. Second, it has been acknowledged that government policies need to address the internationalisation of higher education directly, and should aim to move beyond existing schemes for academic mobility towards policies which encourage higher education institutions to internationalise their core functions. And third, the awareness has grown that policy initiatives are also needed at an international level.
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TL;DR: In this paper, an analysis of the regional effects of inward foreign direct investment, a particularly dynamic component of the internationalization process, is presented, with the locations of foreign operations becoming more like those of U.S. firms.
Abstract: The internationalization of the U.S. economy over the past fifteen years has had a discernible impact on regional development. This paper is an analysis of the regional effects of inward foreign direct investment, a particularly dynamic component of the internationalization process. Foreign direct investment dispersed over time, with the locations of foreign operations becoming more like those of U.S. firms. Regression results demonstrate that the location of foreign-owned property, plant, and equipment can be explained by variables representing: energy costs, infrastructure/transportation, and labor climate.
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TL;DR: The authors examines three detailed qualitative case studies of Chinese family firms from Hong Kong that have relentlessly pursued growth through internationalization and argues that venturing into foreign markets and transnational operations has become an effective means for Chinese family firm to expand beyond the limits of domestic markets and centripetal management structures.
Abstract: It has become conventional wisdom in management literature that family-owned business is restricted by its management practices and, therefore, cannot grow beyond a certain size. In the case of Chinese family firms, these practices are related to paternalism, nepotism, personalism, and fragmentation. This paper examines three detailed qualitative case studies of Chinese family firms from Hong Kong that have relentlessly pursued growth through internationalization. It argues that venturing into foreign markets and transnational operations has become an effective means for Chinese family firms to expand beyond the limits of domestic markets and centripetal management structures. International business strategies enable Chinese family firms to socialize trusted members into the corporate “family,” provide a training ground for the future heir to the patriarch, and consolidate networks of personal and business relationships. There are, therefore, no a priori reasons to support the alleged limits to the growth of Chinese family firms in their international context.
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