Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze how path dependence in the evolution of
major theories of foreign direct investment (FDI) locked in a theoretical perspective of the …

Poverty alleviation and empowering poor societies are important objectives of the United
Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The involvement of multinational …

This paper aims to investigate the existence of productivity heterogeneity among foreign‐
owned firms (FOFs) based in the European Union (EU). Using firm‐level data for a sample of …

Cette thèse porte sur les stratégies d'internationalisation des firmes chinoises,
particulièrement celles qui s' implantent en Europe. À travers une série d'études empiriques …

According to the eclectic approach of Dunning (2009), multinationals have always sought
certain resources in those countries where they have been locating (localization …

This chapter provides an extensive overview of studies of a subsidiary's roles. While
concentrating on the functional responsibilities of a subsidiary, it presents various …

The importance of investments by emerging country multinationals to industrialised
economies has risen continuously as illustrated by the growing number of Chinese merger …

Aim: to develop and understand which are the elements that influence the conventional and
reversed knowledge transfer, how they influence it and the benefits of transferring …

The relevance and geographical landscape of foreign direct investment (FDI) has drastically
changed in the last decades. At the end of the 80s, the world's FDI stock only represented …

We build upon the theoretical framework of firm-specific advantages (FSAs) and country-
specific advantages (CSAs) to examine the determinants of the local responsiveness …