We review and analyze the growing body of literature that addresses the institutional context
of international strategy. By examining articles in eleven major journals from January 2008 …

For a long time most international business researchers assumed homogeneity within
national borders. More and more, international strategy is being considered at the …

Much of the rising international connectedness of city-regions has developed from MNEs
replacing local connections with (superior) international ones. This often creates local …

Foreign investors generally need to overcome a liability of foreignness stemming from
contextual distance between their home country and the target country. We argue that they …

Multinational enterprise (MNE) location decisions are central to international business (IB)
scholarship and research shows that global cities are key MNE investment locations …

Extending the literature on institutional voids, we introduce theory from law that highlights
the ability of firms to choose the laws and enforcement mechanisms that govern their …

We show how the initial subnational entry location of foreign multinational enterprises
(MNEs) in China influences their subsequent within-country location choices and expansion …

This paper uses the introduction of metropolitan area development planning (MADP) in
China to examine the effects of regional integration on capital flow in the context of …

We estimate the effect of public participation in host countries on Chinese outward FDI
(OFDI) for a panel of 58 countries along the Belt and Road from 2004 to 2019 in a Heckman …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate different strands of institutional theory within
the internationalization process of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in developed and …