Demirbag, Mehmet and Glaister, Keith and Sengupta, Abhijit (2020) Which Regions Matter for MNEs? The Role of Regional and Firm Level Differences. Journal of World Business, 55 (1). p. 101026. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2019.101026
Demirbag, Mehmet and Glaister, Keith and Sengupta, Abhijit (2020) Which Regions Matter for MNEs? The Role of Regional and Firm Level Differences. Journal of World Business, 55 (1). p. 101026. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2019.101026
Demirbag, Mehmet and Glaister, Keith and Sengupta, Abhijit (2020) Which Regions Matter for MNEs? The Role of Regional and Firm Level Differences. Journal of World Business, 55 (1). p. 101026. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2019.101026
Abstract
This paper explores the impact of regional and firm level heterogeneity on MNE performance from an operational perspective. We find that the underlying economic growth of a region and the MNE’s overall product diversity significantly impact returns from downstream operations in specific regions. Based on a 10 year panel dataset of 1249 US based MNEs, results show that the incremental impact of the degree and speed of operations within a given region, is greater for regions exhibiting faster economic growth than for slower growing ones. For slower growing regions only, product diversity of the MNE becomes important and negatively moderates the link between operations and performance. Previous literature has shown that MNEs largely follow a regional strategy and has ignored the role of inter-regional differences, and how firm level characteristics interact with region specific ones. Once inter-regional heterogeneity is introduced, a more complex picture of the internationalization performance link emerges than has been addressed previously, with significant implications for the theory and practise of internationalization.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Regional Strategy, Degree of regional operations, Speed of operations, Product Diversity, MNE Performance |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Essex Business School |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 23 Sep 2019 11:46 |
Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 16:52 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/25288 |
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