How to identify liabilities of foreignness and assess their effects on multinational corporations
This article examines the liabilities of foreignness construct and discusses key methodological and research design issues facing liability of foreignness researchers. After reviewing past studies and more recent liabilities of foreignness research, I discuss definitional issues related to this construct. I then present a two-part research framework designed to first help identify a specific liability of foreignness in a focal country, and then help identify factors that minimize the effects of that specific liabilities of foreignness. I also discuss multinational management issues at the corporation level that likely affect liabilities of foreignness experienced at the foreign subsidiary level.
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2002
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Authors: | Mezias, John M. |
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Journal of International Management. - Elsevier, ISSN 1075-4253. - Vol. 8.2002, 3, p. 265-282
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Keywords: | Liability of foreignness Foreign direct investment Foreign subsidiaries Multinational management |
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