Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the determinants of the internationalization of small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). More specifically, it is to test the effects of entrepreneurship and networking relationship on the internationalization pattern of SMEs from an...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to contribute to the debate on the impact of globalization on the competitiveness of firms in least developed countries (LDCs). Two main research questions will be addressed. How does globalization affect the competitiveness of small to medium‐sized...

Purpose – This paper aims, by a direct comparison, to address the differences and similarities of the internationalization processes of multinational companies both from developed and emerging countries. Design/methodology/approach – This study employed qualitative approach, using an...

Purpose: This study aims to advance a sub-national perspective within the OLI Paradigm by analyzing how and to what extent the Eclectic Paradigm can serve as a general model to capture region-specific aspects of the location determinants of FDI, encompassing institutional effects that extend...

The purpose of this study is to build and estimate a model to assess the determinants of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Latin America and also for a larger group of emerging market countries. Based on a panel data model for seven Latin American Countries over the period of 1984-2001, we...

O objetivo deste estudo é examinar os determinantes do investimento direto externo (IDE) na America Latina, com ênfase ao impacto das variáveis institucionais sobre a decisão de investir das empresas multinacionais (EMN). Com apoio na revisão teórica e metodológica, um modelo de painel de...