Israeli Multinationals: Competing from a Small Open Economy

Yair Aharoni

Chapter 19 in Standing on the Shoulders of International Business Giants:In Memory of Yair Aharoni, 2024, pp 299-341 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Orthodox IB theory initially depicted MNEs as giant firms based in large, developed home markets. The headquarters of these MNEs transfer technology, management know-how, and capital from the home country to their various subsidiaries. Only much later did some researchers recognize that an MNE could be a knowledge seeker in addition to being a knowledge creator. Established MNEs endeavor to augment their knowledge by getting access to foreign-created knowledge, for example by acquisition of foreign firms. The MNE participates in various kinds of localized knowledge simultaneously (Rugman & Verbeke, 2001). The acquired knowledge is then transferred from one subsidiary to another or even to headquarters…

Keywords: International Business; Internationalization; Strategy; Service Economy; Start-Up High-Technology Companies; High-Technology; Managerial Decision-Making; Business Education; State-Owned Enterprises; Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L26 M1 M16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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