A Review of Theories of Multinational Enterprises

Mehdi Rasouli Ghahroudi, Yasuo Hoshino and Stephen Turnbull

Chapter 2 in Foreign Direct Investment:Ownership Advantages, Firm Specific Factors, Survival and Performance, 2018, pp 11-44 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The following sections are included:IntroductionThe industrial organization theoryThe internalization theoryThe location theoryThe eclectic theory (OLI paradigm)The product life cycle theoryThe internal financing hypothesisThe Kojima theoryTheories of entry modesThe classical theory of corporate governanceAgency theoryTransaction cost theoryResource-based theoryStages models of internationalizationMonopolistic advantage theory

Keywords: FDI; Japan; Multinational Corporations; Ownership Advantages; Firm Specific Factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D80 F10 F13 F18 G34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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