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“Notwithstanding his early contributions, international business scholarship has left capabilities considerations underdeveloped, to its considerable detriment (e.g., Birkinshaw & Hood, 1998; Cantwell, 2009; Langlois, 2007).”
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“It is, after all, the potential for synergistic interaction between headquarters and foreign locations (Cantwell, 2009), with their distinct institutional contexts and capabilities profiles, that distinguishes the MNE case from the general theory of the firm.”
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- Authors
- Cantwell, J.
- Affiliations
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Corresponding author
- Cantwell, John
- ORCID
- Cantwell, John
- Venue
- Journal of International Business Studies
- Published
- 2009-01
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 35-41
- ISSN
- 0047-2506 (ISSN-L)
- 1478-6990
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- W2078421143
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- 367
- References
- 95
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- FWCI
- 48.95
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- journal article
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- en
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › International Business and FDI
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Innovation and Knowledge Management
- Social Sciences › Communication › International Student and Expatriate Challenges
- Keywords
- multinational corporations, firm location, knowledge sourcing, knowledge spillovers, business networks, institutional compatibility, organizational decentralization
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