Imprinting and early exposure to developed international marketsthe case of the new multinationals

  1. Esteban García-Canal 1
  2. Mauro F. Guillén 2
  3. Paloma Fernández 3
  4. Nuria Puig 4
  1. 1 Universidad de Oviedo
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    Universidad de Oviedo

    Oviedo, España

    ROR https://ror.org/006gksa02

  2. 2 University of Pennsylvania
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    University of Pennsylvania

    Filadelfia, Estados Unidos

    ROR https://ror.org/00b30xv10

  3. 3 Universitat de Barcelona
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    Universitat de Barcelona

    Barcelona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/021018s57

  4. 4 Univeridad Complutense de Madrid
Revista:
Business Research Quarterly

ISSN: 2340-9444 2340-9436

Any de publicació: 2018

Volum: 21

Número: 3

Pàgines: 141-152

Tipus: Article

DOI: 10.1016/J.BRQ.2018.05.001 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAccés obert editor

Altres publicacions en: Business Research Quarterly

Objectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible

Resum

Investigaciones anteriores han analizado el efecto de impronta asociado con la expansión internacional de la empresa sin considerar la gama completa de diferencias entre los países de origen y de acogida. Estas diferencias son importantes porque, según la brecha de desarrollo y la dirección de la diferencia, las oportunidades de aprendizaje y la posibilidad de mejorar las capacidades de la empresa serán muy diferentes. Por ello, analizamos la influencia específica de la exposición a un grupo específico de mercados internacionales, aquellos que están más desarrollados que el país de origen de la firma focal. Obviamente, esta exposición beneficia especialmente a las empresas de países emergentes y de ingresos medios, a los que nos referimos como “nuevas multinacionales”.

Informació de finançament

Financial support from the First Fellowships for Research Projects in the Socio Economic Sciences of Fundación BBVA 2014---2016.

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