Multinationals and Interdependence in Internationalisation Processes

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Main Author: Sérgio Fernando Loureiro Rezende
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração 2006
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contents Multinationals and Interdependence in Internationalisation Processes Sérgio Fernando Loureiro Rezende Administración y Contabilidad multinationals interdependence Internationalization This article deals with interdependence and the internationalisation process of multinationals(MNCs); a topic that has received scarce attention in the literature (e.g. Bell & Young, 1998; Holmet al., 1995). By reviewing the literature on behavioural models of internationalisation, initially, thearticle suggests that MNCs should be regarded as loosely coupled systems in which independenceand interdependence of operations shape how MNCs evolve and organise activities across borders.Subsequently, the article models the internationalisation process of MNCs by highlighting threedimensions that characterise their pattern of evolution - uniformity, direction and rhythm, and laysout three hypotheses on the relationship between these dimensions and interdependence. Thedirection of the relationship is suggested to be negative, i.e., other things being equal, interdependenceis negatively related to uniformity, direction and the rhythm of the internationalisation processes.The article concludes by claiming that the internationalisation of MNCs results from an intricatecombination of independent, yet interdependent, internationalisation processes that evolve invarious spatial and temporal contexts within the MNC network 2006 artículo científico 1415-6555 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=84009702 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=840 RAC - Revista de Administração Contemporânea application/pdf Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração RAC - Revista de Administração Contemporânea (Brasil) Num.Esp Vol.10
format Artículo científico
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publishDate 2006
publisher Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração
spellingShingle Multinationals and Interdependence in Internationalisation Processes
Sérgio Fernando Loureiro Rezende
Administración y Contabilidad
multinationals
interdependence
Internationalization
Multinationals and Interdependence in Internationalisation Processes Sérgio Fernando Loureiro Rezende Administración y Contabilidad multinationals interdependence Internationalization This article deals with interdependence and the internationalisation process of multinationals(MNCs); a topic that has received scarce attention in the literature (e.g. Bell & Young, 1998; Holmet al., 1995). By reviewing the literature on behavioural models of internationalisation, initially, thearticle suggests that MNCs should be regarded as loosely coupled systems in which independenceand interdependence of operations shape how MNCs evolve and organise activities across borders.Subsequently, the article models the internationalisation process of MNCs by highlighting threedimensions that characterise their pattern of evolution - uniformity, direction and rhythm, and laysout three hypotheses on the relationship between these dimensions and interdependence. Thedirection of the relationship is suggested to be negative, i.e., other things being equal, interdependenceis negatively related to uniformity, direction and the rhythm of the internationalisation processes.The article concludes by claiming that the internationalisation of MNCs results from an intricatecombination of independent, yet interdependent, internationalisation processes that evolve invarious spatial and temporal contexts within the MNC network 2006 artículo científico 1415-6555 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=84009702 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=840 RAC - Revista de Administração Contemporânea application/pdf Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração RAC - Revista de Administração Contemporânea (Brasil) Num.Esp Vol.10
title Multinationals and Interdependence in Internationalisation Processes
topic Administración y Contabilidad
multinationals
interdependence
Internationalization
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=84009702