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A Political View on the Internationalization Process

Figueira de Lemos, Francisco, 1968- (författare)
Uppsala universitet,Företagsekonomiska institutionen
Hadjikhani, Amjad, Professor (preses)
Uppsala universitet,Företagsekonomiska institutionen
Forsgren, Mats, Professor (preses)
Uppsala universitet,Företagsekonomiska institutionen
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Yamin, Mohamed, Professor (opponent)
The University of Manchester
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Uppsala : Uppsala universitet, 2013
Engelska 109 s.
Serie: Doctoral thesis / Företagsekonomiska institutionen, Uppsala universitet, 1103-8454 ; 158
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  • The role of governments in the internationalization of the firm had early recognition in prominent seminal studies in international business, such as Hymer’s thesis or the Uppsala Model, though the interaction between multinationals and governments has attracted scarce attention. As such, the main stream of economics and management studies have focused on internationalization essentially as an issue of the firm, wherein the multinationals’ interaction with the environment is limited to a business-industrial scope of suppliers, clients, and competitors.In a different direction, this thesis includes the political setting and studies the beneficial side of governments in the internationalization process of the firm. With this purpose, the present dissertation proposes a conceptual framework based on Johanson and Vahlne’s (1977) internationalization process model, complemented with Williamson’s (1975) Transaction Costs Economics, and encompassed by conceptual insights from institutional studies related to international business. Specifically, the role of governments in the internationalization process is examined through the variances of the relation between knowledge and commitment at the micro, meso, and macro level.The structure of the thesis reflects the multilevel approach, integrating one conceptual and three empirical papers, each of which dealing with a particular level of analysis. Through the aggregation of each paper’s intrinsic contribution, the dissertation’s summary offers a wide view on the internationalization phenomena, adding the political elements to the industrial-business elements of the environment. Overall, internationalization is conceptualized as a process of interaction with the business environment, whereas the public nature of political elements induces the compromise of combining activities between firms and governments. Evidence gives the ground to conclude that internationalization is not a game played just between firms, or, even, between firms and markets, but also with and within governments.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Ekonomi och näringsliv (hsv//swe)
SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Economics and Business (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Internationalization Process
Uppsala Model
Transaction Cost Economics
Institutional theory
Firm
Multinational
Government

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