Internationalization of Emerging Economies and Firms

Explores the impact of country and firm specific factors, the role of institutions and governments, the strive for compensation of initial disadvantages and the struggle in finding ways to counterbalance late coming into the international arena in the process of internationalization. Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv Internationalization of Emerging Economies and Firms....Pages 1-14 The Regulatory Framework for Investment: Where Are We Headed?....Pages 15-39 Internationalization of Companies from Former Communist Countries: Outward Foreign Direct Investment from Central, East and South Europe, and the Commonwealth of Independent States....Pages 40-63 Foreign Direct Investment in New EU Member States from Central and Eastern Europe: An Investment Development Path Perspective....Pages 64-86 Sustainable Foreign Direct Investments: Regional Development and Transition Economies....Pages 87-114 Born-Global Firms from China and Norway: A Comparison....Pages 115-140 Becoming a True Born Global without Any Experiential Market Knowledge: Three Chinese Cases....Pages 141-168 From National Leaders to Global Players: Evidence from Russian MNEs in the High Technology Sector....Pages 169-190 Analysing Culture in a Cross-Border Acquisition: An Indian-Finnish Deal in Focus....Pages 191-223 Does Export Marketing Engagement by Manufacturers Pay Off? Evidence from the Vietnamese Wood Furniture Industry....Pages 224-246 Venturing Strategy and Growth Pattern of Malaysian Multinational Enterprises....Pages 247-266 Chinese Multinationals: Host Country Factors and Foreign Direct Investment Location....Pages 267-284 Meanings and Understandings in the Formation of Born Global Firms: The Case of Trikke Tech Inc.....Pages 285-300 Internationalizing a Brazilian Software Development Firm....Pages 301-319 Brand Strategies of Firms from Emerging Economies....Pages 320-342 What Explains Asian Investments in Denmark?....Pages 343-366 New Challengers in a Global Game: Reflections on the Internationalization of Emerging Economies and Firms....Pages 367-380 Back Matter....Pages 381-394 "A contribution to the scarce body of literature on internationalization of emerging economies and their firms. Using a large variety of national contexts, it addresses the advancing business development of new emerging economies and their impact on the process of internationalization of emerging countries and firms. The impact of country and firm specific factors, the role of institutions and governments, the strive for compensation of initial disadvantages, the struggle for finding ways to counterbalance for late coming into the international arena in the process of internationalization are brought under scrutiny in this volume. The chapters provide insights from diverse contexts ranging from Brazil to Malaysia."--Provided by publisher