TY - JOUR
T1 - The Impact of Institutional and Human Resource Distance on International Entry Strategies
AU - Estrin, S
AU - Baghdasaryan, D
AU - Meyer, K E
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - 'Distance' between organizational contexts has been a prime concern of scholarly research into international business strategies. We extend this research by exploring the complementary roles of institutional and human resource distances on foreign investors' entry strategies. Combining institutional and resource-based theories suggests that: (1) human resource differences complement institutional differences; (2) the effects of some aspects of distance are curvilinear; and (3) the impact of distance differs between first and subsequent entries. We find empirical support for these arguments on a unique dataset of foreign direct investment in six emerging economies that incorporates multiple host as well as multiple home countries.
AB - 'Distance' between organizational contexts has been a prime concern of scholarly research into international business strategies. We extend this research by exploring the complementary roles of institutional and human resource distances on foreign investors' entry strategies. Combining institutional and resource-based theories suggests that: (1) human resource differences complement institutional differences; (2) the effects of some aspects of distance are curvilinear; and (3) the impact of distance differs between first and subsequent entries. We find empirical support for these arguments on a unique dataset of foreign direct investment in six emerging economies that incorporates multiple host as well as multiple home countries.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=70349214174&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00838.x
U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00838.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00838.x
M3 - Article
SN - 0022-2380
VL - 46
SP - 1171
EP - 1196
JO - Journal of Management Studies
JF - Journal of Management Studies
IS - 7
ER -