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Regional Diversification And Performance: Conceptualization And Competing Strategic Objectives, Keith James Kelley
Regional Diversification And Performance: Conceptualization And Competing Strategic Objectives, Keith James Kelley
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This dissertation comprised of three essays provides justification for the need to pursue research on multinationality and performance with a more fine-grained approach. Essay one is a conceptual response to an article written by Jean-Francois Hennart in 2011 which questions the need and approach toward future research in this domain. I argue that internalization theory does not render multinationality and performance research meaningless and identify key areas where methodological enhancements can be made to strengthen our research findings with regard to Hennart’s call for more content validity. Essay two responds to the need for more-fine grained research on the consequences …