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Business Group Internationalization: Choosing A Host Country According To Institutional Distance, Marina A. B Gama, Jeferson Lana, Cyntia Vilasboas Calixto, Rodrigo Bandeira De Mello
Business Group Internationalization: Choosing A Host Country According To Institutional Distance, Marina A. B Gama, Jeferson Lana, Cyntia Vilasboas Calixto, Rodrigo Bandeira De Mello
Strategy and Operations Faculty Publications
Purpose – This research analyzes to what extent committing resources to the internationalization of family business groups is related to the institutional distance of the host country. Design/methodology/approach – We used OLS panel data with fixed effects. Findings – We identified that family business groups decide to internationalize themselves committing fewer resources to countries that present a positive institutional distance, and that are more institutionally developed than the country of origin. On the other hand, when family business groups choose to expand abroad committing more resources, they tend to invest in countries with a negative institutional distance, and that are …
Oil Prices And A Stronger Dollar: Causation Or Correlation?, Christina Donahue
Oil Prices And A Stronger Dollar: Causation Or Correlation?, Christina Donahue
Honors Senior Capstone Projects
A stronger dollar is accountable for a major effect on declining oil prices. Since oil is traded in U.S. dollars, oil prices are more likely to fall when the dollar becomes stronger. Thus, companies within the oil industry are delivering their worst results of the current decade due to plunging oil prices. However, the stronger dollar is not solely responsible for falling oil prices; the deteriorating demand of oil is the result of slowing growth in major countries such as China.