Entry modes of multinational corporations into China’s market: a socioeconomic analysis

Multinational corporations.

Multinational Corporations: Corporate Social

The aim of this paper is to identify contribution from MNCs from Australia in Thailand in the form of corporate social responsibility (CSR). The key focus is given to the analysis of CSR activities from MNCs in an effort to fight poverty in Thailand. Secondary data was collected from two MNCs in Thailand. The results of this study identify two key themes: (1) climate change and poverty, and (2)...

Intellectual Property Rights and Multinational Firms’ Modes of Entry

This paper studies the relationship between intellectual property rights (IPR) and the entry modes decision by multinational firms. A model is developed allowing firms to choose among export, foreign direct investment (FDI), and licensing. Firms in the recipient country may imitate the technology, and their abilities to do so depend both on the nature of each mode and on the level of IPR protec...

Multinational Corporations in Transnational Accountability

Multinational Corporations as Differentiated Networks

Multinational corporations are considered as a differentiated network of interorganizational (HQ-subsidiary) relations. Using data from 66 of the largest North American and European multinationals it is shown that four naturally existing clusters of subsidiaries can be found on the basis of the complexity of the external environment faced by the subsidiary and its organizational resources. Cent...