Do I stay or do I go? Sub-national drivers for post-entry subsidiary development

International Business and National Culture: A Literature Review and Research Agenda

“…Even more, as recently shown by Chidlow et al . (), within‐country differences condition not only pre‐entry internationalization decisions, but also post‐entry choices related to subsidiary development and relocation.…”

Are the BRIC countries overtaking intermediate countries in the race for international R&D? The case of Spain

“…However, understanding the location characteristics on which MNCs base their FDI decisions is more important today than ever before, primarily because of the rise of the emerging markets (Chidlow et al 2015). In order to explore this phenomenon, we build a conceptual framework that examines the environmental factors that determine a country's ability to attract investment using three different theoretical perspectives -internalization theory, the resource-based view, and the cultural-institutional perspective.…”

Regional factors enabling manufacturing reshoring strategies: A case study perspective

“…The novelties of this paper are threefold. Firstly, this work contributes to the emerging dialogue between the fields of international business and economic geography on the role of place in firms’ location decisions (Boschma, 2015 ; Cantwell, 2009 ; Chidlow, Salciuviene & Young, 2009 ; Chidlow, Holmström-Lind, Holm & Tallman, 2015 ; Mudambi, Li, Ma, Makino, Qian & Boschma, 2018 ), by illustrating that national policies implemented at the regional level can play important roles in connecting firms to a specific location so that space-aware choices can be made. Secondly, drawing on the GVC framework, this work focuses on a bottom-up approach and links reshoring to upgrading strategies that allow “countries, regions, and other economic stakeholders to maintain and/or improve their positions in the global economy” (Gereffi, 2011 : 39–40).…”