Multinationality and Performance: A Context-Specific Analysis for German Firms

Dittfeld, Marcus

doi:10.1007/s11575-016-0286-7

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“…Overall, our findings highlight the importance of putting the relationship between internationalization and profitability into context, which has been urged by Dittfeld (2017), and Liou and Rao-Nicholson (2019), among others. In this regard, our paper focuses on industrylevel contingencies.…”

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confidence: 54%

International Dispersion and Profitability: An Institution-Based Approach

2019

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are grateful for the funding provided by the Spanish Ministry of Economy (project ECO2017-86101-P). Raquel García-García would also like to acknowledge the financial support received from the FPI program of the Ministry of Economy in which she was enrolled. Esteban García-Canal likewise appreciates the support of Fundación Banco Sabadell, through the Cátedra de Crecimiento e Internacionalización Empresarial.

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International Dispersion and Profitability: An Institution-Based Approach

2019

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“…To summarise the findings on the moderating role of internationalisation motives, we answer extant calls to decompose the contextual complexity behind the MP relationship (Griffith, Cavusgil, & Xu, 2008;Contractor, 2012;Kirca et al, 2012;Tallman & Pedersen, 2012;Yildiz, 2013;Berry & Kaul, 2016;Dittfeld, 2017). By decomposing performance into distinct dimensions, we show that internationalisation undertaken with different underlying logics has distinct implications from the parent firm's viewpoint (Trąpczyński, 2016).…”

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Internationalisation motives and the multinationality-performance relationship: The case of Polish firms

Barłożewski¹,

Trąpczyński²

2021

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The objective of the article is to investigate the moderating role of internationalisation motives on the multinationality-performance relationship of Polish firms. Research Design & Methods: Our article uses panel regression models on a dataset of 97 Polish listed "new" MNEs with foreign activities established in the period of 2006-2013, gathered in a primary study. Findings: We found that Polish firms show an inverted U-curve relationship between multinationality and performance, which is contrary to the predictions resulting from the traditional S-curve analysis. Moreover, we found that political-institutional motives positively moderate the multinationality-performance curve for sales growth, while efficiency-seeking motives have a similar effect on return on assets and return on sales. Finally, competitiveness-related motivations behind internationalisation moderate the inverted U-shaped curve for return on equity, although they are different than expected. Implications & Recommendations: The article addresses the gap of limited consideration for the stage of internationalisation of the firms under study by focusing on early-stage ("new") MNEs. Secondly, as one of the very few studies, our work follows some recent calls to unbundle the substance of internationalisation by considering the moderating role of internationalisation motives.

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“…Due to their limited international experience, as well as low endowment in intangible assets, these firms pose a useful context to explore the discussed relationships. Hitherto, the literature on the performance outcomes of different forms of internationalization, as well as the overall internationalisation-performance relationship, has concentrated on advanced countries (Dittfeld, 2017;Rugman & Oh, 2011;Geleilate et al, 2016).…”

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Is internationalisation beneficial for novice internationalisers? The performance effects of firm-specific advantages, internationalisation degree and firm size revisited

Barłożewski

Trąpczyński

2021

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Research background: Research on the performance outcomes of different forms of internationalisation has attracted significant attention due to its theoretical and practical relevance. Still, the related findings have remained conflicting. Scholars have argued that companies need to possess or acquire firm-specific advantages (FSAs) to succeed internationalisation. However, a significant part of International Business (IB) research has treated FSAs as enablers of internationalisation, while some have argued that internationalisation in itself only helps firms translate the possessed resources into performance. Purpose of the article: The objective of this study, which is based on the resource-based view (RBV), is to explore the moderating effect of internationalisation on the relationship between FSAs and performance, considering internationalisation degree and firm size as boundary conditions for that relationship. Methods: We carry out statistical analyses on a longitudinal dataset containing 304 novice internationalisers from the post-transition economy of Poland and a total of 1167 firm-year observations. Thereby, we compare SMEs with large firms. Findings & value added: We find that while FSAs do positively affect firm performance, this relationship becomes weaker for higher levels of internationalisation. However, the negative moderating effect of the internationalisation degree becomes weaker for larger novice internationalisers, which are more able to handle the complexity of managing foreign operations.

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Multinationality and Performance: A Context-Specific Analysis for German Firms

Cited by 14 publications

References 47 publications

International Dispersion and Profitability: An Institution-Based Approach

International Dispersion and Profitability: An Institution-Based Approach

Internationalisation motives and the multinationality-performance relationship: The case of Polish firms

Is internationalisation beneficial for novice internationalisers? The performance effects of firm-specific advantages, internationalisation degree and firm size revisited

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