Multinational enterprises and structural transformation in emerging and developing countries: A survey of the literature

X Fu, D Emes, J Hou - International Business Review, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents a review of the literature concerning the relationship between
multinational enterprises (MNEs) and structural transformation in emerging and developing …

Home country institutional impediments and international expansion of developing country SMEs

S Adomako, K Frimpong, A Danso… - International Business …, 2020 - Elsevier
Though institutional contexts are critical drivers of firms' international expansion, very limited
research efforts have focused on how and when these factors facilitate developing country …

Human capital, reverse engineering and new venture growth: The moderating role of competitive strategy

S Adomako, J Amankwah-Amoah, K Frimpong - Technovation, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, we propose human capital as an important enabler of new venture growth
(NVG) and investigate how and when it enhances NVG. We examined this by considering a …

Revisiting FSAs and CSAs in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Ghanaian Firms

ELC Osabutey, M Papanastassiou, Z Jin… - International Business …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is widely perceived as a region of countries with low
technological capabilities, weak complementary assets competing on basic country specific …

Enhancing the export activities of small and medium-sized enterprises in emerging markets

A Safari, AS Saleh… - Journal of Business & …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to examine a conceptual integrated framework for small-and
medium-sized enterprises'(SMEs) export performance that comprises all potential export …

Location choice, ownership structure and multinational performance

J Gu, Y Yang, R Strange - Multinational Business Review, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to link location choice and ownership structure to the debate on
the multinationality–performance relationship. Design/methodology/approach This paper …

Internationalization and corporate sustainability expenditure: The role of institutional support and foreign knowledge acquisition

K Frimpong - Business Strategy & Development, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study extends the literature on international business and sustainability by examining
the impact of internationalization on corporate sustainability expenditures, and the …

Home-country export regulations, credit markets, and corruption: implications for different types of internationalization

DB Audretsch, M Belitski, F Chowdhury… - Transnational …, 2021 - papers.ssrn.com
Direct exporting activities and outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) are two types of
internationalization that differ in firms' opportunities, resources and risks. We study home …

The impact of regulatory quality on business venturing: A semi-parametric approach

ML Polemis, T Stengos - Economic Analysis and Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
We study the effects of regulatory quality on entrepreneurial activity in 30 OECD countries
through the lens of a partially linear panel data model. We argue that there is a …

Enhancing export activities of small and medium enterprises: a case study of Qatari SMEs

A Safari, AS Saleh - Available at SSRN 3390977, 2019 - papers.ssrn.com
Although there are various benefits for SMEs to expand their businesses to international
markets, there are various obstacles that discourage them to move internationally, especially …