The Internationalization of Firms: Some Lessons from ASEAN Firms

Abstract

In the last 50 years the debate on the development of international business remained unsettled, especially that concerning the establishment of multinational firms from developing countries. Using the Ownership Locational Internalization (OLI) Model this paper examined the formation of multinational firms from ASEAN countries. We found positive similarities in the advancement of the firm’s specific ownership advantages such as skills, management know-how, R&D and technological capabilities. Unlike the firms from developed countries, the firms from developing countries adopted local elements in their products and services.  

Contributors

Mohamad Hanapi Mohamad: Malaysia

Journal

Title: Journal of International Studies

Publisher: UUM Press

Publication date (Electronic): January 12 2020

Volume: 12

Pages: 31-51

Affiliations

[1 ]School of International Studies, Universiti Utara Malaysia

Article

DOI: 10.32890/jis.12.2016.7971

License:

All content is freely available without charge to users or their institutions. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission of the publisher or the author. Articles published in the journal are distributed under a http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

Product

Self URI (journal-page): http://e-journal.uum.edu.my/index.php/jis/about

Self URI (article-page): http://e-journal.uum.edu.my/index.php/jis/article/view/7971