This paper reviews and organizes the theoretical and empirical research on foreign direct
investment (FDI) knowledge spillovers from the international business perspective. In doing …

Develo** countries are attracting a significant portion of global foreign direct investments.
Governments of such countries often compete fiercely for attracting multinational …

Global value chain (GVC) governance is an established field within international business
research, yet the relational aspects of GVCs have, to date, garnered less scholarly attention …

We explore the impact of FDI and imports on the upgrading of African exports. We find that
South–South flows impact differently from North–South ones on the ability of recipients to …

Starting in the early 1990s many emerging and develo** economies (EDEs) liberalized
their capital accounts, allowing greater freedom for international lenders and investors to …

We analyze how pro-market institutions affect firm performance in emerging markets.
Integrating transaction costs and signaling theory, we advance three arguments. First, we …

The purpose of this paper is to examine the determinants of a firm's strategy to invest in a
conflict location. To the best of our knowledge, this has not been done before. We examine …

We summarize the key empirical evidence on the nexus between MNEs and development,
focusing on issues that are relevant for the formulation, implementation and assessment of …

The agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has been
attracting a great deal of attention in academic and policy circles, as well as within the …

The growing interest in global value chains (GVCs) has been paired with a greater
appreciation of the need for better measurement methods, as reflected by recent initiatives …