Jean‐François Hennart
The distinguishing characteristic of international new ventures/born globals (INVs/BGs) is that they have foreign sales from the outset, or very quickly afterward. I argue that this is due to their business model. INVs/BGs sell to spatially dispersed customers distinctive niche products that incur l...
V. H. Kirpalani, Norman B. Macintosh
Bishnu Kumar Adhikary
This paper examines the linkage between FDI, trade openness, capital formation, and economic growth rates inBangladesh over a period 1986 to 2008 using time series analysis. All variables are found stationary at firstdifferencing both at constant and constant plus trend level under the ADF and PP st...
Pravakar Sahoo
All five South Asian countries (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal) have been following consistent economic reform policy measures emphasizing the market economy and aimed at integrating their economies with the rest of the world. Consequently, all except Pakistan have experienced high...
Bibhuti Sarker, Farid Ullah Khan
Abstract The relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows and economic growth in host countries is a heavily debated issue. Although some studies have found evidence of the positive impact of FDI on economic growth, others have revealed the opposite result. Studies that examined the ...
A.K. Shamsuddoha, M. Yunus Ali, Nelson Oly Ndubisi
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of government assistance programmes on internationalization of SMEs from an Asian developing nation. Design/methodology/approach Primary data from a sample of 203 SMEs in three export-oriented industries in Bangladesh were analyzed using st...
A.K. Shamsuddoha, M. Yunus Ali
Purpose The impact of export promotion programs (EPPs) on firm export performance (FEP) has received little attention in the export literature. This paper attempts to investigate the direct and indirect impact of EPPs on FEP in a comprehensive model. The indirect effects of EPPs on FEP have been con...
Mollah Aminul Islam, Muhammad Asif Khan, József Popp, Włodzimierz Sroka et al.
Considering the importance of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows for the sustainable economic advancement of a host country, this paper investigates the financial development and FDI nexus, using institutional quality as a moderator. The sample consists of 79 Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) part...
Chong Ju Choi, Soo Hee Lee, Jai Boem Kim
Mahfuzur Rahman, Moshfique Uddin, George Lodorfos
Purpose Foreign market entry is considered as a key strategy to grow and survive over longer period of time for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The decision to enter a foreign market is not a straightforward story. Considering resource limitation, SMEs need to analyse the key barriers to entry ...
Haiyun Liu, Mollah Aminul Islam, Muhammad Asif Khan, Md Ismail Hossain et al.
This study investigates the nexus between financial deepening (FD) and foreign direct investment (FDI) in the context of a heterogeneous panel of One Belt One Road partner countries, using a relatively new FD index proposed by the International Monetary Fund. The study also adds value to the literat...
Romel Mostafa, Steven Klepper
We explore how the establishment of an industry pioneer through foreign seeding of industry knowledge can subsequently catalyze the growth of a developing country’s industry by involuntarily propagating the knowledge to subsequent entrants. As industry knowledge has tacit elements, we focus on mecha...
Aradhna Aggarwal
Constanza Bianchi, Abu Saleh
Purpose Relationship trust and commitment are two key dimensions of international exchanges. Both have been extensively investigated from an exporter (as opposed to importer) perspective in developed country (as opposed to developing country) contexts. To address these gaps, this paper aims to devel...
Md Imtiaz Mostafiz, Murali Sambasivan, See Kwong Goh
Purpose This paper aims to investigate the antecedents and outcomes of international opportunity identification (IOI) in export-manufacturing firms. The fundamental question addressed in this research is: How does dynamic managerial capability (DMC) of entrepreneurs contribute to IOI and success of ...