Blar i BI Open på forfatter "Benito, Gabriel R. G."
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A review of research on outward foreign direct investment from emerging countries, including China: What do we know, how do we know and where should we be heading?
Paul, Justin; Benito, Gabriel R. G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Using the Antecedents, Decisions and Outcomes (ADO) format as an organizing framework, this article gives an overview of the literature on different dimensions and characteristics of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) ... -
An empirical investigation of the role of industry factors in the internationalization patterns of firms
Grøgaard, Birgitte; Gioia, Carmine; Benito, Gabriel R. G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Research on companies’ internationalization has mainly focused on firm-level and country-level factors in order to explain firms’ cross-border activities. With the exception of a limited number of studies emphasizing ... -
Capital Structure of Foreign Direct Investments: A Transaction Cost Analysis
Rygh, Asmund; Benito, Gabriel R. G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Transaction cost theory (TCT) plays a major role in theorizing about the boundaries of the multinational enterprise (MNE), and is increasingly being applied to intra-MNE governance. We apply TCT to capital structure decisions ... -
Domestic Alliance Networks and Regional Strategies of MNEs: A Structural Embeddedness Perspective
Iurkov, Viacheslav; Benito, Gabriel R. G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)We draw on a social network perspective to explain multinational enterprises’ (MNEs) propensity to distribute their operations unevenly across various regions of the world. We focus on how the positioning of MNEs in their ... -
Fra operativ til strategisk internasjonalisering: En studie av store norske selskapers utflytting av divisjonshovedkontorer
Benito, Gabriel R. G.; Christensen, Sverre A.; Lunnan, Randi; Tomassen, Sverre (Forskningsrapport, Research report, 2008)Forskningsrapporten presenterer funnene fra en undersøkelse av utflytting av hovedkontorer for divisjoner og forretningsområder for selskaper som er børsnotert i Norge. Mens den tradisjonelle internasjonaliseringen – knyttet ... -
Governance costs in foreign direct investments: a MNC headquarters challenge
Tomassen, Sverre; Benito, Gabriel R. G.; Lunnan, Randi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)According to transaction cost and internalization theories of multinational enterprises, companies make foreign direct investments (FDI) when the combined costs of operations and governance are lower for FDI than for market ... -
Mode Combinations and International Operations: Theoretical Issues and an Empirical Investigation
Benito, Gabriel R. G.; Petersen, Bent; Welch, Lawrence S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)An enduring characteristic of extant literature on foreign operation modes is its discrete choice approach, where companies are assumed to choose one among a small number of distinctive alternatives. • In this paper, ... -
Moving Abroad: Factors that Motivate Foreign Location of Headquarter Activities
Lunnan, Randi; Benito, Gabriel R. G.; Tomassen, Sverre (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)To what extent, why and where do multinational companies locate divisional headquarters (DHQs) abroad? This study of 30 of the largest listed companies in Norway over the 2000 to 2006 period shows that foreign located ... -
Offshore outsourcing: a dynamic, operation mode perspective
Benito, Gabriel R. G.; Dovgan, Olesya; Petersen, Bent; Welch, Lawrence S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Based on a case study of the Danish company SimCorp and the development of its operations in Kiev, Ukraine, we analyse offshore outsourcing in a broader, longitudinal foreign operation mode context, and how it may contribute ... -
The benefits of internationalization for state-owned enterprises
Benito, Gabriel R. G.; Rygh, Asmund; Lunnan, Randi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Plain language summary: We investigate whether listed state-owned enterprises (SOEs) benefit more from internationalization than listed private enterprises. We argue that SOEs have a greater scope for benefitting from ... -
Where do MNEs locate their headquarters? At home!
Meyer, Klaus E.; Benito, Gabriel R. G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)We discuss the concept of corporate headquarters and outline a simple model of where MNEs locate their corporate headquarters. In line with substantial empirical evidence, this model emphasizes the inertial forces that tie ... -
Why and how motives (still) matter
Benito, Gabriel R. G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Purpose – The article provides a discussion of the relevance of motives for companies’ internationalization. Design/methodology/approach – Conceptual discussion building on established classifications of motives of ...