Browsing BI Open by Author "Rygh, Asmund"
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Bringing corporate governance into internalization theory: State ownership and foreign entry strategies
Grøgaard, Birgitte; Rygh, Asmund; Benito, Gabriel R G (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)We use internalization theory to analyze the establishment and entry mode decisions of state-owned (SOE) and privately owned (POE) enterprises. We enrich internalization theory by building on insights from economic theory ... -
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 ... -
Corporate governance and international business: Essays on multinational enterprises, ownership, finance and institutions
Rygh, Asmund (Series of Dissertations;06/2016, Doctoral thesis, 2016-04-29)This Thesis contributes to the literature on corporate governance in international business, with a focus on corporate ownership, corporate finance and institutions. It consists of five theoretical and empirical studies. Three ... -
Governmental goals and the international strategies of state-owned multinational enterprises: A conceptual discussion
Rygh, Asmund; Benito, Gabriel R.G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)State owned multinational enterprises (SOMNEs) have received extensive attention in recent research in international business and corporate governance, which demonstrates effects of state ownership on a range of international ... -
Inherited philosophy of science? Economics and international business research
Rygh, Asmund (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)International business (IB) research is traditionally heavily reliant on economics. In this paper, we review selected debates in the philosophy of science of economics and consider their relevance for economics-based IB ... -
Institutions and inward foreign direct investment in the primary sectors
Rygh, Asmund; Torgersen, Kristine; Benito, Gabriel R G (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Abstract Purpose Well-functioning institutions are repeatedly claimed to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) by reducing the costs and uncertainty of economic activity. Nonetheless, it has been argued that institutions ... -
Subsidiary Capital Structure in Multinational Enterprises: A New Internalization Theory Perspective
Rygh, Asmund; Benito, Gabriel R.G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)We study subsidiary capital structure as a mechanism of intra-MNE (multinational enterprise) governance from the perspective of “new internalization theory”. We build on the argument from transaction cost theory that equity ... -
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 ...