ICT Development and the Regional vs. Global Strategies of MNEs
Abstract
This paper investigates the impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on the spatial dispersion of FDI. Using a gravity model, we find that geographic distance remains negative for bilateral FDI activities and ICT advances in source countries have no statistically significant impact on outward FDI. However, ICT advances in host countries have a positive moderating effect on the relationship between distance and FDI. In other words, although ICT does not change the regional orientation of MNEs, it has increased the ability for a country to attract FDI by increasing its attractiveness as an FDI destination in a region.
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Citation
Tang, L. and Trevino, L.J. (2010), "ICT Development and the Regional vs. Global Strategies of MNEs", Multinational Business Review, Vol. 18 No. 4, pp. 51-70. https://doi.org/10.1108/1525383X201000019
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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