Multinational Business Review: Volume 19 Issue 3

Methodological issues in the measurement of multinationality of US firms

Alan M. Rugman, Chang Hoon Oh

The purpose of this paper is to provide a critical discussion of the scope and correct scale metrics used in the measurement of multinationality.

The home‐region orientation of Spanish exporting firms

Paloma Almodóvar

Building on the recent literature on regionalization, the purpose of this paper is to explore the home‐region orientation of Spanish new multinationals in the manufacturing sector…

Supply chain capability as a determinant of FDI

Arshad Alam, Prabir K. Bagchi

The choice of an investment location by a multinational enterprise (MNE) is determined not only by firm‐specific variables that define the motive of foreign direct investment…

A review of Alam and Bagchi's “Supply chain capability as a determinant of FDI”

Fred A. Niederman

The purpose of this commentary is to discuss the interpretation of the work by Alam and Bagchi in the larger context of foreign direct investment (FDI) in practice.

A note on “Supply chain capability as a determinant of FDI”

Nitish Singh

The purpose of this commentary is to outline an extension of the position of the focal article regarding importance of location‐based advantages, and to provide a critique related…

The strategic development of subsidiaries in regional trade blocs

Frank McDonald, Heinz Josef Tüselmann, Svitlana Voronkova, Sougand Golesorkhi

The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationships between the strategic development of subsidiaries and the likelihood of subsidiaries exporting on an intra‐regional basis…

The rate of penetration by multinationals into emerging markets: evidence from BRIC

Johny K. Johansson, Laurence Leigh

The purpose of this paper is to provide an empirical assessment of the degree to which global firms have penetrated markets in emerging countries in the new millennium. The focus…

Multinationality metrics, regional exports, supply chains and subsidiaries

Alan M. Rugman