A theoretical assessment of the empirical literature on the impact of multinationality on performance
A theoretical assessment of the empirical literature on the impact of multinationality on performance
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DOI：
10.1002/gsj.8
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发表时间：
2011-05
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Jean-françois Hennart
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作者：
Jean-françois Hennart
我评估的理论基础存在的关系，一个公司的国外足迹（其跨国性）和其业绩的大小。我认为，跨国性的结果，从一个公司的选择之间的内部协调的阶段，其价值链，让他们在市场上组织，因此，没有理由期望净收益的增加或减少，在跨国性，唯一的盈利能力的影响来自一个公司作出了错误的选择，并被过度或不足的整合相比，最佳的。然后，我表明，文学的方式操作的多民族性不匹配的理论论点，它已经先进。我的结论是，重新评估的文献是逾期，并指出一些新的方向。
I assess the theoretical basis for the existence of a relationship between the size of a firm's foreign footprint (its multinationality) and its performance. I argue that multinationality results from a firm's choice between coordinating internally the stages of its value chain and letting them be organized on the market and hence that there are no reasons to expect net gains from an increase or a decrease in multinationality, the only profitability impact coming from a firm having made the wrong choice and being over- or under-integrated compared to the optimum. I then show that the way the literature has operationalized multinationality does not match the theoretical arguments it has advanced. I conclude that a reassessment of the literature is overdue and point to some new directions.