Institutional advantage of multinational corporations

本研究旨在运用社会学的制度理论来厘清跨国公司的决策。本研究分析了东道国或地区对日本子公司绩效的影响。结果表明，东道国的影响与产业的影响是一致的。此外，本文还研究了影响跨国公司进入和退出决策的原因。作为本研究的重要发现，本研究报告了跨国公司的决策受到竞争对手决策的影响。这些结果表明，社会学方法对于国际研究是非常重要的。

The aim of this study is to clarify the decision-making of multinational corporations (MNC) by using the institutional theory of sociology. This study analyze the effects of host country or area on performance of Japanese subsidiaries. The results show that the effect of host country is the same as that of industry. In addition, I examine the causes which affect the entry and exit decision of MNCs. As the important findings, this study reports the decision of MNCs is affected by that of competitors. These results suggest that the approach by sociology is very important for international studies.