The effect of host country Internet infrastructure on foreign expansion of Korean MNCs
- Authors
- Lee, Seung-Hyun; Oh, Chang Hoon; Lee, Jeoung Yul
- Issue Date
- Jul-2017
- Publisher
- ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
- Keywords
- Consumer goods versus industrial goods industries; Internet infrastructure; market leader versus market follower; MNC expansion
- Citation
- ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS REVIEW, v.23, no.3, pp.396 - 419
- Journal Title
- ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS REVIEW
- Volume
- 23
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 396
- End Page
- 419
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hongik/handle/2020.sw.hongik/5555
- DOI
- 10.1080/13602381.2016.1156295
- ISSN
- 1360-2381
- Abstract
- This study examines the effect of host country Internet infrastructure on a multinational corporation (MNC) foreign expansion. Using Heckman's selection model on a sample of 2589 subsidiaries of 487 Korean MNCs between 1990 and 2011, we find that host country Internet infrastructure is important in MNC expansion decisions. In addition, we find that a well-developed Internet infrastructure within a host country leads to more investments from MNCs producing consumer over industrial goods and is more attractive to domestic market followers than market leaders. We find that the host country's Internet infrastructure is important for an MNC foreign expansion decision, suggesting that efficient communication within an MNC is critical in coordinating globalized MNC subsidiary operations.
- Files in This Item
- There are no files associated with this item.
- Appears in
Collections - College of Business Management > Global Business Administration Major > 1. Journal Articles
![qrcode](https://api.qrserver.com/v1/create-qr-code/?size=55x55&data=https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hongik/handle/2020.sw.hongik/5555)
Items in ScholarWorks are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.