TY - CHAP
T1 - The Eclectic Paradigm
T2 - The Developmental Years as a Mirror on the Evolution of the Field of International Business
AU - Devinney, Timothy M.
PY - 2003/12/16
Y1 - 2003/12/16
N2 - The eclectic paradigm is one of the most enduring frameworks in international business today. It is difficult to find a major area of international business thinking and research that has been unaffected, either directly or indirectly, by Dunning’s articulation of the nature of multinational enterprise (MNE) production and the factors affecting the distribution of MNE activity. His structuring of the factors underlying the choice of production location and internalization of intermediate product transactions laid the foundation for much of the research conducted over the last three decades on the distribution and character of the global operations of multinational corporations. More indirectly, the deeper questions raised by Dunning’s work, as well as the criticisms leveled at it, have spawned an ever widening array of research thought. The continuing importance of this work can be seen in the fact that, today still, even the earliest work on the eclectic paradigm continues to be cited by scholars at a fairly steady rate (see Chandy & Williams, 1994; Phene & Guisinger, 1998).1
AB - The eclectic paradigm is one of the most enduring frameworks in international business today. It is difficult to find a major area of international business thinking and research that has been unaffected, either directly or indirectly, by Dunning’s articulation of the nature of multinational enterprise (MNE) production and the factors affecting the distribution of MNE activity. His structuring of the factors underlying the choice of production location and internalization of intermediate product transactions laid the foundation for much of the research conducted over the last three decades on the distribution and character of the global operations of multinational corporations. More indirectly, the deeper questions raised by Dunning’s work, as well as the criticisms leveled at it, have spawned an ever widening array of research thought. The continuing importance of this work can be seen in the fact that, today still, even the earliest work on the eclectic paradigm continues to be cited by scholars at a fairly steady rate (see Chandy & Williams, 1994; Phene & Guisinger, 1998).1
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U2 - 10.1016/S0747-7929(03)15002-0
DO - 10.1016/S0747-7929(03)15002-0
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:36148957066
SN - 9780762310500
T3 - Advances in International Management
SP - 29
EP - 42
BT - Managing Multinationals in a Knowledge Economy
A2 - Cheng, Joseph C.
A2 - Hitt, Michael A.
PB - Emerald Publishing Limited
CY - Bingley
ER -