Institutional configurations in international investment research

Arbeitspapier

In the area of International Business (IB), a substantial body of research has accumulated analyzing the effect of various host country characteristics on foreign direct investments (FDI). Special attention has been given to institutions. However, the conventional approach of addressing institutions in IB research has recently been criticized for not paying sufficient attention to the interrelationships among institutions. We address those calls and conceptualize institutions as 'holistic systems composed of interrelated components' (Kim & Aguilera 2016, p. 149) and employ the fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) to investigate the interrelated effect of formal and informal institutions on FDI inflows. In our empirical methodology, we use data on FDI and formal and informal institutions from 57 countries. The results support the configurational approach and corroborate a systemic view on the effect of institutions on FDI. Our study contributes to a more nuanced understanding of the workings of institutions on FDI and demonstrate the value in adopting a configurational perspective in institutional research.

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• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Diskussionspapier des Instituts für Organisationsökonomik ; No. 11/2023

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Management ; Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact ; International Investment; Long-term Capital Movements ; Multinational Firms; International Business
• Thema: Foreign Direct Investment ; Institution ; International Business ; Location Choice ; Qualitative Comparative Analysis

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Weber, Christopher ; Mayer, Pascal
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Organisationsökonomik
• (wo): Münster
• (wann): 2023

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.17879/50099605169
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/280408